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Common investing mistakes

When trying to learn any skill and reach excellence, mistakes are the natural part of process. There is no way around it, but beginner investor are usually more prone to making these mistakes. Even famous and successful investor have made some of these mistakes at least once. We will look over some of the most common mistakes in hope to raise awareness among future and current investors and help them avoid repeating them. First of all, investing in business and industry that you don't know that well is not a good idea. There is always some "hot" and "up and coming" industry sector but if you don't have much knowledge about that particular industry and don't understand its business model avoid it. For example crypotocurrencies were massive hit, year and a half ago when bitcoin reached its all-time high of $19,500 and then fell to $3,000 a year later. Inexperienced investor could suffer a massive loss if he doesn't fully understand complexity ...

Make your company current again

The Pink Open Market as a part of OTC Markets Group provides platform for trading wide range of equities, which include penny stocks, shell companies, foreign issuers with limited information and companies not willing or able to provide information to investors. Since there is limited information available and limited regulatory oversight Pink market is considered to be of high risk.  Depending on level of disclosure companies are divided in three tiers as current information, limited information or no information. To qualify as a current information company have to make disclosure  available, in accordance with one of the following reporting standards: SEC reporting standard, U.S. reporting standard, international or alternative reporting standard. In the first two cases company has to be in compliance with SEC and Bank Regulator reporting requirements. Companies trading on Qualified Foreign Exchange  use international reporting standard. Other companies m...

Gain visibility of your stock

Most small businesses and newly traded companies fail because of a lack of investors visibility. Mina Mar Group have a whole department within a company dedicated solely to bringing your company up to speed with current communication and marketing trends that you might missed. Our dedicated team of professionals will open new lines of communication between your company and  your current and potential shareholders, brokers and investors.  You do what you do best - running your business and we will take care of needs of your investors. We will use every opportunity to provide fact based information about your products and services. All information theta we deliver is free of promotional  hype, editorially neutral - an honest presentation which is never an endorsement. With us you will access important and targeted channels to reach investors: • Company profile (summary or detailed — based on needs and budget parameters)  • Quick Fact sheets • F...

Mina Mar Group - what we value

Mina Mar Group has a mission to use collective set of skills from our executive team to  provide our clients with the tools, expertise, investor network and funding sources to fuel their growth. We believe in companies with substance and high growth potential that truly deserve to be listed on the stockmarket. The values we endorse are reflected as a tangible results in our clients' performance These values empower us to achieve client, company and individual success and are carried out in pursuit of excellence and acting with integrity. Initiation - turn your thoughts into action. If you are principal in your company that meats our requirements talks to us first. It is important to make a first step and know where you stand. Sometimes your dreams can be bigger than your budget but we at Mina Mar Group have various affordable options for you that will make your dreams a reality.  Innovation - we like to create new solutions and overcome obstacles. At Mina Mar...

Opportunity for Chinese companies

Mina Mar Group has a unique approach to reverse merger. Our main objective is not to just seal the deal and make a quick dollar but to work with companies that have real substance, products, revenues and potential to grow. We will help them get publicly listed and beyond that helping them reach investors and building liquidity. Mina Mar Group is there every step of the way with their clients, leaving nothing to chance. Mina Mar Group primarily work with companies on U.S market offering them cross border listing services to our on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange but we also work with Chinese companies . Since 2008 Mina Mar Group we took over 100 companies from China public. Second largest economy in the world has to offer quality companies and we are glad to help them get listed on the U.S. stockmarket via reverse merger. We maintain a list of reporting and non-reporting companies and depending on what kind of company you are looking for and your budget we will find you the matc...

List your company on Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Mina Mar Group can open the door of completely new continent for your company. We are talking about cross listing of your company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It is a great way to broaden your shareholder base in a Europe where is strong demand from both private and institutional investors to invest in small-cap and medium-sized public companies from U.S. together with benefits of trading locally. There are many other benefits of cross-listing: increased liquidity, opportunity to raise additional capital, increase in trading volume, decrease in volatility, enhanced visibility among overseas investors, possibility to tap into retail and institutional funds and benefit from changing global attitudes toward equity investing. Mina Mar will coordinate comprehensive investor relation and public relation program created to maximize dissemination of corporate information to potential investors. Frankfurt Stock Exchange was founded in 1585 and is operated by Deutche Börse AG. A...

Mina Mar Marketing Group -what we do

Mina Mar Marketing Group enables companies of all sizes to build powerful communication solutions and reach their business goals. As a separate department within Mina Mar Group we provide total PR/IR services that ensure that messages and stories of our clients are easily communicated. To create and convey strategic vision, we dedicate our time to work on communication program with long term goals. For accurate reflection  of the corporate strategy and goals of our clients, we work on their brand and the perception of their services. Our clients are assessed with market analysts and quantified research that are capable of providing support design and execution of cost-saving effectual initiatives  for marketing communication that are specially designed to suit targets and goals of our clients whether in the USA or other countries. By defining your current position and image on the market we will determine all important communication factor, your needs, prior...

Benefits of cross-listing

Cross-listing also known as cross border listing is when a company list its securities on one or more foreign exchanges in addition to domestic exchange. Publicly held companies still trading in the U.S. undertake listings on overseas exchange for variety of reasons. Simply put, no company would do it if it didn't bring some benefits and indeed there are plenty of them. Cross border listing broadens shareholders base and enhance your visibility among overseas investors. Actually it is also beneficial for investors that can get a chance to diversify their portfolio especially in sectors that are not available on the local stock market. This way investors can invest in U.S. company and trade locally. This is a great way to attract new capital so you can decide to raise debt or equity. Additional funds can be used to grow and expand your business even more. Since there is usually difference in time zones this enables company to trade its stock a longer time. Diversifi...

How to create positive corporate image

An undeniable fact of business life as we enter the 21st century is that market became a highly competitive place with a complex business climate so companies need to do effective and cost efficient job of marketing themselves than ever before. Corporate image describes the manner in which a company, its activities, product and services are persevered by public. In order to stay relevant many businesses actively strive to create and communicate positive corporate image to their customers, shareholder, potential investors and general public.  If you ignore the importance of corporate image in order to avoid associated costs it will end costing you more in the long run. Some of the negative consequences are high employee turnover, lack of or losing important customers or drop in stock value. Contrary to popular belief many of the tools for creating corporate image are time tested and require only a commitment and energy. While expensive advertising campaigns will ...

Going Public with Mina Mar Group (part 2)

In the first part of the article we mentioned prospectus. To be sure that all information in the prospectus are true and pertinent it is necessary to do due diligence. It will be performed by your accountants and our experts at Mina Mar Group. The business objective, position among competition, management, business plan and performance, financial situation will all be carefully evaluated by MMG. The review process also involves getting information about the customers, vendors and industry sector of the company. As we get more information we will make changes in the prospectus and fill in missing information. The drafted prospectus will be filed and presented by Mina Mar Group to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As we already mentioned prospectus is standard part of an IPO process. It ensures that important information regarding the issuing securities are disclosed to potential investors. Preliminary prospectus ("red herring") is the first offering docume...

Reaching micro-cap investors

The OTC market has significant number of issuers that are start-up, development stage companies that are not adaptable to financial analysis because traditional reports that focus on financial metric are not really valuable. When company is in the stage of development credibility becomes crucial element. In other words, delivering message that clearly indicates market opportunity and capability of company's management to achieve success. Our team at Mina Mar Group can help you design and carry out perfect communication campaign. Essence of our activities is development of an excellent profile of our clients. Report that will be read by investors must be clear, concise and told in compelling way otherwise it will not be read. It is simple as that. Investors need to understand the market sector in which company competes, your business model and plan to attain success on the market. We will work with your company to distinguish key communication points that will convey the r...

Building liquidity with Mina Mar Marketing Group

Do you think that stock of your company is undervalued and poorly traded? If the answer is yes, you need to build liquidity of your stock in order to support your financing and create freer trading environment. There are more than 8,000 public companies  quoted on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) and Pink Sheets and most of them have no independent analyst coverage. Research done by Investopedia indicates that stocks in this under-followed sector are undervalued by 20-40%. Investors want to find reliable source of information on this stocks. Reaching investors is difficult and getting them to follow and trade particular stock even more so. In the abundance of companies it is not easy to get noticed and tell your story. In order to move your stock forward you need investors to know about your company in the first place. Because you are competing with a couple of thousand of other businesses you need to capture investors interest.  Liquidity is the ultimate ch...

Creating awareness of your business

If you own a public company or you are planning to make your company public trough an IPO process or reverse merger chances are that your company will need to attract more attention from investors and make company visible and recognizable in public. Even if you have established company it is always a good idea to be familiar with newest communication and marketing trends. Having well informed investors increases chances for a good business. Besides our capital advisory services Mina Mar Group has entire separate department Mina Mar Marketing Group that provides full range services in investor relations and marketing. MMMG enables businesses and organisations of all sizes to build powerful communication solutions and reach their goals. Public awareness will give you opportunity to make and leverage more contacts which will definitely increase business opportunities. Good thing is that public awareness in withing reach of any business and it yields great results. It is p...

Successful Reverse Merger with Mina Mar Group

Even though reverse merger has many benefits, especially compared to traditional IPO process and  many advantages come with being a public company there are also some disadvantages. This doesn't mean that you can't avoid potential problems. We at Mina Mar Group are offering you our expertise in reverse mergers so you can concentrate on you business and will will take care of every stage of the process and ensure successful closure. Because you are reverse merging into a public shell it can sometimes come with some history and shareholders. Often that means there may be some pending lawsuits, messy records or some liabilities that were not expected. This is exactly the point when we get involved and make sure that reverse merger proceeds with no problems. Mina Mar Group has invested significant resources and capital to develop and maintain an inventory of clean public shells for a variety of stock markets and company sizes. We have done the extensive work of "cle...

Mina Mar Group - consulting services

It can be hard to navigate through complex processes like initial public offering (IPO), reverse takeover (RTO), mergers and acquisitions (M&A), raising funds and being financially compliant, organizing roadshows and communicating with investors but luckily you don't have to do it all by yourself. We at Mina Mar Group are dedicated to help developing companies reaching their goals through our expertise and widespread connections in business and investment community. We believe that each company is special and with their unique mission and vision, therefore our approach differ with every company we are helping reach success. One of main objectives in our consulting process is improving your business without tampering with what makes it unique. When we say that we will improve your business it refers supporting its growth.  Mina Mar Group will thoroughly research your company in order to have full assessment of the objectives and needs of your organization...

Spread Communication with Mina Mar Group

Mina Mar Group is offering full range of investor relation service as addition to out capital advisory services. We think that communication is crucial part of reaching your goal - making distinct message for the investing community and creating loyal base of followers and investors. Our top executives have plenty of experience in representing companies in different industries and market caps. We established our services on analytical and professional method of maintaining investors relations. Our clients will receive aid in personalized outreach activities that are focused on the financial media, analysts and institutional investors. Our approach is based on building trust and enlightening the investors and in that way safeguarding and upholding the reputation and credibility of our clients' management. Mina Mar Group is giving you a chance to meet the fund analysts, venture capitalist, company's managers and other individuals from investment community and we will also...

Why are roadshows important for your business?

Is there better way to communicate with your clients and investors than face to face? If you think there isn't than road show might be the answer you were looking for. What are they and why are they so important? Roadshow is series of meetings where representatives of the company give a  presentation about investment opportunity to current and potential investors. Companies have variety of reasons why they conduct road shows. The most common reason for organizing a road show is an initial public offering (IPO), a process when previously private company offers its shares to be publicly traded on stock exchange. Other reasons for a road show include privatization of a government owned company or when a company is when a company makes secondary offering of shares in order to raise more money.  A non deal roadshow (NDR) occurs when executives hold discussion with current and potential investors without offering securities for sale. Main reason for NDR ...

How to successfully manage IPO process

IPO Process The process of taking a company public requires a significant amount of work and knowledge of the reverse merger or IPO process. The assistance of a top team including an experienced securities lawyer is also mandatory for a successful outcome. Mina Mar Group not only manages the entire process, but also provides a competent and proven team of internal & external staff and resources. The Mina Mar Group turnkey process starts with your decision to go public and ends with your company acquiring a ticker symbol and raising capital. Mina Mar Group doesn’t just take you public. We engage stock distribution and investor relations firms to ensure that the offering is distributed far and wide, in order to raise the most capital at the best price for your company. Going Public – The Process 1.Internal company agreement to go public Management will present the concept of going public to the Board of Directors so they may consider the option. Included in this presenta...

Dual Listing

Dual listing also known as interlisting or cross listin is when a company list equity shares on two or more different stock exchanges. Companies use dual listing because of its benefits such as additional liquidity, attracting more capital and possibility to trade shares for a longer periods if exchanges are in the different time zones. MinaMar Group provides dual listing conulting services so you can be sure to recieve all the benefits of dual listng. We can open the door to a completely new continent. Cross-border listing broadens the potential shareholder base, reaching the many European investors who are interested in U.S.-traded companies, but want to trade locally. Cross-border listing, sometimes referred to as dual listing, can provide another way for companies to tap into the opportunities of a changing global capital environment. Mina Mar Group can then coordinate a comprehensive investor relations/ public relations program designed to maximize the dissemination of cor...