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AMAZON is the world's largest online marketplace.

Amazon shares outstanding for the quarter ending June 30, 2025 were $10,80B which is a 0,92% increase year-over-year. In 2024, shares outstanding were $10,72B which is a 2,18% increase from 2023. Amazon 2023 shares outstanding were $10,49B which is a 2,97% increase from 2022. Amazon 2022 shares outstanding were $10,18B which is a 1,04% decline from 2021.

250,5 million global members in 2025.

Source : https://www.macrotrends.net

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Just like every other investment vehicle, the price of Amazon stock will continue to fluctuate from time to time. Shares prices rise and fall in response to market factors. Traders benefit from these swings when they learn the movement pattern and take the necessary actions at different times to make profits.

The average stock price for the last 52 weeks is $211,30.
 

For more information : The Stock Price Adjustment Guide.
 

What AMAZON FBA is all about ?

The Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) program, allows merchants to store their products in Amazon distribution centers, which takes care of order preparation, packaging, shipping, customer service and returns management. I know two different ways to sell on AMAZON :
 


What is Private Labeling ?

When you private label a product on AMAZON, you're willing to build a brand based on an existing product on sale on AMAZON. You're putting your brand on that product and make some improvements on it based on people's reviews. As a consequence, people end up buying the product from you because the product has been improved to their requirements.

What is the roadmap to succeed selling on AMAZON ?
 
 

What are the product's criterias ?
 

  • High demand (sales)

  • Low competition (reviews)

  • Price ($15 to $70)

  • Profit margin 25% minimum

  • Private label potential


What are the questions to always keep in mind ?
 

  • Can I build a brand around this product ?

  • What would my second product be ?

  • How can I make this product better ?

  • How can I make this product different ?


What do you have to do next ?
 

  • Look for a product with high demand (big sales) but low competition (low reviews).

  • Stay focus on low price products to source in order to reduce the shipment cost per unit.

  • Check out people's negative reviews to know exactly what to say to the supplier to improve the product.

  • Contact the suppliers to let them know what you want to improve on the product.

  • Market your product on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok…


How much does it cost to get started ?


Let’s dive in!

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#1 - Amazon Seller Central Membership $39.99/month
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The first mandatory cost you’re going to face is the AMAZON Seller Central Membership.
 

You’re going to want to choose the professional version so you can scale, and it’ll cost you $39.99/month.
 

It’s mandatory to get started selling on AMAZON first.

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#2 - Product Research Tool (2 options)
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Unless you want to roll the dice and guess what products are going to sell, a product research tool is the single most important thing that will keep you as close to winning as possible. Data never lies, and access to data on products that have a REAL demand is priceless.
 

Here are your options :
 

Both of these tools are fantastic. The decision is up to you.
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#3 - Product Research Tool $150
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Before you dive in and commit to a supplier, it’s crucial to see and test the product for yourself.
 

Let’s say 3 samples costs an average of $50.
 

I highly recommend getting 3 types of samples so you know the manufacturer is consistent.
 

So, if each sample costs you $50, and you get 3 samples.
 

The total cost here is $150.

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#4 - Your Inventory $2500
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Your start-up capital goes into purchasing your product.


Always start off with smaller products since they’re far more reasonable and easier to ship.


To order your inventory, here are the calculations I’ve done :
 

$5/unit x 500 units = $2,500 (on average)

MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity) = 500 units (standard)
 

So, make sure each piece isn’t overly expensive. I think around $5 is a good starting budget to stick to.
 

It depends on the budget and what you want to sell.

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#5 - Packaging Design $25
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Sending your products in your own packaging design is crucial to building a loyal customer base.
 

It allows you to repeat purchases.

I recommend Fiverr to get your designs because it’s quick, has a large variety of service providers.


It's affordable compared to the quality of work.


A decent packaging design would cost you around $25.

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#6 - Brand Logo $15
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Again, for your brand logo, I highly recommend Fiverr too.


It’s quick, easy and extremely affordable.


But, if you want a more premium design.


I recommend using 99Designs as their quality of work across the board is specifically for premium customers.


The choice is completely yours.

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#7 - Photos for Amazon $100 - $1295
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Those variable costs that depend on who you use.
 

Using Fiverr will be far cheaper to get your photos done.
 

But, if you want to use a professional photography website.
 

It could cost you a lot more.
 

It’s up to you, your budget and your preference.
 

If you’re a bit bootstrapped with your budget, just use Fiverr.
 

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#8 - Barcodes $250
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Barcodes are essential to sell products on AMAZON.
 

It keeps everything legitimized while allowing AMAZON to track your package.
 

GS1 barcodes cost around $250 with a $50 annual fee.
 

This will, of course, depend on your budget.
 

But, it’s a great place to start when you’re making sales.

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#9 - Shipping Multiple Options
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Whenever you order your favourite thing on AMAZON.
 

You have different options when it comes to your shipping.
 

There’s no surprise if same options apply for the seller too.
 

Here are some of your options :
 

  • Air shipment : $400 (based on weight/dimensions)

  • Bond : $500 per year or $85 per shipment

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#10 - AMAZON PPC $200 (minimum)
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Of course, you’re going to market your product in some way.
 

And one of the most cost-effective ways to do it is through AMAZON PPC (Pay Per Click).
 

The minimum you’ll spend to market your product is $200.
 

The sky is the limit. So, it depends on your budget.
 

If you’re just starting out and testing the waters though.
 

Stick to a lower budget to see if your product is selling.
 

Once you get sales, you can scale them up with your profits.


So, the total approximate cost for getting started with AMAZON FBA will cost you somewhere around $3,830.

With that being said, let's quickly talk about optional fees to get started with AMAZON FBA. So, here's the thing :
 

  • Third Party Inspection : $300

  • Freight Forwarder : $120

  • ​​​​​Trademark : $235 per class


​​​How to negotiate with suppliers on Alibaba ?


LOW ORDER = HIGH PRICE PER UNIT

The smaller the product, the lower the price shipment.

So, you can order a bigger inventory.


How to contact those suppliers ?

  • Phone

  • E-mail


How many suppliers to contact ?
 

  • At least 10


How to be professional contacting suppliers ?
 

  • Use a business e-mail address (@infoyourbrand.com)


First e-mail :
 

  • Which product you’re interested in ?

  • Is the product available for private labeling ?

  • Can I customize the product ?

  • What price tiers are ?

  • What is the MOQ ?

  • What’s the production time ?


Second e-mail :
 

  • What can of packaging and branding can you offer ?

  • What kind of payment do they accept ?

  • Give them information about your logo/packaging.


How to find good suppliers overseas ?
 


Manufacturers / Trading Companies :
 

  • The manufacturer produce the product from scratch.

  • The trading company is the transition point between you and the manufacturer.
     

To know if the supplier you’re willing to work with is serious, ask for some certificates such as :
 

  • Business license

  • Bank account certificate

  • Foreign trade registration certificate

  • Customs registration certificate

  • ISO 9001 certificate

  • Performs invoice

  • Test reports
     

More advices to keep in mind :
 

  • Draft a time frame of 45 days with the supplier.

  • Require a 30% deposit on your inventory.

  • Hire a third party inspection agency to check on the good quality of the product.

  • Set up a professional, fast and fluid communication.
     

Things to avoid :
 

  • Don’t pay from PayPal for big transactions without Trade Insurance. Choose a wire transfer.

  • Don’t pay more than you should if the quality of product is not the way it should be.

  • Don’t accept any emotional requirements from suppliers who are trying to make you feel bad.

  • If your product is not shipped under 30 days isn’t good. It means the supplier isn't professional.

  • If there's a lack of communication and feedbacks between you and the supplier isn’t good either.


Packaging / Inserts :
 

  • Brand registry.

  • Keywords upfront and visible.

  • Chocking hazards (icons, caution info…).

The aesthetic appeal is very important to catch your customer’s attention and give them the desire to buy your product.
 

Don’t hesitate to interact with your customers as soon as they receive their product. Let them know that you’re available for any further information in case they need some more. For example, you can offer a promotion such as -20% off coupon on their next order. In this case, you’re showing that you care about them and want the best for them.


How to calculate the profit margin ?
 

  • Profit / Revenue × 100% = Profit Margin

You've to contact the supplier on Alibaba.com

For more information, click on the links below :

- THE AMAZING SELLING MACHINE
- THE MARKETPLACE SUPERHEROES

You can also visit their website by clicking on "E-LEARNING" button from the header menu on the top of the page.


Why is your listing not getting attraction ?

If you've already launched your AMAZON store but you're not getting enough sales to profit or you're not getting any sales at all, don't worry this is a very common issue. For you, I'm going to tackle what to do when your AMAZON products aren't selling. I'm going to show you step-by-step guide on how to drive traffic to your listing and make sure that it's ready to convert.

When you get into this business, you might be wondering why your listing isn't getting the attraction it deserves.

There are three reasons why this could be happening :
 

  • Conversion

You're ranking at the top of the page for your main keywords, you're getting enough traffic to your listing but you're still not getting any sales. Conversion has everything to do with how attractive your listing is the buyer. Which means that you're getting traffic and people are clicking on your listing but something on your listing isn't converting a viewer into a buyer. These are the following steps to improve your conversion :


Step n°1 : Update your product pictures.

Either your main picture is great, people are clicking on your listing but then, there's nothing afterwards that's actually converting the customer into a buyer. You have 10 slots for your product images with AMAZON. So, you need to make sure that in these 10 slots, you're showing the product clearly in an attractive way meaning if you need to bump up the saturation of the product image to make the colors brighter, if you need to show the features in the product or if you need to take a product to get a 3D illustration of it instead of a 2D image. Maybe you just need to reshoot your product images completely because they're not attractive enough.

Otherwise, you also need to include some lifestyle pictures of real people (customers) using your product. In fact, people love to relate and if they can see somebody that looks like them using the product then, they can imagine themselves also using the same product and will likely purchase it. You also want images that highlight the benefits of your product not the features. Ask yourself, what are people going to get out of my product? You need to keep in mind that customers are always thinking about themselves, they're thinking about how the product they're buying is going to benefit them and solve their problem.


Step n°2 : Clarify your bullet points.

Maybe your bullet points aren't clear enough. As you already know, you have 5 bullet points on your product listing. You want to use these 5 bullet points to highlight the same benefits that you're putting on your product images in text form. You want to keep them short and simple. Include the keywords and make sure that's make sense because if someone is reading it, they want to get straight to the point. Make sure the first letter of your bullet point is a capital letter and then afterwards everything is regular.


Step n°3 : Add videos showing your product in action.

The video feature now is very important, you should already have it if you have brand registry. But, now AMAZON is allowing people to add a video even if they don't have brand registry. So, you can use that to your advantage by showing your product in action. In order to target your ideal demographic, make sure someone is using your product in the video. In this way, your customers can envision themselves using the product as well by getting a better visual experience of your product before purchase it. This is great because with online shopping in general, people can't hold the product, touch it and feel it unlike retail stores. The goal is to give to the customer as much as possible that realistic experience as if they were shopping in a retail store. So, the best way to do it, it's to show them a video of the product in action being used.
 

  • Rankings

You're not able to rank for your main keywords. So, people aren't actually seeing your listing in first place. There's quite a few ways to solve that issue, people get intimidated and feel like they're not going to be able to rank at the top of the page for their main keywords but that's wrong. All you need to know are some tips and tricks to skyrocket your product to the n°1 page and at the top of the n°1 page. There's a platform called REBAID.com where you run either rebate campaigns, sweepstakes campaigns or live influencer campaigns. All three of them are great ways to improve your rankings on AMAZON and push your product up to the top of the first page.

By using rebate campaigns, you put in the product and your listing url for your AMAZON product listing. Then, you assign how much of it you want to give out a day, I recommend doing around 5 units a day and doing it for 2 weeks. This is the minimum amount of time that you need to consider doing this for you to be able to see results because AMAZON takes 2 weeks to reassess your daily basis sales data. So, you have to run it for at least 2 weeks. You choose your keywords and what REBAID does is to allow their customers base to go and purchase your product. It counts as sales for AMAZON and refunds those customers the amount. So, they get the product for free and you get the sale. It's definitely a WIN-WIN situation.

By using sweepstakes campaigns, you allow people to get access to a prize or giveaway after they enter their e-mail address. They're an AMAZON terms of service friendly way to generate buzz around your product, especially in your first launching to help you grow a mailing list. Whether you're launching a product on AMAZON, SHOPIFY, ETSY, EBAY, WALMART or any other marketplace, REBAID has got awesome solutions generating buzz around your product to gain reach and exposure. On a customer side, you can see what customers would see, there are people who want to have good deals on products, who want to enter sweepstakes. On a seller side, the side that you and I would join, where we're creating these campaigns for our products. You would create a campaign and each campaign is promised to get you hundreds of e-mails to collect even more e-mails. Setting up your campaign, you can offer a product as a prize in the giveaway like the product you're selling or you can also offer cash money. If you offer cash money, you're probably going to attract more customers. This could be an AMAZON gift card for example. Once you've set up your campaign, REBAID will launch it and promote it to their audience. That's important because you can set up these campaigns on a lot of other sites but who do you have to share with if you don't have a customer base, an e-mail list or a social media following...so that's what sweepstakes campaigns are made for.


By using live influencer campaigns, you get content out of the campaign and highly improve your campaign because you're getting reviews by getting a lot of sales. So, people will be leaving reviews on your listing allowing your product to be noticed. I recommend doing both of these at the time. They go hand in hand because firstly, you have your rebates which are guarenteed sales that you're going to be getting every single day and secondly, you have your influencer campaigns that will support your rebate program with more sales and content which is a video on your product listing and that happens whenever somebody mentions your product on AMAZON LIVE. The video goes on your listing demonstrating your product in action.
 

  • Reviews

You either don't have enough reviews or you have too many negative reviews. In order to fix this, you can again use AMAZON LIVE. Obviously, it will drive sales which will then drive more reviews from buyers to your product organically.

Another way to fix this is to enroll in the early reviewer program which is available for everybody, all the sellers that join AMAZON and the fee is $60 getting from 1 to 5 reviews on your listing.

The next solution is to enroll in the vine program. Unfortunately, this is only available for brand registered sellers. But, if you're a brand registered seller, you can enroll in this program for only $200, which is very much worth it because you can get up to 30 reviews on your listing. This is a great amount of reviews allowing you encourage buyers to purchase more easily from you.

The fourth way to get more reviews on your listing is to include an attractive insert in your packaging. This is a good way to collect e-mails from your customers. So, you can redirect some marketing to them and push them towards your own website. But, it's a grey area when it comes to AMAZON guidelines. First of all, you want to make sure you're only asking for honest feedbacks, never request good reviews from your customers because this is completely against AMAZON guidelines. You can allow your customers to scan a QR code on the insert itself and this QR code will allow them to get either a discount code or a free product on their next purchase or whatever you offer is for them to give you their e-mail. This is called the lead magnet. By doing this, you can retarget them and send them some marketing e-mails.

The last way to get reviews on your listing product is to request a feedback from your buyers using your product. You can actually do this from the AMAZON website itself, there's a button from your seller central account dedicated to this in your order page where you can request feedbacks. It's a great option to follow up with your customers by collecting their own experience with the product. You can also automate this through a platform such as JungleScout.com


Let's now talk about the second way to sell on AMAZON.

 

What Reverse Sourcing Wholesale is all about ?

It's a old-school model but it's new to most of you because the most popular model of selling on AMAZON is Private Labeling. But, this little-known model is much easier to get up and running. For your information, there are many ways to sell on AMAZON like : 

- Retail / Online Arbitrage
- Kindle Book Publishing
- Private Labeling
- Wholesaling

Each model has its PROS and CONS. So, it depends on you to know which model is the most suitable for you.

Following this model :
 

  • You can get started as early as today.
     

  • You don't have to invest thousands of dollars upfront into inventory.
     

  • You look for brands that are selling well on AMAZON and request to be an authorized reseller of their products.
     

  • You don't have to set up your own AMAZON listing, you just sell from the existing listing on AMAZON.
     

  • You don't have to invest money into marketing or put any effort into marketing the products.
     

  • You can start generating sales the moment your inventory reaches the AMAZON warehouse.
     

  • You don't have to invest much time into the business because it's very simple.


You can start with Reverse Sourcing Wholesale to make money. Then, you invest that money into a private label brand.

So, you start building up your brand without being in debt.

The point of this business model is to get the partnership with the brand owning the product in place, to start building trust with that brand owner. So, you can add the value from your own resources, turning your profits that you made off of the brand back into the brand to improve sales even further. You need to show them how you can do that. It's a kind of "business dating". You need to add value to those brands first to be in a good position to negociate with them.

For more information, click on the link below :

- THE WHOLESALE FORMULA

You can also visit their website by clicking on "E-LEARNING" button from the header menu on the top of the page.

AFFILIATE MARKETING BUSINESS

Affiliate Marketing is a form of paid performance marketing where an affiliate promote a product by bringing traffic to a sales funnel on behalf of a merchant in exchange for a commission. Sales funnels have been used by almost every successful big companies around the world. Lower on this page, I give you more details about sales funnels.


Why should you be interested in Affiliate Marketing ?

  • Be financially free.
  • Generate passive incomes.
  • Quit your 9-5 job and live life on your own terms.

What do you have to do to succeed in this business ?

Learn how to become a good content creator by :
 
  • Earning people’s trust.
     
  • Creating quality content.
     
  • Leveraging social media.

  • Identifying people's issues and needs.
     
  • Adding value to a specific niche or market.

The Affiliate Marketing Online Plateform
 
  • Amazon Associates
  • Share-A-Sale
  • Digistore24
  • WarriorPlus
  • Clickbank
  • JVZoo

Low Ticket Product vs High Ticket Product

You usually get paid in the range of 10% - 50% commissions promoting LOW TICKET PRODUCTS on those platforms.

Promoting HIGH TICKET PRODUCTS must be :
 
  • Location independent business from anywhere.
  • Online to generate fast profits with minimal overhead.
  • Eeasy, Lucrative, Fun not Hard, Annoying, Frustrating.
It must have 3 "Jay Abraham" following profit activators :
 
  • Get more customers.
  • Do repeat business with those same customers.
  • Sell higher ticket products to increase your profits.

 Sales Funnel

A sales funnel is an online sequence that takes online traffic through a sales sequence of simple web pages. There are many different sales funnels on the market and each one of them is dedicated to a specific business model. In the affiliate marketing business, sales funnels are mostly used to promote physical products, digital products and services. There are 6 essential loops in a classic sales funnel :

AWARENESS : Generate awareness through blogs, ads...


INTEREST : Nurture leads with e-mails, targeted content, newsletters...

CONSIDERATION : Provide product information to prospect e-mail campaigns, case studies and free trials.

INTENT : Focus on unique selling point. Offer product demonstrations and one-on-one walk throughs.

EVALUATION : Prospects examine competitors' solutions as they inch towards a final buying decision.

PURCHASE : Propects become clients after a sales transaction. The process of retention starts here.


In order to convert a cold traffic into leads then leads into hot sales, these following steps are necessary to create a sales funnel that converts.


If you're promoting a product, your sales funnel should be going through those different steps :
 

If you're promoting an online course, your sales funnel should be going through those different steps :
 

The lead magnet is a gift you make to your traffic for free (webinar, bonuses...) in exchange of their e-mail address.

 

E-mail List :

Building an e-mail list is crucial if you want to be successful in the affiliate marketing business. Once you've brought your traffic to your landing page, you wish them to buy the product or service you're promoting through your affiliate link. But, most of people won't immediately buy from you overnight. In order to keep getting people's attention, when they got registered on your landing page, you're enable to send them automatic e-mails and newsletters to remind them that you have something in your disposal that could solve their problem until they end up buying the product or service you're promoting. So, make sure you earn people's trust by sharing valuable content and free bonuses with them through all your affiliate links.
 

Best Niches In The Market :

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STOCK MARKET

What is a stock ?

A stock is the tiniest bit of the ownership of a company. The shareowner has a claim on the company’s possessions and incomes. The more stock an investor buys the larger his part on the company ownership. The stock of an incorporated company constitutes the equity stake of its owners. It represents the residual assets of the company that would be due to stockholders after disbursement of all senior claims such as protected and unsecured debt. Shareholders uprightness cannot be drawn back from the company in a way that is intended to be detrimental to the company’s lenders.

What is a share ?

The stock of a company is subdivided into shares, the total of which are stated at the time of business formation. Additional shares may subsequently be authorized by the already present shareholders and issued by the company. In some ways, each share of stock has a certain declared par value, which is a supposed accounting value used to represent the equity on the balance sheet of the corporation. In other legal systems, however, shares of stock may be allocated without involving par value.

What is stock trading all about ?

Stock trading happens when you buy or sell the rights of an asset you have to anyone else in the stock market.

What is stock market all about ?

A stock market or equity market is a public entity (an unhinged network of financial transactions, not a tangible facility or discrete entity) for the trading and investing of company stock (shares) and derivatives at an already fixed price. These are security measures which are listed and applicable on a stock exchange.

The size of the global stock market was estimated at about $36,6 trillion at the beginning of October 2008. As a whole, the estimated value of the total world derivatives market stands at about $791 trillion face or nominal value, which is in comparison to the entire world economy is 11 times the size of it. The value of the derivatives market, because it is stated in terms of notional values, cannot be directly compared to a stock or fixed income security, which traditionally refers to an actual value.

In United States : 
 
In Canada : 

In Europe :
 
In Africa :
 
In Asia :
 
In Latin America : 
 
In Australia : 
 
 
What are index funds all about ?

An index fund is an investment fund either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that is based on a preset basket of stocks, or index. This index may be created by the fund manager itself or by another company such as an investment bank or a brokerage.
 
These fund managers then mimic the index, creating a fund that looks as much as possible like the index, without actively managing the fund. Over time the index changes, as companies are added and removed, and the fund manager mechanically replicates those changes in the fund.
 
Because of this approach, index funds are considered a type of passive investing, rather than active investing where a fund manager analyzes stocks and tries to pick the best performers. This passive approach means that index funds tend to have low expense ratios, keeping them cheap for investors getting into the market.

Index funds based on major indexes are popular for :
 
Like all stocks, major indexes will fluctuate. But, over time indexes have made solid returns, such as the S&P 500’s long-term record of about 10 percent annually. That doesn’t mean index funds make money every year, but over long periods of time that’s been the average return.
 
Investors like index funds because they offer immediate diversification. With one purchase, investors can own a wide swath of companies. One share of an index fund based on the S&P 500 provides ownership in hundreds of companies, while a share of Nasdaq-100 fund offers exposure to about 100 companies.
 
Because they’re diversified, investing in an index fund is lower risk than owning a few individual stocks. That doesn’t mean you can’t lose money or that they’re as safe as a CD for example, but the index will usually fluctuate a lot less than an individual stock.
 
Index funds can charge very little for these benefits, with a low expense ratio. For larger funds, you may pay $3 to $10 per year for every $10,000 you've invested. In fact, one fund charges you no expense ratio at all. When it comes to index funds, cost is one of the most important factors in your total return.

Some of the most watched indexes fill up the financial news every night, whether it’s the Standard & Poor’s 500 (S&P 500), the Nasdaq Composite, or the Dow Jones Industrial Average. These indexes are often shorthand for the performance of the market, and investors track them to get a read on how stocks as a whole are faring.

Best Index Funds / ETF in 2022 :
 
The list below includes index funds from a variety of companies tracking a variety of broadly diversified indexes and it includes some of the lowest-cost funds you can buy and sell on the public markets. When it comes to index funds like these, one of the most important factors in your total return is cost. Included are three mutual funds and seven ETFs :


Index Funds :
 
  • Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund
  • Shelton NASDAQ-100 Index Fund
  • Schwab S&P 500 Index Fund

Exchange Traded Funds :
 
 
  • Invesco QQQ ETF
     
  • SPDR S&P 500 ETF
     
  • Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
     
  • iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
     
  • Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF
     
  • Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
     
  • SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

1. Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund (FNILX)
 
The Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index mutual fund is part of the investment company’s foray into mutual funds with no expense ratio, thus its ZERO moniker. The fund doesn’t officially track the S&P 500 technically it follows the Fidelity U.S. Large Cap Index but the difference is academic. The real difference is that investor-friendly Fidelity doesn’t have to cough up a licensing fee to use the S&P name, keeping costs lower for investors.
 
Expense ratio : 0%. Which means every $10,000 invested would cost $0 annually.
 
2. Shelton NASDAQ-100 Index Fund (NASDX)
 
The Shelton Nasdaq-100 Index Direct ETF tracks the performance of the largest non-financial companies in the Nasdaq-100 Index, which includes primarily tech companies. This mutual fund began trading in 2000 and has a strong record over the last five and ten years.
 
Expense ratio : 0,5%. Which means every $10,000 invested would cost $50 annually.

3. Schwab S&P 500 Index Fund (SWPPX)
 
With tens of billions in assets, the Schwab S&P 500 Index Fund is on the smaller side of the heavyweights on this list, but that’s not really a concern for investors. This mutual fund has a strong record dating back to 1997, and it’s sponsored by Charles Schwab, one of the most respected names in the industry. Schwab is especially noted for its focus on making investor-friendly products, as evidenced by this fund’s razor-thin expense ratio.
 
Expense ratio : 0,02%. Which means every $10,000 invested would cost $2 annually.
 
4. Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (QQQ)
 
The Invesco QQQ Trust ETF is another index fund that tracks the performance of the largest non-financial companies in the Nasdaq-100 Index. This ETF started trading in 1999, and it’s managed by Invesco, a fund giant. This fund is the top-performing large-cap fund in terms of total return over the 15 years to Sept. 2021, according to Lipper.
 
Expense ratio : 0,20%. Which means every $10,000 invested would cost $20 annually.
 
5. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
 
As its name suggests, the Vanguard S&P 500 tracks the S&P 500 index, and it’s one of the largest funds on the market with hundreds of billions in the fund. This ETF began trading in 2010, and it’s backed by Vanguard, one of the powerhouses of the fund industry.
 
Expense ratio : 0,03%. Which means every $10,000 invested would cost $3 annually.
 
6. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
 
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF is the grand-daddy of ETFs, having been founded all the way back in 1993. It helped kick off the wave of ETF investing that has become so popular today. With hundreds of billions in the fund, it’s among the most popular ETFs. The fund is sponsored by State Street Global Advisors another heavyweight in the industry and it tracks the S&P 500.
 
Expense ratio : 0,095%. Which means every $10,000 invested would cost $9,50 annually.
 
7. Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (VTWO)
 
The Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF tracks the Russell 2000 Index, a collection of about 2,000 of the smallest publicly traded companies in the U.S. This ETF began trading in 2010, and it’s a Vanguard fund, so it focuses on keeping costs low for investors.
 
Expense ratio : 0,10%. Which means every $10,000 invested would cost $10 annually.
 
8. iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)
 
The iShares Core S&P 500 ETF is a fund sponsored by one of the largest fund companies, BlackRock. This iShares fund is one of the largest ETFs and it tracks the S&P 500. With an inception date of 2000, this fund is another long-tenured player that’s tracked the index closely over time.
 
Expense ratio : 0,03%. Which means every $10,000 invested would cost $3 annually.

9. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)
 
Vanguard also offers a fund that covers effectively the entire universe of publicly traded stocks in the U.S. known as the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF. It consists of small, medium and large companies across all sectors. The fund has been around for a while, having begun trading in 2001. And with Vanguard as the sponsor, you know the costs are going to be low.
 
Expense ratio : 0,03%. Which means every $10,000 invested would cost $3 annually.
 
10. SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA)
 
You don’t have a lot to choose from when it comes to ETFs tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average, but State Street Global Advisors comes through with this fund that tracks the 30-stock index of large-cap stocks. The fund is definitely one of the earlier ETFs, having debuted in 1998, and it has tens of billions under management.
 
Expense ratio : 0,16%. Which means every $10,000 invested would cost $16 annually.

How to invest in an index fund in 3 easy steps ?
 
It’s surprisingly easy to invest in an index fund, but you’ll want to know what you’re investing in, not simply buy random funds that you know little about.

 
1. Research and analyze index funds.
 
Your first step is finding what you want to invest in. While an S&P 500 index fund is the most popular index fund, they also exist for different industries, countries and even investment styles. So, you need to consider what exactly you want to invest in and why it might hold opportunity.
 
  • Location
Consider the geographic location of the investments. A broad index such as the S&P 500 or Nasdaq-100 owns U.S. companies, while other index funds might focus on a narrower location (France) or an equally broad one (Asia-Pacific).
 
  • Business
Which industry or industries is the index fund investing in?

Is it invested in pharma making new drugs, or maybe tech?
 
  • Market Opportunity
What opportunity does the index fund present?

Is the fund buying pharma companies because they’re making the next blockbuster drug or because they’re cash cows paying dividends?

There are some funds which invest in high-yield stocks while others want high-growth stocks.
 
You’ll want to carefully examine what the fund is investing in, so you have some idea of what you actually own. Sometimes the labels on an index fund can be misleading. But, you can check the index’s holdings to see exactly what’s in the fund.

 
2. Decide which index fund to buy.
 
After you’ve found a fund you like, you can look at other factors that may make it a good fit for your portfolio. The fund’s expenses are huge factors that could make or cost you tens of thousands of dollars over time.
 
  • Taxes
For legal reasons, mutual funds tend to be less tax-efficient than ETFs. Many mutual funds pay a taxable capital gains distribution, while ETFs don't.
 
  • Expenses
Compare the expenses of each fund you’re considering. Sometimes a fund based on a similar index can charge 20 times as much as another.
 
  • Minimum Investment
Many mutual funds have a minimum investment amount for your first purchase, often several thousand dollars. In contrast, many ETFs have no such rule, and your broker may even allow you to buy fractional shares with just a few dollars.

 
3. Purchase your index fund.
 
After you’ve decided which fund fits in your portfolio, it’s time for the easy part actually buying the fund. You can either buy directly from the mutual fund company or through a broker. But, it’s usually easier to buy a mutual fund through a broker. If you’re buying an ETF, you’ll need to go through your broker.

What are things to consider when investing in index funds ?
 
Speaking of index funds, you've to consider these factors :
 
  • Long-Run Performance
It’s important to track the long-term performance of the index fund (at least 5-10 years of performance) to see what your potential future returns might be. Each fund may track a different index or do better than another fund, and some indexes do better than others over time. It's your best gauge to what you might expect in the future, but it’s no guarantee, either.
 
  • Expense Ratio
The expense ratio shows what you’re paying for the fund’s performance on an annual basis. For funds that track the same index, such as the S&P 500, it makes little sense to pay more than you have to. Other index funds may track indexes that have better long-term performance, potentially justifying a higher expense ratio.
 
  • Trading Costs
Some brokers offer very attractive prices when you’re buying mutual funds, even more so than the same mutual fund company itself. If you’re going with an ETF, virtually all major online brokers now allow you to trade without a commission. Also, if you’re buying a mutual fund, beware of sales loads, or commissions, which can easily lop off 1% or 2% of your money before it’s invested. These are easy to avoid by choosing funds carefully, such as those from Vanguard and many others.
 
  • Fund Options
Not all brokers will offer all mutual funds, however. So you’ll need to see whether your broker offers a specific fund family. In contrast, ETFs are typically available at all brokers because they’re all traded on an exchange.
 
  • Convenience
It may be a lot easier to go with a mutual fund that your broker offers on its platform rather than open a new brokerage account. But, going with an ETF instead of a mutual fund may also allow you to sidestep this issue.
 
Can an index fund investor lose everything ?
 
Putting money into any market-based investment such as stocks or bonds means that investors could lose it all if the company or government issuing the security runs into severe trouble. However, the situation is a bit different for index funds because they’re often so diversified.
 
An index fund usually owns at least dozens of securities and may own potentially hundreds of them, meaning that it’s highly diversified. In the case of a stock index fund, for example, every stock would have to go to zero for the index fund, and thus the investor, to lose everything. So, while it’s theoretically possible to lose everything, it doesn’t happen for standard funds.
 
An index fund could underperform and lose money for years, depending on what it’s invested in. But, the odds of a loss are very low.
 
What is considered a good expense ratio ?
 
Mutual funds and ETFs have among the cheapest average expense ratios, and the figure also depends on whether they’re investing in bonds or stocks. In 2020, the average stock index mutual fund charged 0,06% (asset-weighted) or $6 for every $10,000 invested. The average stock index ETF charged 0,18% (asset-weighted) or $18 for every $10,000 invested.
 
Index funds tend to be much cheaper than average funds. Compare the numbers above with the average stock mutual fund (asset-weighted) which charged 0,54% or the average stock ETF, which charged 0,18%. While the ETF expense ratio is the same in each case, the cost for mutual funds generally is higher. Many mutual funds are not index funds, and they charge higher fees to pay the higher expenses of their investment management teams.
 
Anything below the average should be considered a good expense ratio. But, it’s important to keep these costs in perspective and realize that the difference between an expense ratio of 0,10% and 0,05% is just $5 per year for every $10,000 invested. There’s no reason to pay more for an index fund tracking the same index.
 
Is now a good time to buy index funds ?
 
If you’re buying a stock index fund or almost any broadly diversified stock fund such as the Nasdaq-100, it can be a good time to buy if you’re prepared to hold it for the long term. That’s because the market tends to rise over time, as the economy grows and corporate profits increase. In this regard, time is your best friend, because it allows you to compound your money, letting your money make money. Narrowly diversified index funds may do poorly for years.
 
That’s one reason why it’s crucial for investors to stick with a patient approach to ride out any short-term volatility. Experts recommend adding money to the market regularly to take advantage of dollar-cost averaging and lower their risk. A strong investing discipline can help you make money in the market over time. Investors should avoid timing the market, that is, jumping in and out of the market to capture gains and dodge losses.
 
What are mutual funds all about ?

A mutual fund is an overseen aggregate venture vehicle that pools cash from numerous financial specialists to buy securities.

There are 3 kinds of U.S. common assets : open-end, unit venture trust, and shut end. The most well-known sort, the open-end finance, must be eager to repurchase shares from speculators each business day. Trade exchanged assets (ETFs) are open-end assets or unit speculation believes that exchange on a trade.

What are hedge funds all about ?
 
Hedge funds are private, effectively overseen venture reserves. They put resources into a differing scope of business sectors, venture instruments, procedures and are liable to the administrative limitations of their nation. The United States guidelines limit fence stock investments cooperation to specific classes of authorizing financial specialists.

What is fund of funds all about ?
 
A fund of funds (FoF) is a speculation procedure of holding an arrangement of other venture reserves instead of putting specifically in stocks, bonds or different securities. This sort of contributing is regularly alluded to as multi-managed speculation.
 
There are distinctive kinds of FoF, each putting resources into an alternate sort of aggregate venture. For instance, there are shared reserve FoF, fence investments FoF and private value FoF or speculation trust FoF. For your information, the first Fund of Funds was made at First London Securities PLC.

What is option trading all about ?
 
In finance terms, an option can be termed as an agreement which gives the buyer the priority to purchase or sell a hidden resource or instrument at a predefined strike cost at the latest predetermined date. The vendor has the comparing commitment to satisfy the exchange that is to sell or purchase if the purchaser practices another alternative. The purchaser pays a premium to the seller for this right.

In optional trading, an alternative which passes on to the owner the privilege to purchase something at a particular cost is alluded to as a call. An option which passes on the privilege of the proprietor to sell something at a particular cost is alluded to as a put. Both are usually exchanged, however for clarification, the call options are more regularly analyzed.
 
A major part of options exchanging is the valuation. It is a theme of ever-developing research in a scholarly and practical financing. In fundamental terms, the estimation of an option is regularly deteriorated into two sections :
 
The first part is the intrinsic value which is commonly also known as a fundamental value, which can be characterized as the dissimilarity between the estimated market value of the underlying and the strike cost of the given option.
 
The second part is the time value which relies upon a lot of different components which, through a multi-variable, non-straight international relationship, mirror the limited anticipated estimation of that dissimilarity at its expiry.
 
Today several optional trading’s are developed in a standardized type and options through clearinghouses on controlled in option exchanging trades, while other over-the-counter options are composed as a bilateral, personalized contracts between a single purchaser as well as a seller, one or both of which may be a dealership or market-maker. Alternatives belong to a larger class of financial tools referred to as derivative items. They are a piece of a bigger class of monetary instruments known as subsidiary items.


Option Rights :
 

Underlying Assets :
 

Trading Markets :

Exchanged-traded options are a class of trade exchanged subordinates ensured by Options Clearing Corporation (OCC).
 
Over-the-counter trading options are exchanged between two private parties and non-recorded on a trade.
 
  • Swaptions
  • Interest rate options
  • Money cross rate options

What is FOREX all about ?

The FOReign EXchange market is a worldwide decentralized market for the currencies to be traded.

Over 6,5 billion dollars are traded daily on this market.

FOREX trading helps global exchanges and ventures by empowering the exchange of currency conversion.

Most FOREX exchanging dealers are banks.

Advantage n°1 : This market is independent.

Advantage n°2 : The safest market in the world.

Advantage n°3 : The most sustainable (50 years).

Advantage n°4 : Volatility is healthy, no crash in FOREX.

Advantage n°5 : Your capital remains in your own currency.

Advantage n°6 : No blank years, no long periods of scarcity.

Advantage n°7 : You can earn all year round, no matter what.

In order to trade with FOREX, you have to :
 
  • Choose a pair.
  • Buy / Sell the pair.
Let's take the EUR/USD pair for example.

When you buy the pair, you buy EUR and sell USD.

When you sell the pair, you buy USD and sell EUR.

The Forex Market is open 24 hours a day 5 days a week and you can open an account with a small amount of money. 

Other investment groups require a large amount of capital to get started whereas Forex Trading does not. 

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Best Forex Pairs in 2023 :

USD/CHF : Forex Pair For Scalping.
 
EUR/USD :  Forex Pair To Trade With Low Spreads.
 
NZD/USD : Forex Pair With Correlation To AUD/USD.

EUR/GBP : Forex Pair Positive Correlation To USD/JPY.

GBP/JPY : Volatile Currency Cross For High-Risk Traders.

EUR/JPY : Currency Cross Positive Correlation To USD/JPY.

AUD/USD : Proffered Currency Pair For Commodity Traders.

USD/CAD : Deeply Liquid Forex Pair With Negative Correlation.

What is Technical Analysis Strategy all about ?
 
  • Have you heard of technical analysis?
  • Have you tried trading, trying to buy or sell?
If you’re not familiar with technical analysis, you probably didn’t fully exploit the market yet.

Stock trading with technical analysis is one of the main strategies which enable the investor to find and take advantage of stock market opportunities. The strategy is a success thanks to its easy utilization, and its simplicity. Moreover, the benefits it provides are immediate and real. This strategy has been researched and improved for over 400 years and guides countless investors on a daily basis. Technical Analysis can be used for stock trading, bond trading, options trading, forex trading...etc.
 
Why does Technical Analysis generate better results ?
 
That’s because more investors are willing to trade, which fulfills the graph’s stock prediction. Some tend to use technical analysis combined with other strategies. Some people prefer using technical analysis alone, relying on the assumption that market circumstances always reflect on stock trade values. The first thing you have to understand is that the market often operates irrationally. The good news is that the irrationality is consistent. Price movements in the market follow certain trends. These trends repeat themselves and can be identified on the stocks graphs.

Therefore, while stock trading with technical analysis, you must take into account the stock values in the past, and you can statistically anticipate stock’s behavior in the future. In that case, it's worthwhile to analyze past economic performance. Many of these market fluctuation patterns have been found and identified already. All you have to do in order to better exploit the market is to notice them, and act in accordance with them.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Why would anyone want to invest in a crypto anyway?

At the time of writing, cryptocurrency is unable to be taxed, or more importantly, confiscated.

Hence, if another economic crisis takes place, it will not be subject to the government-imposed freeze, as with money held in failed banks on crisis.

Any transactions can be restricted by government-imposed sanctions or similar controls as it operates independently of any 3rd party authority.

Cryptocurrency market is worth over $240 billion. 

At one point, it was worth over $780 billion.

That’s an astonishing amount of money!

What is the most enticing thing about the crypto market? 

Bitcoin is the most volatile asset in the world.

You can learn how to trade in the market in so many ways.

I believe anyone can learn how to trade with the right education.

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Cryptocurrencies operates as traditional money does already.

The difference is that cryptos cannot be created out of nothing.

For example, let's talk about The Internet Revolution.

When Internet was created, people thought it was a farfetch invention that won't last.

An article from The Daily Mail revealed in December 2000 was claiming that : "Internet may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it."

Internet was seen as dangerous and people were always thinking :
 
Today, everyone uses it. We couldn't live without it.

I recently came across a quote from Jeff Bezos :

"If you do it right, a few years after a surprising invention, new things become normal. This is the greatest compliment an inventor can receive."

Indeed, his invention has become the new standard. Today, AMAZON is the world's biggest online marketplace. He succeeded.

What seems obvious to us today had to fight to impose itself.

The evidence of today is always the revolution of yesterday.

What is ridiculous today that might become obvious tomorrow?

The most striking example today is : Cryptocurrencies.

Before 2017, everyone laughed at this new fashion saying :

"It’s not worthy!..."
"It's used by the dark web, it's not regulated, it's a scam!..."

The Crypto Market exceeded $3,000 billion in capitalization.

Any doubt that cryptos will be as evident as Internet in our lives.

What are cryptocurrencies all about ?

Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies. To ensure transparency, security and reliability of transactions, cryptocurrencies rely on an underlying technology called blockchain. It's a distributed database between nodes in a computer network. In other words, it is an information storage system distributed over hundreds or even thousands of computers. In this system, all contributors to the network have a copy of the database. This copy is updated simultaneously.

Cryptocurrencies don't have a physical existence like coins or bills. They aren't regulated by a central bank or any financial authority. The price of a cryptocurrency depends essentially on the demand for the asset.

Cryptocurrencies are alternative virtual currencies, which have different uses depending on the entity that issues them. They can be stored, exchanged using a digital wallet and are protected by a secret code called seed phrase. To obtain cryptocurrencies, you can go through intermediaries such as trading platforms that hold and protect these assets for you.

Unlike a traditional database whose information is structured in the form of tables, the blockchain allows data to be recorded in the form of blocks. A block is used to group information. Once the block is full, it is sealed with a computer code and is added to the previous block, hence the name blockchain. In this case, the database is tamper-proof. This technology therefore allows to exchange value in digital form.

The blockchain is transparent. Anyone can view the transactions that have taken place on the network. Indeed, each node has a copy of the database on its computer, which makes it possible to know the history of all exchanges. The code of a blockchain, in most cases, is open source. This means that anyone can consult it and suggest improvements.

The blockchain is secured in two ways. As mentioned earlier, everyone has a copy of the database, which implies that a network participant cannot modify it without the others noticing. The blockchain is also secured by the fact that each block is closed by a hash function. In this way, to be able to change the block in question, it would be necessary to be able to modify 51% of the copies of the blockchain simultaneously, which would require far too many computer resources. Thus, the information recorded on the blockchain can be consulted by everyone and cannot be falsified.

The decentralization, transparency and security enabled by blockchain technology have facilitated the development of digital currencies. If today there are more than 10,000 crypto-currencies, the first of them, Bitcoin is the most valuable.

Cryptocurrencies (TOP 10) :
 
The term “altcoin” simply refers to all coins other than Bitcoin. Many altcoins work similarly to Bitcoin. However, Dogecoin offers unlimited coins.
 
“There will only be 21 million Bitcoins...”

If you have the soul of an investor, you know what that means.

Everything that is rare is expensive. If it were to be distributed equally, every person on Earth would be entitled to 0.003... It is ridiculous.

This will never be the case. Some will have 1, 2 or 10 and will be very rich... Others not even 0.00001!

Refusing Bitcoin today is like refusing : 
 
Even by putting only a few cash in, it can pay off big money.

When BTC will be fully adopt in our society, everyone will want it.

But then, it will be inaccessible for the majority of people.

Because it will be worth a fortune.

In 2012, Bitcoin was affordable, but you'd to be a geek to buy it.

In 2022, it's much easier, but a Bitcoin is worth 21,000 euros.

In 2032, it will be child's play to buy some, but you will only be able to acquire a fragment!

Those who have already invested, have taken the Bitcoins away from those who haven't yet taken the plunge.
 
If you haven't bought your first Bitcoins yet, you've been robbed.
 
The 0.01 BTC that was yours, was bought by someone else.

You can still go to the good side.
 
There are 19 million Bitcoins in circulation...

Other 2 million have yet to be made available to the market...

So, you can still buy Bitcoins or fragments, if you don't have enough money to buy a whole one.

When all Bitcoin is sold, there will be two groups :
 
If Rolex decides to produce only 21 watches, as long as the watches are in production, it is Rolex that sets the selling price.
 
Once the 21st sold, and the production stopped, it is the 21 owners who will decide the price at which they are ready to sell.
 
If you own a limited edition Rolex, you set the price of it.
 
It is exactly the same with Bitcoin.
 
But, before that, you have to hold on.
 
The marketing of all Bitcoins will only be effective in decades.
 
In 5 years, we have experienced two bull markets.
 
But, two bear markets as well.

In 2017, I started investing in cryptocurrency.

In 2018, I held on.

In 2019, I held on again.

In 2020, I held on over again.

In 2021, I started to make profits, even more than I was expected.

When you lose, you easily forget the gains.

A very large majority of investors who started in 2021 sold at a loss this year, for lack of conviction.

They are now biting their fingers.

Once, Warren Buffet has said : “The stock market transfers money from the impatients to the patients.” 

This is even more true with cryptocurrencies.

Yes, investing in cryptocurrencies is still a bit complex.

But, it is also this difficulty that makes the potential.

The sooner you realize this, the sooner you will get rich.
 
Which wallets to manage your cryptocurrencies ?

There are several forms of electronic wallets. We can classify them into two main categories :
 
The 1st category includes browser extensions to interact with smart contracts, or online interfaces which allow funds to be managed.

The 2nd category includes 2 sub-categories :
 
 
Back in the days...

Since November 2021, the crypto market is called "BEARISH".

Which means that the amount of people who are selling their asset during the trade thinking of a value's decrease in the market of that same asset (ex: BTC) is higher than the amount of people who are buying it.

At reverse, the crypto market is called "BULLISH".

Bitcoin lost 30% of its value... $30K to $20K in 7 days :
In less than a year, the value of Bitcoin is divided by 3 :
We are far from the 58K euros estimated from November 2021...

Further from the 100K euros that investors coveted...

The curve reversed when everyone was optimistic in 2021...
 
Everyone who invested in 2021 was currently losing...
 
For those of you who invested around the highs, in March-April or October-November, your portfolio is down 50% to 65%...

If this is your case, I have a message for you :
 
Cryptocurrency is an ultra volatile investment.

The last "Bear Market" has lasted 3 years!
In 2018, 2019, 2020… I absolutely sold NOTHING.

In 2021, I was able to convert my portfolio from -80% to +600%.

I was convinced that the crypto market will go up back again, just the way it did in 2017...I was right.

But now, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, investors are less eager to take risks and invest in the market.

The level of uncertainty about the crypto market is high. It's pretty hard to predict the evolution of it in the right way.

How can I be so sure that it will go up again? And when?

Firstly, because the fundamentals remain solid.

Secondly, because isn't the first time that a "Bear Market" is happening in Crypto World.

Check out the graph below.
The swap BEAR MARKET / BULL MARKET is happening approximatively every 3 years.

Then, you can approximatively predict when it's the good time to buy or sell your cryptocurrencies.
 
Crypto investors who made the most gains, all invested when :
 
I do it because :
 
This model assesses Bitcoin Scarcity by comparing existing assets and future assets created by bitcoin miners.

We see that Bitcoin Price follows this pattern quite faithfully.

This model doesn't predict anything with certainty.

The next Halving is scheduled for 2024/2025.

After each Halving, Bitcoin price increases, like in the past.
The best way to make gains in the bear market is TRADING.

Crypto traders should make gains regardless of the market.

Because even a "Bear Market" offers opportunities.
 
Analysis of February 2023 :

As expected, Bitcoin doesn't choose to break through $25,000.

Check out the graph below.
Source : Trading View - BTC/USDT

The triangle presented was indeed broken from the bottom as I suspected and it's not so bad that the price breathes like this.

The price is now moving in this kind of micro range (in purple) the direction of its exit will give the rest of the operations.

If it comes out from the bottom, areas (in green) below will be levels to watch to set off again to attack $25,000.

If it comes out on top, then the $25,000 will directly be the next episode of the fight between buyers and sellers.

Ethereum seems a bit more resilient.
Source : Trading View - ETH/USD

ETH asset falls from its triangle after returning to it, it concedes 7%, returns again to 1550/60 to rebound.

The slant of its triangle (in red) will have to be broken upwards to return to seek the highest and try to conquer new ones.

These downward movements will offer us new entry points to strengthen our already well-established positions.

It's still possible to take advantage of this accumulation phase.
 
Analysis of March 2023 :

Check out the graph below.
Source : Trading View - BTC/USDT

The king of crypto-currencies is now high up around $28,000 after a top at $28,450.

It seems to be fighting to hold them, the price has been consolidating and compressing in a small range under $1,800 for several days now.

If it breaks out of this range from below then 25,500 is the next support to start rising again towards $30,000.

If he manages to pull off the feat everyone has been waiting for, namely going up to 30,000 directly without a retracement, a lot of sellers will cry.
 
Source : Trading View - ETH/USDT

Bitcoin is so eye-catching that even the king of altcoins can't keep up.

It has barely moved above its recent highs of $100 and is now already back on those levels that it too is working on.

Perhaps we will see a rotation of capital from bitcoin to altcoins, which could kick off their upside while bitcoin stagnates between 26K/28K.

In red, we see the short position liquidations which over two days exceed more than $300 million evaporated.

This is the second largest liquidation so far this year.

We also observe the massive liquidation of purchases a few days earlier with the free fall of the price.

Now, you understand why Bitcoin movements can be very fast.

The market is in full uptrend, altcoins are all in the starting blocks ready to explode and follow bitcoin as the rally begins for the next few months.
 
Analysis of April 2023 :

Check out the graph below.
Source : Trading View - BTC/USDT

After a breakthrough, BTC failed at $31,000 and is now moving sideways.

After a small alert last night at $29,000 it seems to have started again inside what will soon look like the new range of the king of cryptos.

After the endless range between $20,000 and $25,000 then between $26,000 and $29,000 we could see a third range between $29,000 and $31,000.

On the other side, Ethereum is doing well on his own.
Source : Trading View - ETH/USDT

Ethereum is the dolphin of BTC, 77% since the beginning of the year against 86% for Bitcoin, it's no longer very far from at least equaling its performance.

The recent movement of altcoins (including ETH) shows us that a mini alt-season is in the works.

By definition, an alt-season means that the majority of altcoins outperform Bitcoin over a period of time.

We could see this happen over the next 3 months and see some very good performance on the smaller caps.
 
Analysis of May 2023 :

Check out the graph below.
Source : Trading View - BTC/USDT

With market sentiment very gloomy, sellers who have been clubbing the price for several days have finally won.

But this battle is far from over a lot of people from what I see want to see the $25000 minimum and are ready to maintain their short positions until then.
Source : Trading View - ETH/USDT

Ethereum was taking off leaving Bitcoin on the sidelines but recent events have pulled the rug out from under it and it is forced to lose like the others.

After having recovered the $2000 its fall was as fast as the rise at first with a return on $1880 and finally yesterday up to $1815.

In the same way as on Bitcoin, many sellers aim for the minimum $1800 or even $1700.
 
Analysis of June 2023 :

Check out the graph below.
Source : Trading View - BTC/USDT

The chance that the king of cryptos has against others is that it will never be considered a security, because of the proof of work that allows it to operate.

This saves it from attacks by the SEC, which can only focus on what is “legally regulated”, namely the “securities”.

This can be seen graphically with a BTC that does not flinch despite the cold shower. The $25,000 is still strong and sending the price back once more.

Upcoming announcements from the FED and potentially a settling of the situation with the SEC will propel BTC over $30,000 easily.
Source : Trading View - ETH/USDT

Ethereum does not concede more than 9% during this mini crisis, which is a rather solid performance considering the situation.

The ambiguity about its status means that it allows itself the luxury of siding with Bitcoin, and assets that are not threatened by the SEC.

The $1700 are a rather interesting level to defend the price.

Since March, this zone remains the bulwark of Ethereum.

The $2200 or nothing for the next upward wave.
 
Analysis of July 2023 :

Check out the graph below.
Source : Trading View - BTC/USDT

We are a little bored on Bitcoin despite a new annual high, Bitcoin fails to do really better and remains limited in its range.

A few alerts below $30,000 this week, but nothing exceptional. We are still waiting for a clear break.
Source : Trading View - ETH/USDT

Ethereum shows its fangs with a temporary return above $2000. No new highs, but no new excesses and his chart is a bit more bullish than the BTC sideways.
 
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NON FUNGIBLE TOKEN (NFT)

BAYC is a collection of 10,000 Bored Ape NFT unique digital collectibles living on the Ethereum blockchain. Your Bored Ape doubles as your Yacht Club membership card, and grants access to members-only benefits, the first of which is access to "THE BATHROOM" which is a collaborative graffiti board. Future areas and perks can be unlocked by the community through roadmap activation.

The gain after I sold my BAYC was +43,35%.
In 2017, some NFTs were distributed for free on Internet.

It was the case with The CryptoPunks.
10,000 unique collectible characters with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain.

This trend has inspired the modern CryptoArt Movement.
 
The CryptoPunks are one of the earliest NFT on Ethereum, an inspiration for the ERC-721 standard that powers most digital art and collectibles.

In 2017, each piece was distributed free of charge.

Today, each NFT costs a minimum of 2 million euros.

And the most valuable is valued at more than 7 million euros.

The craziest thing is that the gains are made super fast.

The Ether Rocks was launched in 2017 as well.

It was one of the first crypto collectible NFT-type projects on the Ethereum blockchain, having launched shortly after CryptoPunks.

Only 100 rocks can ever be available, and each new virgin rock gets more and more expensive.

This game is built on Ethereum blockchain with a decentralized smart contract.

This last one is used to manage everything including the buying and selling of rocks, their prices and owners.

When it was released, each NFT cost around 5,000 euros.

19 days later, one of them sold for more than 1,2 million euros.

A crazy return of investment capable of propelling the life of any investor for a very long time.

NFT have same potential as Internet at the beginning.
 
The earlier you get in position, the bigger the hit.

Like any new high-potential project, it involves risks.

These insane gains have turned heads, and diverted attention from what really matters.

Don't buy NFT if you don't know how it works.

Fungibility refers to the ability of an asset to be exchanged with a similar asset without sacrificing its value.

For example, all Bitcoins have the same value.

If 1 Bitcoin = $40,000

Whatever bitcoin I have, it will also be worth $40,000.

Bitcoin is a fungible token.

By opposition, the NFT will always be unique.

NFT-A will never have the same value as NFT-B.

For example, there is only one and only Mona Lisa.

This painting can never be exchanged for another painting.

They will never have the same value.

NFT like The Mona Lisa, are non-fungible tokens.

When you buy NFT, you have in your possession a title deed.

This act is digital and tamper-proof.

NFT are rewriting the rules of digital ownership.

They digitize private property and unique identity.

The Internet has allowed unlimited distribution of pirated content.

NFT are the first unreplicable digital elements in the world.

In the past, investing in art used to be reserved for insiders with high financial abilities.

You can earn more with NFT than the art collectors.

But, this isn't limited to the art market.
Disney has launched a collection of NFT in Nov. 2021 :

They feature iconic Disney characters and items to celebrate the first annual "Disney+ Day."

Dolce & Gabbana, Guerlain, Hublot, Louis Vuitton... :

The world of luxury is also going crazy. 

They are all taking their first steps into this new world.

It's understandable when you see digital images sold x100 or x200 more expensive than a Hermès handbag.

McDonald's has created its NFT as well :

It was in Nov. 2021, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the McRib sandwich.

Ubisoft will launch into NFT very soon :

One of the biggest video game publishers in the world announced the news in December 2021.

The possibility for its millions of players to customize their characters to infinity, and even earn money through “play-to-earn”.

Sotheby's has launched its own metaverse for NFT :

The CEO Charles Stewart said : “We believe in the future of using blockchain for digital asset ownership.”
NFT already represent a $40 billion market.
 
The art represents the majority of the NFT market.

This is logical because, a piece of art is unique.

But, it's the tree that hides the forest.

This sector will only shrink as the others grow.

 
This is already the second area of ​​application.

Video games account for $300 billion in revenue worldwide.

This industry weighs more than film and music combined.

This sector is being revolutionized by NFT.

From customizable accessories within certain online games.

Players are able to monetize NFT simply by playing.

 
Luxury brands and big companies are launching their NFT.

NFT allow them to add value to their products.

When we know that a luxury watch or handbag are “positional goods” allowing us to signify our social status, we understand that NFT will attract a whole clientele eager to show off their wealth.

NFT owners can receive money each time the NFT is resold.

Just like royalties in the music industry.

 
As you probably know, Facebook has renamed itself Meta.
 
Behind the anecdote, it's a huge new market to take on.
 
3D social networks, where you won't just have an interface, but where you can evolve like in a video game.

The Metaverse coudn't exist without the NFT.

As long as social media are becoming more present in our lives, the virtual world is becoming a reality.

Go buy and sell NFT on the plateform called OpenSea.

The world, especially the wealthy, are really concerned with this idea of true property. We’ve searched and over searched and until the crypto revolution with NFT, we haven’t been able to find anything that was true property. The more we thought about every single aspect of our life, the more we realized how intertwined it was with the system. We love being in the system, there are more benefits than we can count, but this idea of true property outside of it all is incredibly interesting to us. We believe blockchain is the first time in history where true property is possible. Now, we’re talking about a place where you can own something and nobody else can take it away from you in any way. This place is called the metaverse.

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