Investing.com

Investing.com is a financial data and news platform founded in 2007 that provides free real-time quotes, charts, analysis and market tools across stocks, forex, commodities, cryptocurrencies and other asset classes in dozens of language editions.^[1][2] Headquartered in Tel Aviv with historical registration in Cyprus, the company ranks among the most visited financial websites worldwide.^[2][7].

The platform aggregates content from external sources rather than producing primarily original journalism, monetizes through advertising and its InvestingPro subscription tier launched in 2022, and has been owned by Hong Kong-based investment firm Joffre Capital since a $500 million acquisition in 2021.^[2][3]

What It Does

Investing.com offers retail investors free market data: streaming quotes, interactive charting, economic calendars, earnings calendars, technical analysis tools and financial news across global markets.^[1][2] Its mobile apps for Android and iOS extend these services, and AI-based tools such as the WarrenAI assistant introduced in April 2025 have been added for retail research workflows.^[2]

Data And Methodology

The company's stated model is aggregation of news and data from hundreds of external sources rather than independent news-gathering, an approach its founders credited for enabling rapid expansion into new languages.^[2] In recent years the company has adopted generative AI for content production; reports indicate more than half of its output was AI-created by 2025.^[2]

Products

Core products are the multilingual website and mobile apps offering quotes, news and portfolio tools, plus the paid InvestingPro subscription launched in May 2022 providing advanced fundamentals and valuation models.^[2] In March 2023 the company acquired Michigan-based stock market news service StreetInsider.com, folding much of its material into the free site and reserving some content for InvestingPro subscribers; it later acquired AI investing assistant Stonki in April 2026.^[2][4]

Buyers And Use Cases

The audience is retail investors and traders worldwide, served through localized editions; by 2023 the company reported around 60 million unique visitors across 136 countries.^[2] Revenue historically derived from advertisers including brokerage firms, banks and ad networks, supplemented since 2022 by subscription income.^[2]

History

Founded in 2007 by Dror Efrat, Lonny Szneiberg and two other co-founders under the name Forexpros, the company initially offered forex analysis, a broker directory and forums in English, Spanish, Hebrew and Arabic.^[2] It rebranded as Investing.com in late 2012 after purchasing its domain for $2.45 million in one of the most expensive domain deals recorded, and expanded rapidly during the volatility of the 2008 financial crisis era.^[2][5] Omer Shvili became CEO in November 2019; in 2021 Joffre Capital acquired the company for $500 million and Ding'an Fei was appointed chairman, followed by announced plans to pursue an IPO within five years.^[2][3]

Compliance And Controversies

The platform has drawn criticism from journalists for republishing AI-assisted articles closely mirroring original reporting from outlets such as The Motley Fool and FXStreet without attribution, documented in a 2023 Semafor investigation.^[2][6] It has also faced allegations that user registration contact details were passed to unlicensed offshore brokers, generating unsolicited marketing calls.^[2]