Prime Meridian Real Estate Lending fund. Blackmoon offers access to US high yield marketplace lending fund.

Building on the recent successful launch of their three crypto strategies that outperform major cryptocurrencies, Blackmoon now offers a tokenized version of a leading US hedge fund.

Prime Meridian Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment advisor founded in 2012 with $700 million in assets under management. It was named “Top Fund Manager” at LendIt USA Awards 2017 and ranked #554 by Inc. Magazine on its annual Inc. 5000 the same year.

The BMxPMR token offered on the platform gives exposure to the performance of the Prime Meridian Real Estate Lending fund. This fund is the fastest growing across four funds established by Prime Meridian Capital Management. Its assets under management grew more than 100 times since inception in 2016. And every month the fund has delivered positive returns to the investors.

The fund invests in a $2.0 trillion private real estate lending market. The portfolio consists of the short duration, high-yield loans secured by the US real estate. The loans are issued by the leading US loan origination platforms. These platforms apply rigorous scoring and checks to its clients.

To provide investors with additional security and to enhance returns Prime Meridian Capital Management applies its own scoring. The automated algorithm selects loans with the best expected risk and return profile. This approach helps Prime Meridian to consistently outperform peers and win prestigious rewards like “Top Fund Manager” at LendIt USA.

Have you ever wanted to invest in the real estate lending market but didn’t have 100,000’s of dollars to do so? With a low minimum investment, you can invest in a secure real estate fund in just a few clicks on the Blackmoon platform. BMxPMR token gives you access to the performance of the successfully implemented investment strategy, professionally managed by one of the most experienced teams in the industry.

Detailed information is available exclusively to the verified users of the platform. Complete your KYC now to get access to this and other opportunities on Blackmoon.

Handy links to stay tuned to our updates:

website: https://blackmoonplatform.com
telegram chat: https://t.me/blackmoonplatform
info video: https://youtu.be/6Ii0XckQOAE

DISCLAIMER

Investment in cryptocurrencies carries high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal advisor to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

Oznake: kriptovalute, Cryptocurrency, investiranje

Preface

The ETF assets in US have grown at a 34% annualized since 2000, bringing the current total to $3.4 trillion, according to James Ross, Chairman of the Global SPDR Business in State Street Global Advisors. Without a doubt such numbers indicate high popularity of ETFs among the investors. But what made this type of investments so attractive? And what stands behind the term “ETF”? Let’s start our journey from the beginning of ETF history and consider the SPDR S&P500 ETF, one of the largest ETFs in terms of AuM, in its context.
ETF Begins

The idea of index investing appeared more than 30 years ago. At that time only trusts and closed end funds tried to provide the investors with the opportunity to get exposure to one class of assets. According to “The Exchange-Traded Funds Manual” written by Gary Gastineau, the first kind of ETF was Index Participation Shares for the S&P 500 launched in 1989. However, the Federal Court of Chicago decided that the fund worked like future contracts and so should be traded on the futures exchange.

The date of establishment of the ETF vehicles is considered to be January 22, 1993 when State Street Global Advisors created SPDR S&P 500 ETF. It was the very first ETF, becoming the flagship for the exchange traded products and meaningfully impacted the modern investment landscape.
SPDR S&P500 ETF

The SPDR S&P500 ETF was designed to track the performance of the US large cap market equities included in S&P 500 index. So the purchase of shares of this ETF provides investors with the access to the US large cap space and also with the investment results corresponding to the price and yield of the S&P500 index. Let’s take a closer look at the underlying index.

Standard and Poor’s 500 (S&P 500®) is an American stock market index based on the market capitalization of 500 large companies having common stock listed on NYSE and NASDAQ. Created in 1957 the S&P 500 index was the first US market-cap-weighted stock index. One of the major characteristics which makes each index unique is its proprietary components selection model. The companies included in the S&P 500 are selected by the S&P Index Committee, a team of analysts and economists at Standard & Poor’s.

S&P designed several criteria for including the company in the index:

Universe. All constituents must be U.S. companies.
Eligibility Market Cap. Companies with market cap of USD 6.1 bn or greater.
Public Float. At least 50% of shares outstanding must be available for trading.
Financial Viability. Companies must have positive as-reported earnings over the most recent quarter, as well as over the most recent four quarters (summed together).
Adequate Liquidity and Reasonable Price. Consists of highly tradable common stocks, with active and deep markets.

The components of the index are reviewed quarterly in order to remain indicative of the US stock market (well, I even believe when the new company is included in the index, its management celebrates this event).

Thanks to its companies selection methodology, today S&P 500 index covers appr. 80% of available market capitalization and so is considered as one of the best representations of the US stock market.

Let’s return back to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF. This ETF holds the portfolio of common stocks that are included in the S&P 500 index, with the weight of each stock in the portfolio substantially corresponding to the weight of such stock in the S&P 500 index.



And what about investment returns?

The value of each unit in SPDR S&P500 ETF at any given time reflects the movement of the underlying index. So the objective of this fund is to generate the investment results corresponding to the returns of the index composed of the US 500 large cap market equities. As of March 23, 2018 returns were solid over the 1-Y, 3-Y and 5-Y period, with gains of 17.11%, 11.08% and 14.65%, respectively.



New horizons for the conventional vehicles

SPDR S&P 500 ETF is the best recognised and the oldest ETF which typically tops rankings for the largest asset under management and greatest trading volume. To sum it all up, the key benefits of SPDR S&P 500 ETF are:

Closely tracks the performance of the S&P 500 index;
The oldest of the S&P 500 benchmarked fund;
Ability to get a depth of the market exposure;
Provides an opportunity to diversify the portfolio;
Can be used as a hedging instrument;
Highly liquid.

Thanks to the success of SPDR S&P500 ETF derived from its key advantages, today the number and variety of ETFs allow its investors to get exposure to nearly each market asset class.

How do crypto investors may get exposure to such a popular instrument as ETF among traditional investors? The Blackmoon Platform provides a unique opportunity for a blockchain investor to access the performance of a liquid, conventional and diversified instrument as an ETF, gaining exposure to the US large cap space without leaving the Blockchain ecosystem. You may find more information regarding the SPDR S&P500 ETF and Blackmoon Platform here.

Prepared by Anastasia Rodina

platform website: https://blackmoonplatform.com;
telegram chat for the investors in asset tokens https://t.me/blackmoonplatform;
telegram chat for the BMC token holders https://t.me/blackmooncrypto.


Disclaimer: This article provides you with educational material only and was prepared by Blackmoon team for information purposes only. Cryptocurrency markets are unregulated and carry a high degree of risk, including risk of loss of entire investment. Only risk capital you can afford to lose. This post is not intended to be investment advice. Before deciding to invest, you should seek independent legal and professional advice.

Oznake: Cryptocurrency, kriptovalute, investiranje

Prime Meridian Real Estate Lending fund. Blackmoon offers access to US high yield marketplace lending fund.

Building on the recent successful launch of their three crypto strategies that outperform major cryptocurrencies, Blackmoon now offers a tokenized version of a leading US hedge fund.

Prime Meridian Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment advisor founded in 2012 with $700 million in assets under management. It was named “Top Fund Manager” at LendIt USA Awards 2017 and ranked #554 by Inc. Magazine on its annual Inc. 5000 the same year.

The BMxPMR token offered on the platform gives exposure to the performance of the Prime Meridian Real Estate Lending fund. This fund is the fastest growing across four funds established by Prime Meridian Capital Management. Its assets under management grew more than 100 times since inception in 2016. And every month the fund has delivered positive returns to the investors.

The fund invests in a $2.0 trillion private real estate lending market. The portfolio consists of the short duration, high-yield loans secured by the US real estate. The loans are issued by the leading US loan origination platforms. These platforms apply rigorous scoring and checks to its clients.

To provide investors with additional security and to enhance returns Prime Meridian Capital Management applies its own scoring. The automated algorithm selects loans with the best expected risk and return profile. This approach helps Prime Meridian to consistently outperform peers and win prestigious rewards like “Top Fund Manager” at LendIt USA.

Have you ever wanted to invest in the real estate lending market but didn’t have 100,000’s of dollars to do so? With a low minimum investment, you can invest in a secure real estate fund in just a few clicks on the Blackmoon platform. BMxPMR token gives you access to the performance of the successfully implemented investment strategy, professionally managed by one of the most experienced teams in the industry.

Detailed information is available exclusively to the verified users of the platform. Complete your KYC now to get access to this and other opportunities on Blackmoon.

Handy links to stay tuned to our updates:

website: https://blackmoonplatform.com
telegram chat: https://t.me/blackmoonplatform
info video: https://youtu.be/6Ii0XckQOAE

DISCLAIMER

Investment in cryptocurrencies carries high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal advisor to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

Oznake: kriptovalute, Cryptocurrency, investiranje