The Intuitive Investor: A radical guide for manifesting wealth

by Jason Apollo Voss

On October 21, 2004 Jason Apollo Voss had a true there was going to be a near-collapse on Wall Street and he should retire to exclusively pursue a spiritual practice. In electing to honor his vision he gave up a career in which the mutual fund he co-managed bested the NASDAQ by 77.0%, the S&P 500 by 49.1%, and the DJIA by 34.9%. Most of this success came from a detailed, scientific understanding of the right brain and its capacity for creative and intuitive thought. These secrets and their real world application are the specific focus and passion of the Intuitive Investor. Much more than just a book about investing, The Intuitive Investor is also a guide to healthy, mindful living. Scarcely have money, mind and spirit been brought together so potently.

Genres: Finance

320 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2010

About the author

Jason Apollo Voss is a person with that rare gift of innate balance, a mind equal parts creative and analytical, a personality equal parts heart and head. This is aptly demonstrated in his book, The Intuitive Investor: A Radical Guide for Manifesting Wealth, a book unique for its emphasis on the right-brain and its unfettered ability for generating abundance.

Over the course of his investment career as co-Portfolio Manager of the Davis Appreciation & Income Fund (DAIF) Jason was not only the consummate outsider’s insider, but also the fund he co-managed bested the NASDAQ by 77.0%, the S&P 500 by 49.1% and the DJIA by 35.9%. The DAIF was regularly ranked in the top decile of its investment category and further it earned a Lipper #1 ranking. The Fund was named a Lipper Leader, and was a perennial Morningstar Analyst Pick. Most impressively, the DAIF was one of Morningstar’s first ten mutual funds given its Stewardship Award for the ethical treatment of clients.

Voss has given numerous press interviews to: the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Business Week, Bloomberg, Reuters, Money, the Wall Street Transcript, Smart Money, U.S. News & World Report, Red Herring, Value Line, Blog on Books, etc. You might have seen him on television speaking about the importance of analysis coupled with intuition in order to generate excellent investment returns. Or you might have seen one of his pieces written in his role as a Forbes Contributor.

Other noteworthy accomplishments include: his October 21, 2004 epiphany in which he realized there was going to be a global recession, a realization that led to his retirement August 19, 2005; and his calling of the March 9, 2009 market low just several days after the fact on his “What My Intuition Tells Me Now” blog.

While Jason considers himself a supporter of the western world’s economic system, his blog has featured frequent criticisms of capitalism. Voss is a true believer in the importance of an ethical and legal framework for business and fully subscribes to the emerging philosophy of conscious capitalism.

Voss holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, and a Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance and Accounting, from the University of Colorado. Additionally, he is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) as designated by the CFA Institute.

Jason is an extremely dynamic investment speaker who loves to teach his audiences how to use their intuition to get what they want.

Lastly, he has studied the ancient martial art of ninjutsu, Eastern healing techniques and has also taught meditation.

Reviews

[Matt Heavner · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting book, and about 75% of it was really worthwhile reading and thought provoking for investment as well as general living. However, there was way too much physics (or, not-quite-physics) -- too many pages of over-simplified quantum mechanics. Lots of it was simply quotes or interpretation from The Holographic Universe. And I didn't really mind the pseudo-religion (it was written in a fairly poly-religious way), but I didn't think it really contributed to the book. And a few chapters were just propaganda (well, personal testimonial?) about meditation. Overall though, I did find reading this book enjoyable.

But an after thought -- "I highly recommend the following general sources of information: The Internet" REALLY!?!? If this was meant ironically or tongue-in-cheek, maybe it would be hilarious, but I think it is actually meant seriously..

[M.R. Raghu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extremely insightful book by Jason. Refreshingly a qualitative angle provided to the investment process where he rightly reminds all of us the need to use both sides of our brains. As a side tip, his gyan on meditation is a bonus!