Founded in 1999, Investopedia provides investment dictionaries, advice, reviews, ratings, and comparisons of financial products, such as securities accounts.

At the time of the acquisition, Investopedia drew about 2.5 million monthly users and provided a financial dictionary with about 5,000 terms regarding personal finance, banking and accounting.

By then, the site had grown to more than 30,000 pieces of content and reached 2.2 million unique visitors per month.

[11] In March 2015, David Siegel, an alum of Seeking Alpha, was hired as CEO of Investopedia.

[19] Silver also frequently appears as a guest financial expert on a variety of broadcast and radio programs, including MSNBC, ABC News and NBC.