The Intuitive Investor was a Book of the Year finalist as named by the folks at ForeWord Reviews in the Business and Economics category! The book was chosen from amongst 350 publishers submitting 1400 entries. - 5-Star Amazon.com review by Philip Etienne (an alias), an experienced hedge fund manager: A Must Read For All Investors, Whether Brand-New Or Experienced. Let me just begin by saying that I have read many many books on investing and this is the first that has inspired me to write a review...Every now and then a book arrives that forever shifts the way we think about the world, potentially changing the way we analyze the accelerated influences that effect valuation. Taken to heart and put into practice, this is just such a rare piece of work. Timely and thought-provoking, The Intuitive Investor captivates the reader looking to improve his analytic process. I dont want to muddy Jason's writing and process by summarizing because it would not do justice to his overall message. That said, I have worked on Wall Street for almost 20 years and this book has blazed a new trail. It will help money managers of today and tomorrow better understand stock market dynamics through creative decision matrices. A huge improvement when compared to the dated valuation metrics/mean reversion models that were easily used by Buffett/Lynch/Vinick during the secular bull market...Voss has assembled a stunning wealth of new information and emerging ideas to help us visualize different and imaginative pathways to utilize right brain thought to capitalize on equity investing in the new market paradigm. He provides a concise and profound framework for making sense of the blizzard of catalysts that effect investment decisions on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis. Hyperbole aside, Voss has accomplished an extraordinary achievement. Simply put, read this! - 5-Star Amazon.com review by Patricia Aburdene, world renowned futurist: The Last Frontier. Intuitive Investing is the last frontier, the final skill set you need to invest with heart and head, knowledge and intuition -- that is, with both sides of your brain. Voss is a fine writer, a great teacher and an even better storyteller! You'll learn and have fun with this good read. Oh yeah, do you want to make money, too? Perfect. By the way, if you think this book is all about feeling and not about facts and figures, too, you're wrong. It's about mastering both. AND addressing investment's worst bugaboo: FEAR. After reading Intuitive Investing I found the courage to follow my intuition and press the buy button while the bears were growling away. I am very happy I did. - 5-Star Amazon.com review by Travis J. Ahlstrom, Junior Partner of Tri-Gen Investments, LLP: An original exploration of important yet under-emphasized aspects of successful investing. I finished The Intuitive Investor last week (at least the first read). There were many aspects of the book that I really enjoyed. Overall, I found the writing, reasoning and organization of the book to be exceptional and convincing. It was an inspiring journey, and a lot of the content has been on my mind on a daily basis since starting and finishing the book... The frameworks Jason Voss provides and the nuanced distinctions that he points out do a great job of outlining the material's application to the investment process. In addition, so much of the content is also relevant beyond investment decisions, for me namely intuition (fear vs. anxiety, truth, using the right brain) and meditation. So, there were many dimensions to the book's impact on me, and I look forward to exploring the content more fully.

what my intuition tells me now: up, up and away?

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…the Holiday is fast approaching and I hope that all of you have wonderful plans to enjoy a breather.

Today marked the third day in a row that the financial markets closed up. More importantly, they closed up despite the fact that there was bad news from important companies. Bad news is no longer triggering panics and this is a good thing.

Recall from last month’s initial blog postings that I said we needed to see 3 big changes before you could gain confidence in the financial markets again? Well 2 of those 3 criteria have been met and the third criteria is well on its way to being met. We have new people in place at the regulatory, legislative, executive and corporate levels. We also have large changes underway in the regulatory, legislative, executive and corporate structures. The only thing that we are missing a full manifestation of is a slate of new ideas about how the economic framework should look from here on out. There has been a lot of discussion, but nothing certain has been made law or rule as of yet. This is coming and these new ideas will present themselves early next spring when the new President and Congress are in place to contemplate, evaluate, legislate, and execute.

So let me repeat what I said a couple of days ago: begin doing your research for where you want to invest. And let me say something new and unambiguously, the bottom of the financial markets has most likely been reached.

What could derail this prediction? If large investors, both institutions and individuals start getting spooked by what happens overseas in the economies of Europe, Japan, and China. All three of them stand on less stable and certain ground than the U.S. economy. There is going to be a lot of noise coming from these places in the next 6 months. So if your investment plans involved those three regions then sit tight. Ironically, relative weakness in those places will probably boost the financial markets in the United States as capital that has been sitting on the sidelines looks for new places to invest.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Jason

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