Udachu Invest (Interview with Rod Spiller)

From the highly acclaimed 'Udachu' enterprise, comes a new branch dealing exclusively in forex trading, 'Udachu Invest'; run in Panama. Udachu Fund Vielka Cielo Corporation has contracted four forex traders to trade exclusively for Udachu and Silver gate Investment Group. I have spoken with Rod (CEO of Udachu Financial Service) via msn and am glad to report that he has been very helpful and willing to answer any question presented to him.

I recently presented Rod with a list of questions on the new operation, his response was the following:


"I will try to answer your questions as best I can. But first I need to point out a few items so that there is a clear understanding. This industry is well regulated and very tricky. It is important that I stay well within the guidelines. I cannot post on any public forums with the intent of promoting some of the programs such as Udachu Fund and Udachu Invest. These two programs are a very small part of Udachu. I currently have 17 corporations globally. Some of which are promoted in the US. For example: Silver Gate Hedge Fund is near completion. This will be a SEC registered hedge fund. Gryphon Realty Investment Group is another one in which we accept partnerships in real estate within the US. As far as the two funds are concerned...They are not owned by Udachu and not run by Udachu. They are owned and run in Panama by Vielka Cielo Corporation. There is no advertising, none of the business is conducted in the US, and there is no form of self promotion. I am the CEO of Udachu Financial Services Ltd. Which is incorporated in the UK. Udachu Financial Services is a traders resource company. We teach people how to trade various markets as well as provide leverage for equities. The funds are private clubs that were started to open the opportunity for smaller investors to benefit. This is why we do not wish to promote. The admin will announce himself shortly to all of the Members of UI. Tom Brockman is the admin for UF.

Also please keep in mind that almost all information about traders, trading records, traders names or brokers is confidential. This is a contractual issue. If one was to open a traditional Manged Forex Account through us then they would have full disclosure as these are different traders and not pools. I will address your answers below:

Questions:

Question:
How many traders have you contracted for Udachu Invest? Do they all have the same amount of influence in the trading process?

Answer:
There are four contracted traders. They are only able to trade the accounts in which they are given.


Question:
Where did you find your traders, what kind of DD did you do on each, and what kind of qualifications does each trader have?

Answer:
I have at least 5 traders per week that contact me in order to trade for Udachu and Udachu affiliates. Very few make it. I analyze their trading style to make sure that they have a consistency vs. high returns. All of the traders have 5 or more years as well as expeiorience in trading multi million dollar accounts.


Question:
How long does their contract under Udachu last, and how binding is it?

Answer:
Three years with an option to renew. Binding? Any contract can be broken.


Question:
How have your traders been performing to date, is there a record of results thus far?

Answer:
With hundreds of traders to choose from I can safely say they perform well to make it this far.


Question:
What can people expect in terms of return on investment?

Answer:
Profit :-)


Question:
Do you maintain any kind of reserve fund, in what circumstances is it used?

Answer:
There was an initial seed capital invested with the traders to build a reserve. We hope to never use it.


Question:
What does the future look like for Udachu Invest? ie. do you have many undertakings that haven't yet come into full effect, or are things well established right now?

Answer:
We have many many projects. I mainly concentrate on the charitable side. More often than not I get the ball rolling on a project and it is then taken over by partners or staff. "


I received Rod's response in less than a day from when I sent him the questions.

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E-gold Strategies

From phishing emails to spyware, e-gold accounts are often the target of scammers and hackers alike. Although there is nothing you can do to stop these unfavorable characters wanting your e-gold, there are a number of measures you can take in order to better secure yourself against their attacks. This article will outline the basic manual strategies you can implement, not what security software to buy etc.

One strategy you can adopt is the use of multiple e-gold accounts, and use each one for a specific purpose. For example, you might decide to open three e-gold accounts. You could have one account as a public account which you solely use to interact with your current investment programs ie. depositing and withdrawing funds to and from the programs. You would then have a private e-gold account whose account number remains completely private and only you know about; this is where you would store your funds should you need to. Should you need to store some funds in an e-gold account, you could withdraw funds from your selected investment program into your public account and then simply transfer them to your private account. An additional step that you can take would be to open a third e-gold account. This one you would also keep private and is created in order to split your stored funds into two locations. This way, should one account be hacked, your entire sum is not lost.

When creating multiple accounts, there are a few key rules you should abide by. Make sure you create a different and unique paraphrase for each and every e-gold account you use; if the paraphrase of one account is compromised, all accounts are compromised unless unique paraphrases are in place. You should also create a separate email address for each account. Set the AccSent feature to the highest setting on each e-gold account and do not use email addresses from providers such as Hotmail, Yahoo or Gmail, as they are easily hacked. I would suggest you use an address provided by either Hushmail.com or Safe-mail.net (preferably Hushmail). In the same way you keep your private e-gold account numbers anonymous, it is desirable to use your unique email address only for communication with e-gold (receiving pin codes etc.), and not to use them publicly. Hackers have been known to spoof (the sending of large quantities of useless email messages to an account, like a DDOS attack on an email address) peoples e-gold email address, which in turn blocks that persons access to their account as they are unable to receive their AccSent pin. I'm sure all you Fx-Experts investors are aware of the spoofing phenomenon.

The best strategy to adopt, when dealing with e-gold, is to only store funds for as long as is absolutely necessary. Of course I am referring to larger amounts when I say this (it would be impractical and a relative waste of time with anything under a few thousand), however, you should get your money exchanged and wired into your bank account as soon as you can. Treat e-gold as an exchange service as opposed to something similar to a bank. E-gold is not a good place to store significant amounts of money due to security threats and fluctuations in value, your local bank is always going to be a better option.

I'm sure most of you were aware of the mentioned strategies for e-gold use, however, hopefully some new e-gold users can derive some insight from it.

Good luck everyone.

Investor Security

As an online investor, one must be highly cautious in regards to where they put their money and who to trust with it, however, this is not the only safety issue they face; there is also the very serious issue of spyware collecting sensitive information about accounts, passwords etc. Such information, once compromised, could potentially lead to significant losses.

Just like there seems to be a restless flow of new spyware threats, there is similarly a copious amount of ways to combat these threats. There is an extremely wide variety of programs to help better protect yourself, from anti-spyware programs, firewalls, anti-virus programs etc. to programs like 'hijackthis' (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html). This really is a very broad topic and could comprise a never ending article, so I will only suggest a few, more obscure, security measures to take.

One interesting security strategy that you can implement is to use what's known as a live CD. This is essentially an operating system on a CD which you boot from, instead of your hard drive. One such operating system which can be stored and run from a CD is SLAX, which can be found at: http://slax.linux-live.org/
Security is established via the live CD as a result of two key factors. One of these is that no spyware, virus etc. can save itself to the CD which your system is now operating from, unlike your hard drive, as the CD cannot be re-written. The other factor is that you can use an alternative operating system to windows ie. Linux. Over 90% of computers operate on windows and therefore the vast majority of malicious programs designed to invade your privacy are designed for windows. Although spyware can get onto your system while you are connected to the Internet from your live Linux CD, there will be a significant amount less that will target your Linux system, and none of it can save itself. So, each time you restart your sytem, all spyware etc is completely non-existent; you begin with a completely reformatted system every time you start up.

If you are serious about protection of sensitive data, my ultimate suggestion would be to get involved with some kind of hacking or professional computer users forum. This will provide you with a greater depth of knowledge into securing yourself, as opposed to simply running Norton every once in a while. In fact most serious computer minds strongly advise against using mainstream ant-virus software. Get involved and ask experienced hackers/techies questions about securing your system and have a thirst for knowledge.

I understand people usually like clear cut answers, however, this is an impossibility when it comes to securing your privacy on the Internet. Computer security is an ongoing and continually changing process, as the criminals trying to steal your information are almost unbound by any restrictions when it comes to ways of achieving their goal. Again, I strongly suggest you become involved in some kind of serious computer users forum for this very reason; they will be able to provide you with advanced methods for protecting your system.

Links:
Avoid using email accounts from providers such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail etc. as they are easily hacked. I suggest you open an email account with either Hushmail or Gawab:

www.hushmail.com

www.gawab.com

I suggest that e-gold users give the e-gold security section a peruse at: http://www.e-gold.com/unsecure/alert.html

You might want to have a look through a thread I started at HYIPDiscussion on security:
http://www.hyipdiscussion.com/general-discussion/19697-security.html