It seems the closer we approach Christmas, the more from different programs about special promotional offers I receive. Therefore, I’ve decided not to post any news about any promotional offer. I don’t recommend investment in promotional plans, they have a higher risk of scamming and honestly I believe a smart investor should avoid them all the time, especially now with the holiday this weekend.

So, since I’m not going to talk about promo plans, what news is there? There is what I like to call “Comfort News” and there are payment schedules.

First, I was asked by Michelle of Orbis Trends to remind everyone of their holiday payout schedule:

Dear program users and website visitors,

We at OrbisTrends would like to take this opportunity and wish everyone a Very Happy Winter Holidays! Let us hope that the New Year will bring more joy and prosperity to all of us, our friends and our families. With this advanced announcement, we also would like to provide the schedule of payout rates during business days of the time period from December 24th till January 3rd. In celebration of Christmas, for the day of December 24th we will credit all user accounts with earnings corresponding to the maximum rates per chosen by them investment products. The days of December 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st and January 3rd, will incur earnings corresponding to 0,5% of users currently active deposits. During these days, we are also asking to allow some extra time for replies on support inquiries.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

So, what does this mean? If for example you have $100 invested in the Scalper STIF investment plan, on December 24th you will receive 1.81% or $1.81. On December 27th through the 31st you will receive 0.5% or $0.50. It also means that the holidays will not really effect Orbis Trend’s business.

Nathan of Red Orchid Invest sent out a simple, yet effective email telling us the days he’s taking for holiday:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Redoinvest Holidays – 23-24-25-26. 2010 and 30-31 2010 / 1-2. 2011

Not much more to say about that one, have a great holiday Nathan, we hope to hear from you when you get back. So, lets take a look at some of the “Comfort News.” Terra-Profits sent an email out about their holiday theme that they’ve put up on the site:

Dear participants!

As you may have noticed, we renewed our site. It’s connected with the upcoming Christmas and New Year. If you have any questions, e-mail to support@terra-profits.com or use an online chat  – there you can talk with our support engineer, Alex. We wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

TerraProfits Administration

Another tid-bit of comfort news comes from Top Arb:

Dear investors, plan “B” will be opened from 10.01.2011. The promotional program will be started during the first week after plan “B” opening – each deposit will be increased on 10%.Plan “C” will be started at the beginning of March 2011.

You may wonder why I call the news by Terra-Profits and Top Arb comfort news, so I’ll enlighten you all. It’s comfort news because it has no real value. It’s news that passes time. Anyone visiting Terra-Profits site will immediately notice the holiday theme, and Top Arb’s news doesn’t go into effect until January 10th. So, why did they send out those news articles? To let us know they’re not closing before the holiday. It’s their intention to promote confidence, and like always, to get more investments.

It’s my personal opinion that comfort news is more valuable than promotional plans, thus the comfort news being in this News update. Why? Because the admin isn’t pushing the program, trying (in an obvious manner) to get you to invest. I believe that in this instance, especially during the time of the year, that subtly is more appropriate and will probably prove to be more successful.

I apologize that the news isn’t more exciting or that I really don’t have much more to say, but it’s that time of the year. I will have a review coming up after the holiday on a unique program, Lions Society. Other than that I really don’t have much to report, so I’m going to call it a night.

I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and if you don’t celebrate it, no worries, hopefully you have the day off work and can relax. I probably won’t post again until Sunday or Monday due to the holiday, but I’ll be keeping an eye on my emails so if you need to contact me or have any questions please let me know.

Until next time, keep walking through the world of HYIP investments! And happy holidays!