As I've been investing online for some time now and retirement is not a million years away I'm starting to look at what I'll be doing when the days are my own.

As I've enjoyed writing this blog I thought I'd expand somewhat and start a new one.

It's been some time since I've mentioned Fap Turbo, the Forex betting robot. The main reason for this was that I'd decided not to use it anymore after making a loss on my account.

Now, let me say straight away that I don't think my losses are down to Fap Turbo. The main reason was that the broker I used was not suitable.

It's very disappointing to note that Affordable Affiliates don't seem to be delivering on their commitments. I first wrote a post about this opportunity in early May.

In a previous post I commented that the TDU forum was not a nice place to spend any time. Thankfully things seem to have quietened down and many of the naysayers (although not all) have drifted away.

I hadn't visited the forum for some time as I felt it was just too negative a place to spend my time. Last week however I ventured back to see where things stood.

Entering early July and I know that people will be anxious to hear news of Global Pension Plan as in an earlier statement they said that purchase of policies would close on 30th June.

Unfortunately when you look for their website all you're faced with is the equivalent of a blank page. The less trusting amongst us would take this as a bad sign where others may not be so quick to rush to a decision.

One of the more frustrating things about online investing is the general need to make deposits via web based payment processors. Admittedly some programmes allow you to pay by bank wire but this can be expensive.

So, accepting that payment processors have to be used how do we get our funds to them. Personally I use London Gold Exchange and have done for several years. They are reliable and their delivery seems to speed up every time I use them.

After a fairly quiet start to the first half of 2009 it seems that many of the online investment opportunities are reaching critical points in their operations.

One of these is HCI25, an organisation that on the one hand has paid out on schemes in the past and on the other frustrates its members by infrequent and poor communications.

Most people will have come across HCI25 in respect of the Reverse Pension Plan that they market.

It seems that one Reverse Pension Plan (RPP) has been quietly attracting members and will close shortly. The Global Connect Pension Plan requires 10,000 members and the latest update suggests that there are in the region of only 500 policies left.

With a payout of $72,000 per policy the return is in line with many other similar schemes.

This weekend Imperia Invest provided an update on progress. It seems that the due diligence process has progressed well and the partner companies are happy to receive all the policy details from Imperia.