Jason Burack

Investor, Entrepreneur, Financial Historian, Austrian School Economist & Contrarian

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Research Links

 

Here are some additional research links to help you on your journey of increasing your Financial IQ/Financial Education… Remember though that I can’t give away everything for free! ;-)

  1. Dan Amerman’s website- Signup for the FREE Turning Inflation Into Wealth Mini Course
  2. U.S. National Debt Clock continuously updated
  3. Magic Formula Investing Book website
  4. Dollars and Sense- Real World Economics
  5. Plan B Economics- Unconventional Insight
  6. Tickerspy- Track the stock purchases of your favorite professional investors!
  7. John Williams’ Shadow Government Statistics (aka SGS aka ShadowStats)
  8. GATA- Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee
  9. Seeking Alpha

 

 

Since many of you know I also trade options and I get asked about them a lot, here’s a list of links for people interested in learning how to trade options:

 

List of All Options Education and Trading Websites

  1. Options Industry Council (OIC)- http://www.optionseducation.org/default.jsp
  2. Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) website- http://www.cboe.com/
  3. Options University (Ron Ianieri’s main website)- http://www.optionsuniversity.com/
  4. Options Professor- http://www.optionprofessor.com/
  5. Optionistics- http://www.optionistics.com/
  6. Options Monster (John Najarian of CNBC’s Fast Money owns)- http://www.optionmonster.com/
  7. Options Outlet- http://www.optionsoutlet.com/
  8. Options Nerd- http://www.optionsnerd.com/
  9. Options Express- http://www.optionsxpress.com/index.aspx
  10. Options Zone- http://www.optionszone.com/
  11. Think or Swim- https://www.thinkorswim.com/tos/client/index.jsp
  12. Schaeffer’s Investment Research (Options and sentiment research)-  http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/
  13. The Tycoon Report (Chris Rowe owner) (Options, insider buying/selling of stocks, real estate, Forex)- http://tycoonreport.tycoonresearch.com/
  14. Daily Options Report- http://dailyoptionsreport.com/
  15. Options Addict- http://www.optionaddict.net/
  16. Options Animal- http://www.optionsanimal.com/
  17. The Options Insider- http://www.theoptionsinsider.com/

Please remember though that while options sound sexy and they are pretty cool, you MUST FIRST know what you are doing with them!!!!! That means educating yourself a proper amount about how they work. I cannot say this enough folks!

But, once you do learn them very well, I along with others, can vouch that you can make good money relatively quickly and easily playing the percentages and putting the odds in your favor each trade once you have a certain amount of experience trading them under your belt. There’s also a reason many of you have never heard of options trading and why if you ask your broker or your financial advisor about them, they will say they are too dangerous and you should not bother even learning them.

I have been learning and educating myself on how to trade options for 2 yrs already and actually trading options for well over a yr so I am no beginner. Like any tool, they are dangerous in a beginner’s hands, so if you plan on trading options you MUST educate yourself properly first AND also probably paper trade (virtual trade with fake money).

You can find discounted options education material in book, CD, audio or DVD form on the OIC’s website, which is on my list above, or from the Traders’ Library website, which always seems to have great sales and discounts on fantastic products.