HYIP, which stands for High Yield Investment Program is just what it sounds like, a program offering a high yield investment. HYIP's are offering probably the most profitable investments available today. Interest rates of up to 100% a monthis not uncommon. In general the interest rates are ranging anywhere between 5-250% a month.

HYIP's are using different investment strategies. Some invest in stocks, others in property. There are even HYIPs investing in other HYIPs. Probably there are also programs that are not investing at all. These belong to the scammers. You'll read more about unserious HYIPs further down this text.

Most HYIP's use different e-currencies as their way of accepting funds from members. E-gold is undoubtedly the most commonly used one hence the many program names containing "Gold" or "E-gold". E-currencies makes instant and secure money transfers possible online and have very much paved the way for HYIP's.

The phenomenon of Hyips is growing bigger and bigger on the internet today. Every day new programs are being launched. Lots of people are earning fortunes investing in these programs.

Sounds too good to be true?

Well, while the statements above are not lies, they don't give you the whole picture. Many program owners are scammers. Their only will is to run with your money. There are more scams out there than serious long term programs.Over the years large amounts of people have lost their money as a result of being involved in High Yield Investment Programs.

Given the fact that the HYIP industry is a very risky one, most people are very hesitant when it comes to investing in HYIP's – which is legitimate. However, not being aware of the risks is the main reason why people are losing their money. There is a great number of cases where people have thought they've found an incredible opportunity and gladly invested their entire fortune. When the programs later went out of business, the consequences have been devastating.

Although there are unserious players in all markets, the HYIP arena seem to have more of them than many other industries. The reason for this is the big amounts of money involved and the fact that it's pretty easy to steal money on the net.

Taking both the negative and positive aspects of High Yield Investments into consideration, the conclusion is; If done right, High Yield Investments can be extremely lucrative.

This is where we come into play. We are constantly studying and researching the market. We are also investing in a number of HYIP's to be able to analyze them and keep track of their payments.

Before you can get started with High Yield Investment Programs there are a few things you need to do. We have listed them here:

1. The first thing you need to do is to sign up for e-gold, which is the most commonly used ecurrency among High Yield Investment Programs. You will be using E-gold to fund your accounts in the different programs.

2. Once your e-currency account is funded you can start investing! Simply go to the website of the High Yield Investment Programs you've decided to invest in and follow their instructions.

Step 2: Fill in the needed contact details and information. Most important is the "Passphrase". Use the "SRK Console" - button to open up a secure virtual keyboard and enter it with your mouse (prevents keyloggers and trojans from logging your typing on the keyboard).

Always use the SRK console when you log in to your E-gold account. It may be time-consuming, but trust me, it's worth it. Especially if you have high weights of gold in there. Your E-gold number will be sent to the email adress you have specified. Remember, E-gold never ever asks for your passphrase. If you recieve emails from what seems to be egold claiming they need your login information for some reason, delete it! It's not from E-gold.

Funding your E-gold
Now when you have your account set up, you have to fund your account with gold in order to be able to make payments. To do this you need to use an Exchange Service which will convert your money into E-gold. We recommend the following two Exchange Services:

asianagold.com
eurogoldsales.com
londongoldexchange.com

Both charge around 3-5% for trading in dollars trough a wire transfer. If you rather like to use your credit card you should be prepared to pay higher fees. Another option is to convert e-currencies like EVOcash, netpay and paypal into E-gold.

When logging in to your E-gold account, always use the SRK popup console. You should also always make sure that the URL in your browser window is either http://www.e-gold.com or https://www.e-gold.com. Scammers setup doorway pages like E-golden.com or E-goldpayments.com trying to make you believe you're on the real E-gold site.

Before you proceed, check the URL. It should look like this:

Then check for the security lock bottom right hand corner, which looks like this:

Now you can proceed by filling in the form and making the payment.

If you've followed each step outlined above, you can rest assured that you're payment is safe.