Accredited Investors Are Great Business Opportunity If You Can Reach Them
One of the pillars of business is the investor. For some who are starting a small business, the first investors in a business are the entrepreneur themselves, taking their own savings and putting them into the formation and eventual growth of the company. But beyond the initial personal commitment lies a whole field of others willing to invest funds in a business.
There is always a certain amount of risk involved in investment. If money is put into a business that fails and ceases operations, that results in a loss, not a return on investment with profit. However, as a precaution to protect investors from more dubious ventures, financial authorities have regulations in place that bar most investors from funding businesses that are not officially registered. People investing in the stock market, for example, do so with the confidence of knowing that the Securities Exchange Commission has formally registered the companies listed on the market.
Investment in these companies is possible but requires participation from a type of investor known as an accredited investor. These individuals or businesses are permitted to invest in unregistered securities. However, to get that accreditation, these investors must meet a few criteria from a checklist, which, at least in the USA, include:
- Income over $200,000 for a minimum of two consecutive years with an expected increase
- Income of over one million
- Professional career in the finance/investment industry
- A company or individual with assets totaling over five million
New Opportunities
For many businesses that are not registered with some financial authority, accredited investors are the best way to get the funding needed to hit the next level of success. Many different areas of the market could benefit from investment, including:
Stock Market
Of course, you don’t have to be an accredited investor to trade in the stock market, but that doesn’t mean that accredited investors have no interest in the stock market just because it’s a more open playing field. If you have a business already available on the stock market, you may be able to garner additional investment by more directly approaching accredited investors with personalized marketing to show how you can provide an appealing ROI to them.
Options & Futures
Options and futures are one of the more specific stock interactions, with fixed conditions for how these transactions take place. However, if you are in a business where you believe your futures may be of interest to specific kinds of investors, accredited investors are one resource to approach to get faster results.
Bonds
Stocks are when people invest in companies. Bonds, however, are issued by the government. This is a more stable, though lower-performing type of financial product. For people interested in slower, long-term gains, similar to the interest from a savings account, approaching accredited investors with new bond options can be a good way to get more funding.
Commodities
The stock market originally began with commodities as basics like raw materials, and agricultural products such as wheat formed the original basis for the stock market. However, unlike digital products, commodities such as steel, petroleum, and wheat still have important real-world uses. Thus there will always be a market for commodities and new opportunities that may need to be quickly acted upon. In these situations, getting a hold of accredited investors rapidly can be crucial.
Gold & Silver
In times of uncertainty, precious metals like gold and silver have always been “safe harbors” when the value of other stocks and commodities plummeted. Gold has traditionally done well during more dynamic periods, and there is usually an interest in having a stockpile of investments in gold and silver in preparation for those times when the rest of the market becomes less reliable. Even for accredited investors, gold and silver can provide much value when approached with the right investment offer at the right time.
Oil & Gas
Most global industries and even residential needs still rely on some combination of petroleum and natural gas, so these commodities still occupy a major position in world trade. As a result, especially with the uncertainties caused by the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russian natural resources, the market is very dynamic, and non-Russian oil and gas prices continue to enjoy strong returns.
Investors will always be interested in timely investments in these commodities if the right opportunities can be brought to their attention. This market continues to be a dynamic one, with great potential ROI, as well as the ever-present risk of volatility.
Energy
The world continues to require vast amounts of energy, whether in the form of petroleum as a liquid fuel for various vehicles or electricity used to power the lights, computers, televisions, and even automobiles of today. As with other commodities and raw goods, the energy sector is dynamic, with the pricing of energy rising and falling based on an intricate relationship of different global, environmental, financial, and logistical factors.
Energy investors cover a wide range of interests and are always looking for new opportunities to increase the value of their investments. As a sector of the industry that continues to experience demand coupled with an unavoidable level of volatility from time to time, there are plenty of options for energy-based businesses to use to reach out to potential investors.
401(k) Investment
For many people, the 401(k) represents a reward and a nest egg. After years of working hard and having some of a salary “garnished” toward obligations such as taxes and retirement savings, the 401(k) is the culmination of that, where that retirement fund is finally put to good use. People can now enjoy a life of leisure as they retire from the workforce and concentrate only on enjoying their twilight years.
However, for the far-sighted, the 401(k) can be enhanced with additional smart investments. If you have any offers that can provide a tangible ROI to people looking to augment the value of their 401(k), reaching out to these types of accredited investors can often garner much interest.
Mutual Funds
Mutual funds are fairly commonplace now, and for many, they represent a more accessible inroad to the world of trading and investment. Mutual funds are where a group of investors pool their money together and collectively put that amount into various investments. In this way, a group can enjoy the same investment power as an extremely wealthy individual.
Mutual funds are always looking for new trading opportunities that can raise the value for the fund members. This is always a good venue for approaching with new investment opportunities that benefit everyone.
Annuities
Annuities are another financial product where people pay into an annual amount that is then invested, with the intention that this will eventually be returned as a regularly recurring payment due to the ROI resulting from those original annual payments.
Of course, this means that annuity products are also in need of good investments to follow through on that promise,
Currency Markets
Currencies have always had a certain level of volatility, which is understandably tied to world events. For example, the value of the Russian ruble is connected to its recent invasion of Ukraine and subsequent global reaction to the war. On the less dramatic side, the ups and downs of finance, political developments, and other factors affect currency value. Unsurprisingly, this has resulted in a robust currency investment and speculation market.
Because this is such a dynamic market, new opportunities are always just around the corner, and timing can be crucial, which makes accredited investors all the more interested when people are able to deliver time-sensitive investments that can still be acted upon.
International Investors
While the USA is one of the most prolific countries when it comes to having an active investment community, it is far from the only one. Whether it’s other countries on the continent like Canada or Mexico or different continents entirely, like Asia, some investors are looking for a chance to get a return on their investment in America.
Being able to target international investors opens up new horizons for financing, and this demographic should not be ignored just because they don’t live in the same country.
Angel Investors
While many entrepreneurs are single individuals willing to invest in themselves with their own finances, others are willing to do the same. Angel investors are a class of high-net-worth individuals who are interested in taking their wealth and putting it into start-ups, often with the hope that by assisting this small company, they may be getting in on the ground floor for the next Facebook or Amazon.
However, angel investors are private individuals, which can make tracking down their contacts a challenge. But with the right lists, they can be approached for investment opportunities.
REIT Investors
A real estate income trust is a new version of one of the older and more reliable income streams, revenue from residential properties, such as renting out apartments or multi-family homes. However, income is not exclusively limited to residential properties.
A REIT is similar to a mutual fund in that groups of people can come together under the REIT and pool their funds into larger, more ambitious investments in income-generating properties. As expected, new property investments are continually appearing, making timely marketing to the right REIT a productive venture that benefits both parties with a significant ROI.
Start-Up Investors
The start-up story is one of the most storied traditions and “folklore” in the investment world. Small companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon start from the most humble of beginnings, with enthusiastic entrepreneurs that have a radical, paradigm-breaking idea for a business, who then rise to the heights of a powerful, multi-national corporation, and the people who invested in them right from the start benefit from the enormous wealth that ROI brings.
Today, start-up investors continue to chase this dream, hoping for another promising company with humble roots that, given the right funding, can elevate everyone who took a chance. This means that the right start-up idea getting in touch with the right start-up investors can lead to much faster results for everyone.
IPO Investors
One of the big dreams of any business just starting out is that it eventually grows to the scale where it can enter the stock market and offer shares to the public. The first time this happens, known as the Initial Public Offering, or IPO, is a “coming of age” of sorts that often signifies a major milestone in success and growth for a business.
However, as the name implies, IPOs are just the start, and for many people, this is a second chance at “getting in on the ground floor” if you weren’t a direct investor in a company at its start. Thanks to the success stories of tech companies like Apple and Amazon, many people know how valuable it can be to purchase IPO stock at much lower prices and watch the appreciation of that value over the years.
Private Placement Investors
Private Placements are an “elite” type of investing where shares of a specific company are set aside for purchase by a hand-picked group of investors. In other words, rather than having to rush in and hope to grab a certain number of shares in the wild and uncontrolled environment of traditional stock trading, some businesses and trading firms have arrangements to “reserve” shares and make them open to a select group. As to be expected, when it comes to private placement, this consists entirely of accredited investors, be it wealthy individuals, banks, or other financial firms.
Private placement investors are a cut above the average investor and, in some ways, even a cut above the more common tier of accredited investors. Reaching out to private placement investors means gaining access to more resources and support, should a business be of interest to them.
Technology
In past decades, different sectors of the business world have been cornerstones of progress and investment. In the 19th century, as the industrial era began, transportation in America, such as railway companies, were the movers and shakers of the time. In the first half of the 20th century, automobile companies and even industrial firms in petroleum dominated.
Today, however, technology companies are firmly at the vanguard of business, which is why technology investment is one of the most active and heavily concentrated sectors. Technology companies have a possibility for accelerated growth and comparable skyrocketing share prices that traditional businesses often can’t match. For people with technology-based products or services that have the potential to break new ground, getting in touch with technology investors can be a huge leg up for growth.
Biotech
Biotechnology, similar to its purely mechanical or chemical counterparts, continues to be a growth sector that remains a fixture for the future. Biotechnology covers various disciplines that can dramatically change and improve the quality of life. Genetic analysis and engineering continue to spearhead potential new cures for previously incurable conditions like cancer, while advances in cybernetic engineering may restore opportunities and mobility for disabled people.
For companies that can offer promising products or services in the biotech sector, there are investors eager to help, provided they align with the company’s vision.
BitCoin
Virtual currencies continue to occupy a unique space that is not without some occasional controversy. However, for some investors, especially those disenchanted with traditional investment, virtual currencies such as BitCoin and others represent a break and a novel investment experience that can’t be had anywhere else.
For some, the volatility and ability to experience a new and unexpected development due to the unpredictability of virtual currencies is a positive, not a negative. So while stories about failed virtual currency ventures exist in this sector, there is still a novel investment experience to be had, ad a dedicated segment of the investor market is willing to take a chance when properly approached.
Marijuana
A growing industry in many parts of the United States is the marijuana or cannabis sector. While cannabis remains a controlled substance at the federal level, this is not the case at the state level. Products using THC and CBD, the two prime components of cannabis, are now legally obtainable for recreational and medicinal purposes. CBD, in particular, has found entirely new markets as a treatment for pain, inflammation, indigestion, anxiety, and depression.
Because the industry is still in the early days, there is room for growth here, similar to the pioneering days of the technology sector. This means many investors are looking to invest in what could be the cannabis equivalent of an Amazon or Google level of success.
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