Pals,
I've been doing financial research in field of virtual currencies.
Data is mined and analysed by third party. Below are some of bullet points to give better insight about potential of Bitcoin. Hope you like and follow:
1. Bitcoin is now credible investment vehicle. Thanks to Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust for generating trust.
2. Bitcoin are easily traded in some more than 30 hard currencies.
3. Bitcoin is not a legal tender in any country.
4. Like hard currencies, Bitcoin pays no interest.
5. Bitcoin investment
per se is extremely risky and will continue for next few years.
6. Bitcoin investment (2-4% in portfolios) is attractive because it delivers high diversification benefits due to obvious reasons.
7. 50% of Bitcoin exchanges are still active.
8. Bitcoin average return is skyrocketing(350% annually).
9. Bitcoin volatility is also high. Its is approximately 170% for Bitcoin compared to 18% for gold, 26% for oil. No other asset provides such a dramatic volatility.
10. Between period 2010-2013: Kurtosis Value for Bitcoin is around 10.4 i.e comparable to that of bond from emerging government.
11. Between period 2010-2013: Skewness levels are found to be very high-1.8 (In financial market, such high skewness levels are known to be reachable only by complicated strategies fabricated by experienced brain)
12. Gold above ground/population of planet = per capita gold i.e. $1000/person and Market cap of Bitcoin is $ 7 Billion dollar therefore, per capita Bitcoin is $ 1 dollar. This implies, Bitcoin is 1/1000th value of gold just in 4 years. However, Bitcoin has also shown weak correlation with
only two important assets- Gold and inflation linked bonds.
13. Span test (HK & FFK) confirms that portfolio with Bitcoin gives better and superior result than Bitcoin-free portfolio.
Conclusion: If you're capable of raising your tolerance limit( to 3-4%) then Bitcoin will/can result in sharp increase in the average return obtained for given amount of risk. Therefore, I'd suggest...
Trade Opinion: Buy Bitcoin!Bitcoin Market is subject to a number of risks and is not suitable for all investors. Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks of a fund before investing. There is a very high degree of risk involved in trading. Past results are not indicative of future returns. The comments are for educational purposes and awareness only and should not be strictly construed as investment advice. Information for Bitcoin observations are obtained from sources like https://github.com/prof7bit/goxtool, http://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/ etc.. I do not warrant its completeness or accuracy or warrant any results from the use of the information. Your use of Bitcoin investment is entirely at your own risk and it is your sole responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness and usefulness of the information given above. You must assess the risk of any Bitcoin Investment with your financial analyst and make your own independent decisions. Thanks for being understanding!