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: downward revision of Japanese GDP

Posted by on Dec 10, 2009 in Blog | Comments Off Yesterday Japan revised its third quarter GDP down to 1.3% growth. Previously growth had been pegged at 4.8%. That is a reduction of 72.9%! Clearly that is a gigantic revision. So what does it all mean? To me this suggests that the worldwide economic recovery is still shaky. Improving, but shaky. Kind of like the week after the worst of flu symptoms abate. Because GDP figures are always...
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what my intuition tells me now: soap opera continues…

Posted by on Dec 10, 2009 in Blog | Comments Off Happy Thursday folks! I write this from a Starbucks in Littleton, Colorado. Though I am traveling I am still on top of things for everyone. Today’s post is an update of the Iranigans situation. Though there has not been much noise about Iran in the last 3 weeks, there is still a lot going on. For example… Israel Israel is laying the groundwork for a military strike against Iran. I...
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what my intuition tells me now: bank cash infusion issue heats up in China

Posted by on Dec 8, 2009 in Blog | Comments Off From (brrrr) chilly Denver… The major Chinese economic conference wrapped up yesterday with the Communist government of that nation setting goals for the nation. Specifically it was decided at the Central Economic Work Conference that the nation needed to focus on: increasing domestic consumer consumption; reducing reliance on exports; closing the gap between the earnings of urban and...
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what my intuition tells me now: unemployment rate drops?

Posted by on Dec 4, 2009 in Blog | 3 comments Happy Friday! For today’s post let’s begin with the following quote from the Wall Street Journal: “U.S. job losses in November posted the smallest drop since the start of the recession and the unemployment rate unexpectedly declined, a sign the labor market is finally healing as the economy recovers. “Nonfarm payrolls fell by just 11,000 last month, slowing down from a...
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what my intuition tells me now: lower retail sales in November

Posted by on Dec 3, 2009 in Blog | Comments Off Thomson Reuters reports that November sales in the U.S. were about breakeven with last year’s November sales. Unfortunately November 2008′s sales were 7.8% below those of November 2007′s sales. Ouch! In other words, retailers are hemorrhaging. Additionally, the day after Thanksgiving results, alias Black Friday (what a stupid name), were 7.9% below last year’s very...
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what my intuition tells me now: official unemployment claims improve, but…

Posted by on Dec 3, 2009 in Blog | Comments Off Earlier this week I reported the unemployment picture as calculated by ADP, the nation’s largest payroll firm. Today the U.S. Department of Labor reported that initial jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 457,000. This marks the 5th week in a row that claims have fallen. The four week moving average is a decline of 14,250 to 481,250. That figure represents the lowest since November of last...
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what my intuition tells me now: bailout funds paid back by B of A

Posted by on Dec 3, 2009 in Blog | Comments Off Good morning folks! Yesterday afternoon Bank of America announced that it was going to be paying back $45 billion of the TARP funds received from the Federal government over the last year. More importantly $18.8 billion of the payback figure is to be raised by B of A selling securities. Why this is important: For Bank of America to pay these funds back is a sign that the U.S. financial...
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