As the Xmas break ends it’s good to see that the world of online investing is beginning to start the wheels in motion again.

It’s been just over a week since I posted about Thirty Dollar Unit and I’m happy to report that I’ve just received confirmation that my payment just before the holiday has been safely received.

The opportunity is pretty straightforward. For every Thirty Dollar Unit that you purchase you will be eligible for a $12,500 return.

As the intent is to payout in Q1 of 2009 this could be a very worthwhile and profitable start to the New Year.

If you are interested in getting involved then you will need a referrer. Please let me know at 4mywealth AT safe-mail.net with the Subject line ‘Thirty Dollar Unit’ and I will let you know how to proceed.

As readers will no doubt realise I believe FOREX trading is a great way to acquire a realistic second income. Also, as there are several ways to get involved it allows those from many backgrounds to profit.

If you are someone who likes to keep total control over the trades you make then you will be very interested in the system offered by a gentleman called George Smith. An airline pilot, George found himself at the age of 60 no longer required by his employer. Given that he was still keen to occupy his time it didn’t take him too long to discover the opportunities offered by FOREX trading.

George used the skills he learnt as a pilot to create a trading strategy that matched his temperament, that is slow and steady. He trades each day with the aim to make a return of 5% of his bank. Once that is achieved (normally in less than two hours) he shuts down his PC and spends the rest of the day in other pursuits.

George thought his trading method would be useful to others and has produced a course for this purpose. It is priced at a very reasonable $77 and comes with a large number of videos that give greater detail of specific trades George makes. As this is a Clickbank product there is a no quibble 60 day money back guarantee.

I do like the product a lot but there are several things to bear in mind if you want to try it for yourself:

1. He trades the EURUSD exclusively
2. You need to be at your PC from 7AM to 11AM GMT (although trades may be completed before the full time span completes)
3. He uses and recommends the OandA platform

Personally I haven’t really had the time to follow things through properly as yet and it does appear to me that George is able to ‘see’ trades forming that only come after a fair degree of practice.

His videos are well produced and definitely worth watching as they will give you an idea of how he trades. All of the information can be found at the Forex Trading Made EZ website.

As we are so close to celebrating the Xmas holiday I thought I would enter into the spirit of things and give readers a gift for the holiday.

So, if you’d like to have instant access to 10 of the best Online Investing resources I use then please feel free to download and enjoy.

This is an exe file that is perfectly safe to use. It shows links to 10 of the sites that I use regularly in my Online Investing endeavours.

Clicking on the link will take you to the File Factory website. By scrolling down the page you can download the file using the basic service (it’s free).

I’m guessing things will be fairly quiet over the next few days so I may not be posting that much until the New Year. If that turns out to be the case then I’d like to pass on my best wishes for Xmas and the New Year.

I’ve recently learned about a programme that is filling very quickly and if you act now you could be in line for an early 2009 payment.

Details are at Thirty Dollar Unit and you’ll probably not be surprised to know that the cost is $30 per unit!

They are close to completing the 30,000 needed and the likelihood is that payment will be made in the 1st Quarter of 2009. For each unit you purchase you will receive $12,500 (this can be higher if you refer others).

If this is the first time you’ve heard about Thirty Dollar Unit then I would appreciate it if you could make me your referrer. If this is of interest then please send me an email to 4mywealth AT safe-mail.net with subject line ‘Thirty Dollar Unit’.

Please note that payment is only available via Alertpay so if you don’t have an account there then you can open one very quickly and use a credit card to purchase units.

As I always say there are no guarantees in the world of online investing but I do recognise quite a few names of people who are members so I’m willing to take a chance.

If you are not lucky enough to get in on this opportunity it looks as though a new tranche will be opened once this one pays out.

I just made a loan to someone in the developing world using a revolutionary new website called Kiva (www.kiva.org).

You can go to Kiva’s website and lend to someone in the developing world who needs a loan for their business – like raising goats, selling vegetables at market or making bricks.  Each loan has a picture of the entrepreneur, a description of their business and how they plan to use the loan so you know exactly how your money is being spent – and you get updates letting you know how the entrepreneur is going.
       
The best part is, when the entrepreneur pays back their loan you get your money back – and Kiva’s loans are managed by microfinance institutions on the ground who have a lot of experience doing this, so you can trust that your money is being handled responsibly.

I just made a loan to an entrepreneur named Thi Nhung Nguyen in Viet Nam.  They still need another $200.00 to complete their loan request of $2,100.00 (you can loan as little as $25.00!).  Help me get this entrepreneur off the ground by clicking on the link below to make a loan to Thi Nhung Nguyen too:

http://admin.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=78957

It’s finally easy to actually do something about poverty – using Kiva I know exactly who my money is loaned to and what they’re using it for.  And most of all, I know that I’m helping them build a
sustainable business that will provide income to feed, clothe, house and educate their family long after my loan is paid back.

Join me in changing the world – one loan at a time.

Thanks!

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What others are saying about www.Kiva.org:

‘Revolutionising how donors and lenders in the US are connecting with small entrepreneurs in developing countries.’
– BBC

‘If you’ve got 25 bucks, a PC and a PayPal account, you’ve now got the wherewithal to be an international financier.’
– CNN Money

‘Smaller investors can make loans of as little as $25 to specific individual entrepreneurs through a service launched last fall by Kiva.org.’
– The Wall Street Journal

‘An inexpensive feel-good investment opportunity…All loaned funds go directly to the applicants, and most loans are repaid in full.’
– Entrepreneur Magazine   

It seems that the passage of time has been too quick for the admin of Global Pension Plan. Given their focus on trying to wrap up the missing member numbers it appears that they didn’t realise their domain name was expiring in mid December.

As a result they have had to move their domain again, so you will have to bookmark the new site for Global Pension Plan. Be aware that there are some questions as to whether this new domain address is legitimate so it will probably be worth waiting a few days to get final confirmation that everything is okay.

There is still space for new members so if you want to earn a very good return for a small outlay then take a look at my earlier post for more details.

After some frustrations I have finally got my live account working with FAP Turbo, so now we will see what the real deal is. Checking on the forum I must admit that there are some mixed opinions about just what FAP Turbo can actually deliver.

Some people are really happy and seem to be making regular profits whereas others are less positive and essentially bitching about a whole bunch of things. From my own personal experience I can see where some of the frustration is coming from as it seems that the sheer volume of people with FAP Turbo has overwhelmed the support in place for it. Unfortunately this seems to happen with a lot of online ventures giving me the impression that they don’t even believe their own hype and when they suddenly find a whole lot of people using their product the systems for support aren’t there.

Anyway, I’m going to see how things develop. I’m starting with $500 and trading just on EURGBP and EURCHF as these seem to be the currency pairs that provide the less volatile returns.

I’ll post regular updates to show what progress is being made as a way of helping people make their own mind up about whether it is worth the money. Talking of money just a quick reminder to say that the price rises pretty soon from $149 to $399. As there is a full 56 day no quibble refund policy I’d recommend buying at this price and then if things don’t work out you can always get your money back.

Just as a note I’ve decided to run on my own pc for the time being and will look at a Virtual Private Server (VPS) service if results seem to be positive for the long term.

The Ultimate FX Predictor is designed to provide users with a tool to help decide when to enter a FOREX trade. In essence the idea is to remove any emotion in the decision for the trader such that they act on the signals given by the software.

Yesterday users were advised that a new data feed source is being introduced to the service. So, from yesterday it is possible to use the data feed from FXCM on the service. This will replace the Tullett feed that will end on January 01 2009.

The developer of the Ultimate FX Predictor, Keith Cotterill, has welcomed this change as he believes that the FXCM feed will provide faster updates to the software and it also offers data on a wider spread of currency pairs.

I’ve been using the Ultimate FX Pedictor for a while and whilst the software is working well I’m struggling more with my trading approach in relation to coming out too soon when looking for profit. My downside is more controlled as I’m using a stop loss approach that I’m happy with. On the other hand when the trade moves into profit I’m tending to come out too soon.

As I reported in an earlier post I’m using the settings advised by Graham Laurie of Cash Master (he made two successful trades today, on the new FXCM feeds, giving a return of over £2,000 at £10 a pip) as I feel these offer potential for good profits so I’ll keep plugging away until I can capitalise properly on the signals I get.

Please note that the Ultimate FX Predictor is not cheap at a price of over £2,000, however it does offer potential for a serious income. Also, Keith has a good system of support in place and he is always working to improve both the tool and the information he gives to the members so in the longer term I’m of the opinion that there is definitely value for money here. Don’t forget that once you have bought the software you will also have to pay a monthly fee of $80 for the data feed.

One of the early programmes I joined online was Imperia Invest. They market what are known as Traded Endowment Policies (TEP) and have the potential to provide a high return. For a fee of $50 you were eligible to take part and then the admins would create accounts for you where they would trade on your behalf.

Each policy was valid for 6 months and after this time the return would be frozen until the programme pays out.

It took a fair amount of time for the organisers to get everyone to send in the necessary Know Your Customer (KYC) documentation but recently that was completed.

Yesterday members were advised that the trust agreement was available for download. Once all of these are signed and returned the process of payout can commence.

Whilst we’re not over the final hurdle yet i.e. getting the funds available to us, it does appear that positive progress is being made. In terms of when payouts will actually be made it is difficult to tell and I’ll leave others to speculate but hopefully this will be one of the first online programmes in this vein to pay out which will give some reassurance that others will follow behind soon after.

If you are an existing member of Imperia Invest and weren’t aware that the agreement is available for download then please go here. Alternatively, it is available in your back office.

When you purchase a copy of FAP Turbo you will be able to access their recently opened forum. When I checked earlier today there were only 27 copies of the system left at $149. Once they are gone the price increases to $399 so well worth acting now before the price shoots up.

Before I say any more about the forum I just wanted to provide a short explanation as to what FAP Turbo actually is as reading the posts on the forum it seems people are finding it difficult to operate.

The software is what’s known as an Expert Adviser (EA) for FOREX. So, the creators of FAP Turbo sat down and wrote a utility that once installed makes all the decisions on when to enter and exit a selected FOREX trade. There are two modes of working, firstly scalping where the idea is to take advantage of short moves in value (effectively a short term trading strategy) and a long term trading strategy. From reports I’ve read and my own experience the long term strategy is not working too well at the moment so is best left alone. The scalping strategy, however, is working well.

You use the EA by ‘attaching’ it to a programme known as Meta Trader which is available from all recognised brokers. The FAP Turbo site provides a host of videos that you can watch that will explain how best to install the EA and get it running. The great thing of course is that once everything is up and running then you can let it work it’s magic while you do other things. As mentioned in previous posts it’s best if you also obtain a Virtual Private Server (VPS) account where you can set up everything and leave it running without any further worry on your part. The recommended VPS provider is clearly snowed under and is not performing at all so I have taken the decision to cancel my account and look elsewhere.

Getting back to the forum it’s clear that some people are still struggling with getting things to work. To be fair to the guys at FAP Turbo they do recognise that there are problems and have asked anyone who could help as forum moderators to let them know. Unfortunately, of course, this doesn’t help those that are getting frustrated by not having answers to their questions.

On one level it should be borne in mind that if you are not having problems you wouldn’t necessarily post on the forum but even so from a reputational point of view the slow response will not win any plaudits. Hopefully things will improve over the next few days and focus can be put on the performance of the tool.

I’m still using a demo account as I cocked up funding an account with FXPro so it will be a few days before I get that sorted out, but once done I’m looking forward to seeing the system in action.