What are HYIPs?

HYIP is a abbreviation for "High Yield Income Program". HYIPs provide very profitable investments with high risk. There are online and offline HYIPs, but the offline investment opportunities are very rare for small investors. To join hedgefonds and similar products you often need high amounts of money. That's the big point of online HYIPs. The minimum investments are usually very low, because HYIPs reach thousands of investors over the internet. They do not only work with some big investors. That is the reason why these high yield investments are so attractive for small investors. The profits are often in the range of 0.5 - 2.0% per day(!) - that's more than 100% p.a.. This way it's possible to make high profits although the invested amount is quite small and not comparable to the big sums of money people invest in hedgefonds or investmentbanks. How are these high profits possible? High returns are always connected to high risk. According to this, HYIPs are usually active on dynamic and flexible markets like the forex market or the international stocks market. With professional "know how" and the leverage effect etc. it's possible to make high profits in a short period of time. That's the same way big investment banks work to maximize their profits.