Has anyone attend the class offered at investment seminar? Did you get your money worth?

Question

I've been to some of the seminars. They always offer a two to three-day class; the cost is anywhere from $2,495 to $6,000+. Have you attended their classes? Some offered classes with a 100% money back-guaranteed. They are: Optionetics, Investools, James Smith National Real Estate Investor. Do they live up to their promises?
http://www.successdreamteam.com/
http://www.investools.com/
http://www.optionetics.com/

Answer 1

The only class I have paid to attend was one offered by the Options Industry Council which cost a lot less than the ones you mentioned.

In terms of new material, I probably did not get my money's worth. In terms meeting my expectations, I did. It confirmed to me that my background on options trading was good and gave me the confidence to do more trades. It also gve me the chance to walk through the CBOE trading floor while it was open and to actually try paper trading on the floor after it had closed.

As far as the seminars you listed I am not familiar with all of them, but assuming they are all similar to Optionetics here is my opinion based on what I have heard from others.

(1) They do give you some valuable information. You could also get the same information from reading a couple of books for a small fraction on the cost.

(2) You will be encouraged/pressured to buy more products from them, such as advanced classes and software, all of which cost thousands of more dollars.

The money back guarantees are little more than a scam in my opinion. You may be able to get back your tuition, but not your expenses or your losses.

If these guys are so good at making money in the market, why are they spending their time developing seminars instead to doing their own trading?

Answer 2

i would say no because if there methods work so well then why arnt they using them instead of making classes to earn a bit of cash