The top 15 startups in the world have raised a combined $16.16 billion dollars and are valued at a combined $222 billion.
This startup valuation chart shows the highest-valued startups in the world as of May 2015.
The startup valuation chart is great for investors looking for the next hottest IPOs. After several rounds of funding, startup companies will typically take their firms public.
Here's more on the top five companies on the list...
by Jim Bach
For most of the day yesterday (Tuesday), Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) stock was trading up.
That was, until news reports came out suggesting that the Internal Revenue Services was considering changes to tax rules governing spin-offs – fearing it could cut into the expected Alibaba windfall.
The cost of criminality is built into the balance sheets of global financial institutions and accordingly priced into their stocks. Five of the world's biggest banks -JPMorgan Chase, Citicorp, Barclays, UBS, and Royal Bank of Scotland – pleaded guilty to currency rigging in the $5 trillion a day foreign exchange market, and settled for fines totaling roughly $5.7 billion (representing the earnings of about a day or two for each bank).
China's stock market is creating an ideal moment to invest, although if you ask any of the pundits out there, they'll quickly tell you otherwise.
But we know better.
by Alex McGuire
The ETSY stock price opened at $16 in its April 16 debut. Etsy soared 87.5% that day to settle at $30 a share.
But Etsy stock has tumbled 30% in a little more than a month and closed at $21 a share yesterday.
Here's a rundown of the company's Q1 earnings report - and how it affected ETSY stock...
S&P futures for Wednesday, May 20, forecasted a slight one-point gain this morning
The is ahead of ahead of today's release of Fed meeting minutes, as the market digests U.S. dollar gains and optimistic numbers in the housing sector.
Here's what else you need to know about the stock market today...
A deal announced last week will see one Private Briefing company buying another – the 13th time one of our recommendations has become a "deal stock."
In this latest transaction, natural gas pipeline company Williams Co. is buying up the portion of subsidiary Williams Partners that it doesn't already own in a $13.8 billion all-stock deal.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today eked out a 13-point gain to hit another closing high. The S&P 500 remained in the red, however, as energy stocks slid and retailers reported weak earnings for the March-ending quarter.
This morning, U.S. housing starts jumped to their highest levels in roughly seven and a half years, while new permits rose.
Here are the day's top stories, stocks to watch, and need-to-know financial news...
by Alex McGuire
Natural gas prices fell today during a month that has seen a huge rally in the energy sector.
The news comes on speculation that the EIA's weekly report may show a supply increase.
Few investors realize it, but we are on the precipice of an Obamacare "nightmare" event.
According to Money Morning's Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald, this event could throw 1/6 of the world's economy into chaos.
