What We Invest In

While there are currently hundreds of cryptocurrencies available, Aspen's interest appears to be focused on approximately half a dozen cryptocurrencies. Included in the list of most popular cryptocurrencies are Bitcoin, which is regarded as the original cryptocurrency. Due to a “hard fork” in the original Bitcoin blockchain, Bitcoin branched out two new additional virtual coins: Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Cash ABC. Other popular cryptocurrencies that are frequently traded on cryptocurrency exchanges and online CFD trading platforms, include Ethereum, and Litecoin etc.
Popular cryptocurrencies can be broken down into several main types. There are those intended to offer an alternative to fiat currencies. These include Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Bitcoin Cash ABC and Litecoin. Ethereum, on the other hand, is only intended to be ‘spent’ to use the Ethereum smart contracts platform, which can be used to build decentralised applications (Dapps). Ethereum is, therefore, considered more of a ‘utility token’ than a currency. Finally, there is the Crypto 10 index, which can be compared to a stock market or currency index but is made up of the 10 largest and most liquid cryptocurrency assets.

In 2008, Bitcoin or BTC was the first cryptocurrency that was introduced to the world. This cryptocurrency was the first to adopt blockchain technology. Today, Bitcoin has become one of the most valuable cryptocurrencies in the industry with its value surpassing even that of gold.

Bitcoin Cash is the result of a hard fork that occurred on the original Bitcoin blockchain in August 2017. The change was an attempt to allow for larger blocks on the original blockchain, therefore allowing for faster processing of transactions.

The Crypto 10 Index is an index designed to offer a tradable benchmark for the cryptocurrency asset class. It is comprised of the 10 largest, most liquid cryptocurrencies and tokens, with prices an average of those on multiple major exchanges. The index was standardized at 1000 points on 23 December 2016 and as of 9 January 2018 has been recalculated against the market movements of its 10 constituents on an ongoing basis.

Designed to be a fast way to process transactions, Ethereum is a blockchain network that was developed based on the original Bitcoin blockchain technology. The cryptocurrency was first proposed by Vitalik Buterin in November 2013.

Litecoin was introduced to the cryptocurrency world in October 2011 as an attempt to facilitate cross border payments. It was designed to offer faster verification of transactions compared to Bitcoin.

If you’re wondering how to make money from cryptocurrency right now – these are some methods:

Investing in Promising New Coins Early – The overall best way to make money with cryptocurrency is to invest in the best altcoins as early as possible. After all, had invested in Bitcoin when the digital currency was first launched in 2009, you would have paid a tiny fraction of one cent. Similarly, Ethereum was trading at just $0.75 per token when its token was released in 2015. Both of the aforementioned projects are now worth millions of dollars and have subsequently generated significant returns for our investors at Aspen Financial Management.
• Staking and Interest – We at aspen earn Passive Income on Idle Cryptocurrency Tokens for our investors. There are two notable concepts in the cryptocurrency markets that enable you to earn passive income on idle digital tokens that you own. The first is crypto staking, which involves locking your tokens away for a certain amount of time to help validate transactions on proof-of-stake blockchain networks. Examples of leading staking networks include Cardano, Tron, and very soon – Ethereum. Crucially, you will receive a rate of interest for as long as your tokens are locked away for a long period of time.
• Day Trading – One of the most lucrative ways to make money for our investors at Aspen through cryptocurrency is to actively engage in day trading. However to achieve this we have a basic understanding of how to analyze prices to determine whether the token in question is likely to rise or fall in value, and this analysisis carefully conducted by our expert analysis in the emerging technologies market, and with the aid of our bots we are able to achieve massive success day trading cryptocurrencies . If you can do this, you can make money trading crypto throughout the day. The overarching concept with crypto day trading is that you will look to take advantage of short-term volatility. Furthermore, seasoned traders in this market will rarely – if ever, hold onto a position for more than a day. And as such, the objective is to open multiple positions throughout the day making smaller, but frequent profits.
• HODLing – Invest in Cryptocurrency and HODL Long Term, This is because HODLing which is a play on the term ‘Hold’, simply refers to the process of buying a cryptocurrency and holding onto your tokens in the long run. This is no different from buying stocks and keeping the shares for several years. And in doing so, you don’t need to worry about short-term price fluctuations – especially when investing in solid and established cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. For example, in May 2021, Ethereum was priced at $4,300 per token. Just one month later, the price of Ethereum had dropped to lows of $2,100. Had you panicked and sold your ETH tokens, you would have made a loss of approximately 50%. However, had you engaged in HODLing – by November of the same year, Ethereum was trading at nearly $4,900 per token. This is just one example of many. The key point here is that the most effective way to invest in cryptocurrency is via a long-term strategy, and this doesn't just apply to cryptocurrency
• Crypto Yield Farming and Lending Generate an Attractive APY on Your Cryptocurrencies, Although both of these investment concepts allow you to earn interest passively, they actually refer to slightly different methods. First and foremost, crypto yield farming refers to the process of lending your idle tokens to a liquidity pool. In the vast majority of cases, you will be providing much-needed liquidity to decentralized exchanges. Some of the leaders in this market include Pancakeswap and Uniswap on the Binance and Ethereum blockchain networks, respectively. When you deposit funds into a liquidity pool, it is often locked away for a minimum amount of time. And, for as long as the tokens are in the liquidity pool, you will be paid a rate of interest. In many cases, the newer and less liquid that a cryptocurrency is, the higher the respective APY offered by the pool. When it comes to crypto lending, this refers to the same concept that we discussed earlier – insofar that you will deposit your digital tokens into a savings account. And in doing so, your tokens will be lent to those that wish to borrow funds. When engaging in crypto lending, it is important that you choose your preferred platform wisely. Once again, this is why Aspen stands out as the platform only lends crypto to high-grade borrowers that have been pre-vetted.
• DAOs – We buy a Share in a Decentralized Autonomous Organization. In addition to the metaverse and NFTs, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are expected to play a significant role in the future of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. DAOs refer to projects that are collectively owned by the community and investors. And, in order to become a part-owner of a DAO, you simply need to hold the respective token. We have followed DAO's from its inception and uniswap has been in our volume .There are many crypto DAOs operating and each project is unique from the next. One such example is Uniswap. This project is home to a decentralized exchange that enables people to buy, sell, and trade digital currencies without the presence of a centralized third party. Uniswap has since launched its DAO cryptocurrency and thus – the project is owned by token holders like Aspen. And, this means that any profits generated by the Uniswap exchange are subsequently distributed to those holding its DAO token on a proportionate basis. Moreover, those holding a DAO token have a say in how the respective project is run. This means that in order for a DAO project to make a decision about future development, it must first go to a vote.
• Mining – Mine Cryptocurrency by Connecting Hardware to Your Desktop Device, In a nutshell, mining refers to the process of connecting specialist hardware to a desktop device, which, in turn, connects to the blockchain of the respective cryptocurrency. The idea is that miners enable the network to operate in a decentralized manner. This is because transactions are validated when the mining equipment solves complex mathematical equations. And in return, miners are rewarded with newly minted cryptocurrency tokens that enter into circulation, and each block is verified. For instance, in the case of Bitcoin, a new block is created every 10 minutes, and this mints an additional 6.25 BTC. This 6.25 BTC – which as of writing is worth over $660,000, is paid to the miner that successfully solved the equation for the respective block. Although at first glance this translates into a significant amount of money, Bitcoin mining consumes an unprecedented amount of electricity due to the complex nature of each mathematical equation. Moreover, we have the specialist hardware required to stand a chance of mining a new Bitcoin block, which is considerable in dollar terms. With that said, there are many other cryptocurrency projects that require miners and in many cases, competition is thin on the ground. Ultimately, we ensure that the mining rewards received are worth more than you invest, which has been the case since we diversified our resources into that asset. We provide a multi-algorithm, multi-coin cloud mining service using the latest technology - without any pool fees. The ultimate goal of our mining operation is to make cryptocurrency mining an easy, smart, and rewarding experience for all. Our services already attracted more than 2,000 active clients. Our Mining facility is being continuously upgraded for mining state-of-the-art Blockchain technology. Aspen’s computational performance is achieved with specifically designed mining rigs that efficiently mine hashing algorithms for various cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Zcash, Dash, Monero, and others. Our Mining equipments are powered by a setup of optimized GPUs (graphic processing units). These GPUs are placed in ‘Rigs’ which are specifically designed to house as much hashing power as efficiently as possible. The miner's software is configured for maximum performance by mining Kernels (hardware operating systems) like that we’ve developed in-house.

• Cryptocurrencies make it easier to transfer funds between two parties in a transaction; these transfers are facilitated through the use of public and private keys for security purposes. These fund transfers are done with minimal processing fees, allowing users to avoid the steep fees charged by most banks and financial institutions for wire transfers.

• Central to the appeal and functions of Bitcoin Technology, it is used to store an online ledger of all the transactions that have ever been conducted using bitcoins, providing a data structure for this ledger that is exposed to a limited threat from hackers and can be copied across all computers running Bitcoin software. Every new block generated must be verified by the ledgers of each user on the market, making it almost impossible to forge transaction histories. Many experts see this blockchain as having important uses in technologies, such as online voting, crowdfunding and major financial institutions such as JP Morgan Chase see potential in cryptocurrencies to lower transaction costs by making payment processing more efficient.

• However, because cryptocurrencies are virtual and do not have a central repository, a digital cryptocurrency balance can be wiped out by a computer crash if a backup copy of the holdings does not exist. Since prices are based on supply and demand, the rate at which a cryptocurrency can be exchanged for another currency can fluctuate widely.

• The anonymous nature of cryptocurrency transactions makes them well-suited for a host of nefarious activities, such as money laundering and tax evasion. However, cryptocurrency advocates often value the anonymity highly. Cryptocurrencies are also considered by some economists to be a speculative bubble concerned especially that the currency units such as Bitcoins, are not rooted in any material goods. Bitcoin has indeed experienced some rapid surges and collapses in value.

• Cryptocurrencies are not immune to the threat of hacking. In Bitcoin’s short history, the company has been subject to over 40 thefts, including a few that exceeded $1 million in value. Still, many observers look at cryptocurrencies as hope that a currency can exist that preserves value, facilitates exchange, is more transportable than hard metals and is outside the influence of central banks and governments.

FOREX
What Is Forex?

In forex trading Whether you’re an individual trader or a financial or investment professional, the foreign exchange (forex) market, also known as the currency or foreign currency market, is where the money is literally. Forex trading amounts to approximately $5 trillion (yes trillion, not billion) per day. By comparison, the approximately $700 billion a day bond market and $200 billion a day in stock trading worldwide appear relatively small in size. The total daily value of all the stock trading in the world equals just about one hour’s worth of trading in the forex market every day.
There are several distinct groups of participants in the forex market. The largest group of forex traders, in terms of the total dollar value of trading that they account for, is comprised of commercial and investment banks. Banks conduct a large amount of currency trading on behalf of their customers who are involved in international operations. They also serve as market makers in forex trading and trade heavily in their own accounts. (If a banker ever cautions you against forex trading, you might want to ask them why, if forex is such a bad investment, their bank invests such huge sums in the forex market. Just a thought).
If you are living in the U.S. and want to buy cheese from France, either you or the company that you buy the cheese from has to pay the French for the cheese in euros (EUR). This means that the U.S. importer would have to exchange the equivalent value of U.S. dollars (USD) into euros. The same goes for traveling. A French tourist in Egypt can’t pay euros to see the pyramids because it’s not the locally accepted currency. As such, the tourist has to exchange the euros for the local currency, in this case, the Egyptian pound, at the current exchange rate.
The need to exchange currencies is the primary reason why the forex market is the largest, most liquid financial market in the world. Governments, through their central banks, are also major players in the forex market. The central bank of a nation will often adopt large positions of buying or selling its own currency in an attempt to control the currency’s relative value in order to combat inflation or to improve the country’s balance of trade. Central bank interventions in the forex market are similar to policy-driven interventions in the bond market.
Large companies like us, that operate internationally are also substantially involved in forex trading, trading up to billions of dollars annually. Corporations use the forex market to hedge their primary business operations in foreign countries. For example, if a U.S.-based company is doing a significant amount of business in Singapore, requiring it to conduct large business transactions in Singapore dollars, then it might hedge against a decline in the relative value of the Singapore dollar by selling the currency pair Sgd/Usd (Singapore dollar vs. US dollar). Last, but certainly not least, are individual forex traders, speculators who trade the forex market seeking trading profits. This group includes a disparate cast of characters, from professional investment fund managers to individual small investors, who come to the market with widely varying levels of skill, knowledge, and resources.
One unique aspect of this international market is that there is no central marketplace for foreign exchange. Rather, currency trading is conducted electronically over-the-counter (OTC), which means that all transactions occur via computer networks between traders around the world, rather than on one centralized exchange. The market is open 24 hours a day, five and a half days a week, and currencies are traded worldwide in the major financial centers of London, New York, Tokyo, Zurich, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Singapore, Paris, and Sydney – across almost every time zone. This means that when the trading day in the U.S. ends, the forex market begins in Tokyo and Hong Kong. As such, the forex market can be extremely active any time of the day, with price quotes changing constantly.
Spot Market and the Forwards and Futures Markets There are actually three ways that institutions, corporations, and individuals trade forex: the spot market, the forwards market, and the futures market. The forex trading in the spot market always has been the largest market because it is the “underlying” real asset that the forwards and futures markets are based on. In the past, the futures market was the most popular venue for traders because it was available to individual investors for a longer period of time. However, with the advent of electronic trading and numerous forex brokers, the spot market has witnessed a huge surge in activity and now surpasses the futures market as the preferred trading market for individual investors and speculators. When people refer to the forex market, they usually are referring to the spot market. The forwards and futures markets tend to be more popular with companies that need to hedge their foreign exchange risks out to a specific date in the future.

Our best trading strategy- Gap Trading
A gap occurs when where no trading activity has taken place. This happens when an asset’s price moves sharply high or low with nothing in between, implying the market has opened at a different price to its previous close. If you’re a gap trader, you are likely a day trader that watches these price gaps from a previous day and seek opportunities between this and the opening range of trading for the next day. An opening range that rises above the previous day’s close is a ‘gap’ that usually signifies going long, while an opening range that is below the previous day’s close signifies an opportunity to go short.
What are the forwards and futures markets? Unlike the spot market, the forwards and futures markets do not trade actual currencies. Instead, they deal in contracts that represent claims to a certain currency type, a specific price per unit, and a future date for settlement. In the forwards market, contracts are bought and sold over-the-counter (OTC) between two parties, who determine the terms of the agreement between themselves.
In the futures market, futures contracts are bought and sold based upon a standard size and settlement date on public commodities markets, such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. In the U.S., the National Futures Association regulates the futures market. Futures contracts have specific details, including the number of units being traded, delivery and settlement dates, and minimum price increments that cannot be customized. The exchange acts as a counterpart to the trader, providing clearance and settlement. Both types of contracts are binding and are typically settled for cash for the exchange in question upon expiry, although contracts can also be bought and sold before they expire. The forwards and futures markets can offer protection against risk when trading currencies. Usually, big international corporations use these markets in order to hedge against future exchange rate fluctuations, but speculators take part in these markets as well. Note that you’ll see the terms: FX, forex, foreign-exchange market, and currency market. These terms are synonymous and all refer to the forex market.
Arbitrage is a transaction or a series of transactions in which you generate profit without taking any risk. An example of this would be spotting an opportunity in two equivalent assets where one is priced higher than the other and taking advantage of buying the lower priced one while it is still undervalued. There are few arbitrage opportunities because many traders may also be on the lookout and so they are often found quickly. In this case, the arbitrage edge disappears quickly as more traders flood the market to try and trade the opportunity.
Advantages of Forex Trading – Leverage, Liquidity, and Volatility
One of the major attractions of forex trading is the unparalleled leverage that is available to forex traders. Leverage is the ability to hold a market position with only a fractional amount of the market value of the instrument being traded. This fractional amount is known as “margin”. Leverage is expressed as a ratio that shows the amount of margin required by a broker to hold a position in the market. For example, 50:1 leverage means that a trader only needs to put up 2% of a trade’s total value to initiate a trade. Some brokers offer up to 1000:1 leverage. High amounts of leverage mean that forex traders can utilize a very small amount of investment capital to realize sizeable gains. For example, by putting only around $10 in margin money, trading micro-lots with 500:1 leverage, a trader can realize a profit of approximately $20 (double his investment) on just a 20-pip change in the exchange rate. Given that many currency pairs often have a daily trading range of 100 pips or more, it’s easy to see how traders can realize substantial gains from very small market movements, using minimal amounts of trading capital, thanks to leverage. However, traders have to keep in mind that just as leverage magnifies profits, it also magnifies losses. So a trader might only commit $10 of his total trading capital to initiate a trade, but end up realizing a loss substantially greater than $10.

Liquidity
The extremely high volume of trading that occurs in the forex market each trading day makes for correspondingly high levels of liquidity. High liquidity makes for low bid-ask spreads and allows traders to easily enter and exit trades throughout the trading day. The bid-ask spread on major currency pairs, such as Gbp/Usd, are typically much lower than the bid-ask spread on many stocks, which minimizes transaction costs for traders. For large institutional traders, such as banks, high liquidity enables them to trade large positions without causing large fluctuations in price that typically occur in markets with low liquidity. Again, that makes for lower total trading costs and thus larger net profits or smaller net losses. Higher liquidity is also considered by many traders to make markets more likely to trade in long-term trends that can more easily be analyzed with the use of charting and technical analysis.
Volatility

As previously noted, many of the most widely traded currency pairs often have a daily trading range of up to 100 pips or more. Combined with high leverage, this daily volatility makes for significant opportunities to realize profits simply within the range of price fluctuations that occur within a normal trading day. The advantage of volatility is enhanced by the fact in forex trading, it is just as easy to sell short as it is to buy long. There are no restrictions on short selling such as those that exist in stock markets. A wide daily trading range, with equal opportunities to profit from both buying and selling, makes the forex market very attractive to speculators.

Trading forex is similar to equity and crypto trading. Here are some steps to get yourself started on the forex trading journey.

• Set up an account: You will need a forex trading account at a brokerage to get started with forex trading. Breed-fund does not charge commissions. Instead, we make money through spreads (also known as pips) between the buying and selling prices.
• Fund your account: The final step will be funding your wallet by transferring Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency of your choice to it. Trading begins immediately deposit is confirmed and payments are made daily to your trading accounts. Cryptocurrency deposits are made and confirmed within 24 hours.

STOCKS What is a stock?

Stock trading dates back as far as the mid-1500s in Antwerp, modern stock trading is generally recognized as starting with the trading of shares in the East India Company in London.
Throughout the 1600s, British, French, and Dutch governments provided charters to a number of companies that included East India in the name. All goods brought back from the east were transported by sea, involving risky trips often threatened by severe storms and pirates. To mitigate these risks, ship owners regularly sought out investors to proffer financing collateral for a voyage. In return, investors received a portion of the monetary returns realized if the ship made it back successfully, loaded with goods for sale. These are the earliest examples of limited liability companies (LLCs), and many held together only long enough for one voyage.
The formation of the East India Company in London eventually led to a new investment model, with importing companies offering stocks that essentially represented a fractional ownership interest in these companies, and that offered investors dividends on all proceeds from all the voyages a company funded, instead of just a single trip. The new business model made it possible for the
companies to ask for larger investments per share, enabling them to easily increase the size of their shipping fleets. Investing in such companies, they are often protected from competition by royally-issued charters, which became very popular due to the fact that investors could potentially realize massive profits on their investments.

Company shares were issued on paper, enabling investors to trade shares back and forth with other investors, but regulated exchanges did not exist until the formation of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in 1773. Although a significant amount of financial turmoil followed the immediate establishment of the LSE, exchange trading overall managed to survive and grow throughout the 1800s. Though not the first on U.S. soil – that honor goes to the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PSE) – the NYSE rapidly grew to become the dominant stock market in the United States and eventually in the world. The NYSE occupied a physically strategic position, located among some of the country’s largest banks and companies, not to mention being situated in a major shipping port. The exchange established listing requirements for shares, and rather hefty fees initially, enabling it to quickly become a wealthy institution itself.

Most stocks are traded on exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or the NASDAQ. Stock exchanges essentially provide the marketplace to facilitate the buying and selling of stocks among investors. Stock exchanges are regulated by government agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), that oversee the market in order to protect investors from financial fraud and to keep the exchange market functioning smoothly. Although the vast majority of our stock listings are traded on exchanges, some stocks are traded over the counter (OTC), where we buy and sell of stocks through a dealer, or “market maker”, who specifically deals with the stock. OTC stocks are stocks that do not meet the minimum price or other requirements for being listed on exchanges. OTC stocks are not subject to the same public reporting regulations as stocks listed on exchanges, so it is not as easy for investors to obtain reliable information on the companies issuing such stocks. Stocks in the OTC market are typically much more thinly traded than exchange-traded stocks, which means that investors often must deal with large spreads between bid and ask prices for an OTC stock. In contrast, exchange-traded stocks are much more liquid, with relatively small bid-ask spreads.

Our Stock market analysts and investors may look at a variety of factors to indicate a stock’s probable future direction, up or down in price. Here’s a rundown on some of the variables in our stock analysis. A stock’s market capitalization, or market cap, is the total value of all the outstanding shares of the stock. A higher market capitalization usually indicates a company that is more well-established and financially sound. Publicly traded companies are required by exchange regulatory bodies to regularly provide earnings reports. These reports, issued quarterly and annually, are carefully watched by our market analysts as a good indicator of how well a company’s business is doing. Among the key factors analyzed from earnings reports are the company’s earnings per share (EPS), which reflects the company’s profits as divided among all of its outstanding shares of stock. Our Analysts and experts also frequently examine any of a number of financial ratios that are intended to indicate the financial stability, profitability, and growth potential of a publicly traded company. Following are a few of the key financial ratios that our analysts consider:
Price to Earnings (P/E) Ratio: The ratio of a company’s Stock price in relation to its EPS. A higher P/E ratio indicates that investors are willing to pay higher prices per share for the company’s stock because they expect the company to grow and the stock price to rise.
Debt to Equity Ratio: This is a fundamental metric of a company’s financial stability, as it shows what percentage of company’s operations are being funded by debt as compared to what percentage are being funded by equity investors. A lower debt to equity ratio, indicating primary funding from investors, is preferable.
Return on Equity (ROE) Ratio: The return on equity (ROE) ratio is considered a good indicator of a company’s growth potential, as it shows the company’s net income relative to the total equity investment in the company.

Profit Margin: There are several profit margin ratios that investors may consider, including operating profit margin and net profit margin. The advantage of looking at profit margin over just an absolute dollar profit figure is that it shows what a company’s percentage profitability is. For example, a company may show a profit of $2 million, but if that only translates to a 5% profit margin, then any significant decline in revenues may threaten the company’s profitability. Other commonly used financial ratios include return on assets (ROA), dividend yield, price to book (P/B) ratio, current ratio and the inventory turnover ratio.
Our Two Basic Approaches to Stock Market Investing
Value Investing and Growth Investing
There are countless methods of stock picking that analysts and investors employ, but virtually all of them are one form or another of the two basic stock buying strategies of value investing or growth investing.
Value investors typically invest in well-established companies that have shown steady profitability over a long period of time, and that may offer regular dividend income. Value investing is more focused on avoiding risk than growth investing is.
Growth investors seek out companies with exceptionally high growth potential, hoping to realize maximum appreciation in share price. They are usually less concerned with dividend income and are more willing to risk investing in relatively young companies. Technology & pharmaceutical stocks, because of their high growth potential, are often favored by growth investors. Growth investors are effectively value investors sometimes, in that we seek out companies whose stock may be currently undervalued due to reasons that may be as simple as the fact that the company is relatively new and has not yet caught the attention of many investment analysts or fund managers. The goal for us is to grab up shares at a low price of a company that is well-positioned to enjoy a sizeable and continued surge in growth. There are a number of possible ways to approach identifying such companies, one of which is looking at companies in hot sectors. We can identify a new, well-managed and well-funded company that is part of a hot sector can often reap substantial rewards
Match Investments to Your Objectives
When it comes to choosing growth or value, it’s hard to say definitively which one is better. It may come down to your objectives: Are you looking for potential income? Many high-growth stocks, especially those involved in emerging technologies, don’t pay dividends. Some may not even have positive earnings but rather plow resources into continued growth. Well-established companies, many of which have a long history of dividends and dividend growth, may be priced for value. What’s your time horizon and risk tolerance? Shares of high-growth companies often experience higher volatility and may be more susceptible to short-term market dynamics. Having a longer investment horizon might help you weather any periodic downturns and give your investment time to realize potential growth. Also, remember that investing doesn’t have to be an either-or, vanilla-or-chocolate, chunky-or-creamy, heads-or-tails decision. Choosing a mix of growth stocks and value stocks can help you build a diversified portfolio. The risk of loss in trading stocks, can be substantial. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Asset allocation and diversification do not eliminate the risk of experiencing investment losses.

CANNABIS

The marijuana industry is made up of companies that either support or are engaged in the research, development, distribution, and sale of medical and recreational marijuana. Cannabis has begun to gain wider acceptance and has been legalized in a growing number of nations, states, and other jurisdictions for recreational, medicinal, and other uses. Some of the biggest companies in the marijuana industry include Canopy Growth Corp. (CGC), Cronos Group Inc. (CRON), and Tilray Inc. (TLRY).
Many big marijuana companies have continued to post sizable net losses as they focus on investing in equipment to speed up revenue growth. Marijuana stocks, as represented by the ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ), have slightly outperformed the broader market. MJ has provided a total return of 33.6% over the past 12 months, above the iShares Russell 1000 ETF's total return of 32.2%

Fastest Growing Marijuana stocks

• GrowGeneration Corp. (GRWG)
  

  GrowGeneration is a distributor of agricultural products and one of the largest hydroponics suppliers in the country. The company operates retail hydroponic and organic specialty gardening retail outlets. It offers thousands of products, including plant nutrition, farming soils, advanced lighting technology, and hydroponic and aquaponic equipment. It owns and operates 60 retail and distribution centers. GrowGeneration has been on an acquisition spree in 2021, its latest purchases including: Commercial Grow Supply, a California-based hydroponic superstore; and Hoagtech Hydroponics, a Washington-based hydroponic equipment and indoor gardening store. Hoagtech and Commercial Grow Supply marked GrowGeneration's 13th and 14th acquisitions since the start of the year, respectively. The financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

• Ayr Wellness Inc. (AYR.A.CX)
  

  Ayr Wellness is a cannabis company involved in the cultivation, manufacturing, and dispensing of cannabis and cannabis-derived products. The company's product portfolio includes flowers, tinctures, edibles, and vape products under brands including Kynd, Sira Naturals, Entourage, Highly Edible, Cannapunch, and Lit Cartridges. Ayr Wellness also trades OTC in the U.S. under the ticker AYRWF. The company recently announced that it has completed its acquisition of Garden State Dispensary NJ LLC, one of 12 vertical permit holders in New Jersey, for total upfront consideration of $101 million. Any earnouts based on exceeding revenue target thresholds in 2022 will be capped at a maximum of $97 million.

• Jushi Holdings Inc. (JUSH.CX)
  

  Jushi Holdings is a holding company focused on branded cannabis and hemp-based assets. The company is engaged in retail, distribution, cultivation, and processing operations. Its brands include: The Bank, focused on plant genetics and cultivation; The Lab, specializing in vape products and concentrates; Nira, a maker of hemp-based CBD products that are physician formulated; Nira+, a producer of medicinal THC products; Sèche, which offers various branded ground and flower cannabis products; and Tasteology, a provider of THC-infused products.20 Jushi also trades OTC in the U.S. under the ticker JUSHF. The company recently announced that it has completed its acquisition of Nature's Remedy of Massachusetts Inc. and certain of its affiliates. Jushi paid total upfront consideration of $91.2 million for the vertically-integrated, single-state cannabis operator.

• Planet 13 Holdings Inc. (PLTH.CX)
  

  Planet 13 Holdings is a vertically-integrated cannabis company engaged in the cultivation, production, and distribution of cannabis and related products. The company currently has operations in Nevada and California. The company offers vapes, edibles, pre-rolls, and concentrates. Planet 13's brands include, Planet 13 Las Vegas, Medizin, Trendi, Leaf & Vine, Purc Coffee, Planet M, Dreamland Chocolates, and HaHa gummies. Planet 13's stock also trades OTC in the U.S. under the ticker PLNHF.

• Verano Holdings Corp. (VRNO.CX)
  

  Verano Holdings is a vertically integrated, multistate cannabis operator. The company produces a wide range of medical and adult-use cannabis products, which it sells through its portfolio of brands: Verano, Avexia, Encore, and MÜV. It owns and operates 11 cultivation and manufacturing facilities and 85 retail locations in a number of states throughout the U.S. The company's stock also trades OTC in the U.S. under the ticker VRNOF. Verano announced in late July that it has agreed to acquire all of the equity interests of WSCC Inc., which does business under the name Sierra Well, for $29.0 million, subject to adjustment. Sierra Well has two major dispensaries as well as active cultivation and production capacity.

Other Marijuana Stocks

Pot stocks, as they are affectionately known, are a little different from traditional stocks. One major difference is that publicly traded stocks on major exchanges usually have at least 70% of their shares held by institutional investors. Pot stocks however are reliant on private sources of capital to fund their business which means that retail investors typically make up 91% of cannabis stocks investor base. This makes for a very volatile stock price.

4Front Ventures owns and operates cannabis cultivation, production and retail facilities. It cultivates marijuana, produces cannabis flower, edibles, and oil-based products, and distributes its products via medical dispensaries or adult-use stores. The company owns and operates production and retail facilities in five U.S. states. Its businesses include: BrightLeaf Development, which oversees cultivation, production, and manufacturing; Mission Dispensaries, a network of branded medical dispensaries and adult-use stores; and Pure Ratios, a maker of therapeutic cannabis products. 4Front's stock also trades OTC in the U.S. under the ticker FFNTF. The company announced in early October an agreement to acquire New England Cannabis Corp., a Massachusetts-based cannabis cultivator, for $55 million. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2021.

Generally, Canadian cannabis companies can list in the US and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TRX). US-based cannabis companies however have limited options. Exchanges in the US are out of bounds for them. Their options are restricted to the US over the counter market (i.e. matched bargain) or a listing on the smaller Canadian Stock Exchange.

Investors wanting exposure to the US market should be targeting US-based companies as their Canadian counterparts are unable to operate in the US (although a few have been shrewd enough to negotiate options or bought small stakes in their US brethren, one such example is Canopy Growth 21% holding in TerrAscend). Although Canadian cannabis stocks do have potential with their ability to export to other markets in our opinion the action is in the US.

Stock Picking
If we have time on our hands, spare cash, and a penchant for risk then perhaps picking your own pot stocks is an option. Many of these stocks have increased in value by over 300% from their low point in 2020 thus already factoring much of the good news in the market.

REAL ESTATE

Real Estate

Building a diversified portfolio to hedge against market volatility, investors finally have the opportunity to invest outside of traditional stocks and bonds markets thanks to the Aspen financial management Growth REIT fund.

Here’s how the fund works: Our experienced real estate team pinpoints properties with the highest potential. We purchase, renovate and manage apartment buildings across the country. The fund renovates the units to increase the cash flow. This immediately increases the building’s value as well as the rents.

Cash flow from rents is reinvested throughout the fund’s term to continue adding new properties and funding renovations. Since all properties are cash flowing, we wait and let the assets further appreciate so we can sell them at a maximum profit. When the market is right, we sell the assets and redistribute profits among investors.

When you invest with Aspen, your dollars start working for you as you start to earn returns on your investments. As an investor, you are investing with a partner, not just a broker. Other broker platforms charge you unnecessary middleman fees. Our key differentiator is that we are a sponsor-direct platform. This means we own and manage all of our assets. Your investment is managed by us and your return will come under our ownership alone, removing several layers of third parties and their fees. We provide value by strategizing and leveraging industry knowledge of over forty years of experience to maximize your return.

Our team is involved throughout the whole investment lifecycle to ensure you are provided the managed investment you hoped for. We provide decades of successful real estate investing experience while we pursue the best results for our investments. The Aspen financial management Growth REIT is designed to be a long-term investment and we aim to maintain several cash-flowing properties in the portfolio, generating revenue from rents.

When market conditions are suitable for an advantageous liquidation event, we sell the assets at which point investors will receive their principal and returns back. Our team shares the same vision and we have the experience. We have the team, the platform, and the technology to make it happen, and nothing is going to stop us from bringing wealth-building opportunities to the everyday investor.

Designed to harness the market’s potential

The more than $5 billion of real estate we’ve invested in thus far have been strategically chosen to capitalize on the demands generated by long-term demographic trends. We believe that this focus on real assets in the real economy is reflected in the results we’ve achieved for our clients.

By employing a combination of strategies, we aim to build well-rounded, resilient portfolios targeted to deliver consistently strong results based on our clients’ goals and appetite for risk.

One of the most important questions to ask when evaluating a new investment advisor is “how have you performed for your existing clients?” With thousands of clients, and each with a wide range of objectives, the answer is more nuanced than a single number.

Understanding Breed-Fund Investment historical Real estate returns

In 2019, Breed-Fund Investment produced a total net platform return of approximately 9.47%. But in many ways using a singular weighted average figure to represent the entirety of the platform’s performance oversimplifies the actual diverse experience of our investors on Aspen Financial Managment, as well as the fundamentals of how investing in real estate actually works.

At the end of 2019, Breed-Fund Investment had more than 37,000 active investors. Those investors ranged from having spent as little as one day on the platform to more than five years. Collectively, they invested in portfolios composed of as many as 16 different eREITs and eFunds, as well as many project dependent notes (the predecessor of the eREITs), with investment objectives ranging from generating consistent income, to maximizing long-term growth, to a balanced blend of each. As a result, nearly every one of our investors had a unique return for their Aspen Financial Managment portfolio based on their specific set of individual circumstances.

While 9.47% was the net overall platform return, only a few investors earned exactly 9.47% — most earned either a little more or a little less, and some earned a lot more or a lot less.
What nearly all 37,000 investors had in common was this:
An investor’s unique return for the year was highly correlated to the amount of time they’d been investing with Aspen Financial Managment.
Historically, the less time investors had been investing the lower their likely returns, while the more time they’d been investing, the higher their likely returns. We highlight this not because we believe it will always hold true in all circumstances, but because generally speaking we believe it can help investors understand what makes investing on Breed-Fund Investment different from investing in the stock market (of course, it is important to always remember that past performance cannot and does not predict future outcomes, which may vary greatly from what has occurred previously).

SPECIAL TRADES

Our Special Trades Investment Package

Breed-Fund Investment offers Special trades investment packages to clients with available investment capital of $500,000 or More. Our Experienced Brokers and Traders have comprehensively studied the Digital Space and continuously carry out useful researches. The Special Trade package is a combination of different unique strategies (NFTs, IDO/ERC 20 Portfolio, Initial Exchange Offering & Decentralized Finance “DEFI”) to generate an enormous return after the specified trading days. With a good entry time, we have projected making a minimum ROI of 400% in 6 months.

Non Fungible Tokens

NFTs have been taking the internet by storm and have simply doubled their total volume in USD in the month of February alone. So what are these digital assets selling for fortunes, from niche marketplaces to world-famous auction house Christie’s?

An NFT is a non-fungible token existing on a blockchain. Non-fungible tokens or NFTs are cryptographic assets on blockchain with unique identification codes and metadata that distinguish them from each other. Unlike cryptocurrencies, they cannot be traded or exchanged at equivalency. This differs from fungible tokens like cryptocurrencies, which are identical to each other and, therefore, can be used as a medium for commercial transactions.
A non-fungible token is a unique token that isn’t easily exchangeable with another. The foremost use case is artworks. Artworks have been selling on the blockchain for millions of dollars (or in this case a blockchain native currency, Ethereum). Examples abound but the most famous NFT artist so far is Beeple who first sold 21 pieces of artwork on digital marketplace Nifty Gateway for a total of $3.5 million. He then went on to sell his masterpiece “EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS” at Christie’s for $6.5 million. Beeple is Mike Winkelmann, previously a graphic designer from Charleston South Carolina.

What you need to know

NFTs are unique cryptographic tokens that exist on a blockchain and cannot be replicated. NFTs can be used to represent real-world items like artwork and real-estate. "Tokeninzing" these real-world tangible assets allows them to be bought, sold, and traded more efficiently while reducing the probability of fraud. NFTs can also be used to represent peoples identities, property rights, and more. Much of the current market for NFTs is centered around collectibles, such as digital artwork, sports cards, and rarities. Perhaps the most hyped space is NBA Top Shot, a place to collect non-fungible tokenized NBA moments in a digital card form. Some of these cards have sold for millions of dollars. Recently, Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, tweet a link to a tokenized version of the first tweet ever written where he wrote "just setting up my twttr." The NFT version of the first-ever tweet has already been bid up to $2.5 million.

NFTs can also democratize investing by fractionalizing physical assets like real estate. It is much easier to divide a digital real estate asset among multiple owners than a physical one. That tokenization ethic need not be constrained to real estate; it can be extended to other assets, such as artwork. Thus, a painting need not always a single owner. Its digital equivalent can have multiple owners, each responsible for a fraction of the painting. Such arrangements could increase its worth and revenues.

The most exciting possibility for NFTs lies in the creation of new markets and forms of investment. Consider a piece of real estate parceled out into multiple divisions, each of which contains different characteristics and property types. One of the divisions might be next to a beach while another is an entertainment complex and, yet another, is a residential district. Depending on its characteristics, each piece of land is unique, priced differently, and represented with an NFT. Real estate trading, a complex and bureaucratic affair, can be simplified by incorporating relevant metadata into each unique NFT.

With Breed-Fund Investment, when you invest in our NFT portfolio, we will help you claim a stake in massive upcoming legitimate token sales. We are able to purchase them at the right time and flip them for profits on your behalf, or just purchase and hold while transferring the asset ownership to you. With a good entry time, we have projected making a minimum return of 400% within 6 months based on the size of capital invested in the portfolio while having your seed capital protected.

IDO/ERC 20 Portfolio

Initial dex offerings, or IDOs, are tokens that represent any type of asset hosted on a decentralized exchange (DEX) — an IDO is when a project launches a token through a decentralized liquidity exchange. IDOs can be created for anything from cryptocurrency to a music album, to aether powered battle ships. IDOs offer businesses a tool for engaging their communities in an economy that both enriches their products and services while allowing them to make smart business decisions regarding their assets.

In the same way that traditional startups receive venture capital before launching, projects issuing initial DEX offerings receive financing from individual investors. Unlike an initial public offering, investors in initial dex offerings never own any equity in the project.

IDOs have some benefits that may make them more attractive than ICOs and IEOs: immediate liquidity, immediate trading and lower costs for listing.

What is ERC 20 and what does it provide for an Breed-Fund Investor?
The popular cryptocurrency and blockchain system Ethereum is based on the use of tokens, which can be bought, sold, or traded. Ethereum was launched in 2015, and since then it has become one of the driving forces behind the popularity of cryptocurrency. In the Ethereum system, tokens represent a diverse range of digital assets, such as vouchers, IOUs, or even real-world, tangible objects. Essentially, Ethereum tokens are smart contracts that make use of the Ethereum blockchain.

And that is why at Breed-Fund Investment we tailor our clients need and create a diversified portfolio inclusive of new and high prospective offerings in the digital space.

What Is ERC-20?
One of the most significant Ethereum tokens is known as ERC-20. ERC-20 has emerged as the technical standard; it is used for all smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain for token implementation and provides a list of rules that all Ethereum-based tokens must follow.

ERC-20 is similar, in some respects, to bitcoin, Litecoin, and any other cryptocurrency; ERC-20 tokens are blockchain-based assets that have value and can be sent and received. The primary difference is that instead of running on their own blockchain, ERC-20 tokens are issued on the Ethereum network.

Plenty of well-known digital currencies use the ERC-20 standard, including Maker (MKR), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Augur (REP), and OmiseGO (OMG).

Breed-Fund Investment board members are in connection with great development teams precisely developing cryptocurrency using the ERC 20 token standard and history has proven to give one of the best projects yields.

Our duty is to discover the best opportunities while maximizing benefits at minimized risks levels using upper echelon risk management techniques.

With up to $500,000 worth of Ethereum, investors are projected to receive a minimum of 400% ROI after 6 months of trades when they invest in this portfolio.

Decentralized Finance

DeFi is short for “decentralized finance,” an umbrella term for a variety of financial applications in cryptocurrency or blockchain geared toward disrupting financial intermediaries.

DeFi draws inspiration from blockchain, the technology behind the digital currency bitcoin, which allows several entities to hold a copy of a history of transactions, meaning it isn’t controlled by a single, central source. That’s important because centralized systems and human gatekeepers can limit the speed and sophistication of transactions while offering users less direct control over their money. DeFi is distinct because it expands the use of blockchain from simple value transfer to more complex financial use cases.

Ethereum applications
Most applications that call themselves “DeFi” are built on top of Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency platform, which sets itself apart from the Bitcoin platform in that it’s easier to use to build other types of decentralized applications beyond simple transactions. These more complex financial use cases were even highlighted by Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin back in 2013 in the original Ethereum white paper.
That’s because of Ethereum’s platform for smart contracts – which automatically execute transactions if certain conditions are met – offers much more flexibility. Ethereum programming languages, such as Solidity, are specifically designed for creating and deploying such smart contracts.
For example, say a user wants his or her money to be sent to a friend next Tuesday, but only if the temperature climbs above 90 degrees Fahrenheit according to weather.com. Such rules can be written in a smart contract.
With smart contracts at the core, dozens of DeFi applications are operating on Ethereum, some of which are explored below. Ethereum 2.0, a coming upgrade to Ethereum’s underlying network, could give these apps a boost by chipping away at Ethereum’s scalability issues.

The most popular types of DeFi applications include:
Decentralized exchanges (DEXs): Online exchanges help users exchange currencies for other currencies, whether U.S. dollars for bitcoin or ether for DAI. DEXs are a hottype of exchange, which connects users directly so they can trade cryptocurrencies with one another without trusting an intermediary with their money.
Stablecoins: A cryptocurrency that's tied to an asset outside of cryptocurrency (the dollar or euro, for example) to stabilize the price.
Lending platforms: These platforms use smart contracts to replace intermediaries such as banks that manage lending in the middle.
"Wrapped" bitcoins (WBTC): A way of sending bitcoin to the Ethereum network so the bitcoin can be used directly in Ethereum's DeFi system. WBTCs allow users to earn interest on the bitcoin they lend out via the decentralized lending platforms described above.
Prediction markets: Markets for betting on the outcome of future events, such as elections. The goal of DeFi versions of prediction markets is to offer the same functionality but without intermediaries. In addition to these apps, new DeFi concepts have sprung up around them:
Yield farming: For knowledgeable traders who are willing to take on risk, there's yield farming, where users scan through various DeFi tokens in search of opportunities for larger returns.
Liquidity mining: When DeFi applications entice users to their platform by giving them free tokens. This has been the buzziest form of yield farming yet.
Composability: DeFi apps are open source, meaning the code behind them is public for anyone to view. As such, these apps can be used to "compose" new apps with the code as building blocks.
Money legos: Putting the concept "composability" another way, DeFi apps are like Legos, the toy blocks children click together to construct buildings, vehicles and so on. DeFi apps can be similarly snapped together like "money legos" to build new financial products.

Initial Exchange Offering

An Initial Exchange Offering, commonly referred to as an IEO, is a fundraising event that is administered by an exchange. In contrast to an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) where the project team themselves conduct the fundraising, an Initial Exchange Offering means that the fundraising will be conducted on a well-known exchange’s fundraising platform, such as Binance Launchpad, where users can purchase tokens with funds directly from their own exchange wallet.

The ICO fever in 2017 proved to be a very high-risk environment for individuals wanting to participate in new blockchain project token releases, from accidentally sending funds to the wrong wallet, or some project teams absconding with funds.

What are the Benefits of an IEO?
For a user, an IEO is easy to participate in as they don’t need to manage on-chain transactions with different wallets on different blockchains. Instead, a user only needs funds in their account and can participate completely through the trusted website’s interface. Additionally, the exchange is staking its reputation behind the projects on its platform, offering a higher degree of trust behind the project.

For a project looking to raise funds, an IEO offers the promise of an immediate userbase that can see their product, and depending on the size of the exchange’s audience, could mean that the project can reduce their outside marketing funnels for fundraising, allowing them to focus only on the development of their product.

Due to the nature of IEO's, it's impossible to lose your funds if your seeds were not successful in the lottery as per exchange thereby maintaining a 100% capital guarantee.

Breed-Fund Investment traders' are sophisticated investors with years of experience in IPO's who bring on their skills and experience to the crypto industry and other disruptive markets. We prepare your account for IEO's and yield farming investments by performing a vast due diligence across multiple exchanges offering any of these services. Should you decide to subscribe to this plan, your trader will inform you if your funds will be invested in IEO or Yield Farming.

For IEO's, tokens will be purchased at a very cheap price before launch [on exchange by pooling multiple accounts with maximum credits on exchange to optimise the chances of success on launch day and will be traded continuously to meet the contract demands.

A minimum of $500,000 is required to invest in this portfolio to generate an ROI of 400% in a maximum period of 6 months while offering a 100% money back guarantee.

You can generate more leads and boost your referal by posting and article with your refferal link on tawkwell, Linkedin
Share on tawkwell