The Intuitive Investor A radical guide for manifesting wealth

by Voss, Jason Apollo

• ISBN13: 9781590792063
• ISBN10: 1590792068
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-01
• Publisher: SelectBooks

Summary

The Intuitive Investor will shares the secrets that Jason Apollo Voss used in such endeavors as steering the Davis Appreciation & Income fund to noteworthy success. It will require that you, the reader, will maintain an open mind, as well as to take responsibility for your learning. You will have to earn your investment returns by shrewd application of what Voss shares with you. But even more so by your ability to integrate the secrets he shares with you into your already talented self, thereby owning his skills, and also making them grander and greater by contributing the ineffable YOU to the equation.

Author Biography

Before retiring at age 35, Jason Apollo Voss was co-Portfolio Manager of the Davis Appreciation and Income Fund (DAIF), one of the nation's largest money management firms and among the largest shareholders for several familiar brands. During his tenure he bested the NASDAQ, SP 500 and DJIA by staggering percentages. Lipper Analytical Services named the Davis Appreciation and Income Fund a "Lipper Leader" and it was ranked number 1 in its investment category. The Fund was also a regular Morningstar "Analyst Pick."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Introduction	p. xix
Who This Book Is For	p. xxi
Overview of The Intuitive Investor	p. xxii
You Can Do This, Too	p. xxiv
Preparing the Ground for Your Creativity, Intuition, and Wealth Manifestation	p. 1
Foundations	p. 5
The Underlying Assumptions	p. 5
The Four Principles of the Intuitive Investor	p. 7
An Expanded Definition of Investing	p. 8
Why Intuition is Essential for Investing Success	p. 11
The Most Important Investment Skill: Understanding Information	p. 11
Investing Is as Much about Intuition as It Is Analysis	p. 12
Moving Beyond Conventional Descriptions of Our World	p. 14
Your Natural Intuitive Tool, the Right Brain	p. 18
The Intuitive Investor and You: Self-Assessment	p. 23
Exercises	p. 24
The Infinite Possibilities of the Information Landscape	p. 27
Principle I: Infinity	p. 29
The Gift of Ignorance: Separating the Unknown from the Known	p. 31
The Gift of Fear: How Fear Limits You and Distorts Your Intuition	p. 35
The Intuitive Investor and You: Self-Assessment	p. 42
Exercises	p. 43
The Narrow Probabilities of the Information Landscape	p. 51
Principle II: Paradox	p. 53
Contexts: Choosing a More Sensible Information Map	p. 59
Scale: How Far Above the Information Landscape to Fly	p. 64
Continuums: Zeroing in on Relevant Information	p. 69
The Intuitive Investor and You: Self-Assessment	p. 75
Exercises	p. 76
A Map for the Investor	p. 79
What is Investing?	p. 79
Why Do You Invest?	p. 82
Who is the Investor? The Investor Identity	p. 85
Where is Investment Information?	p. 87
When Do You Invest?	p. 90
The Intuitive Investor and You: Self-Assessment	p. 91
Exercises	p. 91
Section Review	p. 93
Activating Your Creativity and Intuition for Wealth Manifestation	p. 95
Seven Essential Investor Attitudes	p. 99
Principle III: Harmonizing	p. 99
The Seven Essential Investor Attitudes	p. 102
Focus on Risks before Opportunities	p. 103
Comfort with Uncertainty	p. 105
A Good Decision Is Most Often ≥ the "Perfect" Decision	p. 108
Forgive Yourself for Not Being Perfect	p. 109
You Are Holding Investment Interviews	p. 110
Why Does It Have to be This One?	p. 112
Beware False Prophets	p. 113
The Intuitive Investor and You: Self-Assessment	p. 121
Exercises	p. 122
Seven Essential Investor Behaviors	p. 125
Action	p. 125
Choose Responsibility	p. 126
Honesty	p. 129
Balance Intelligence and Wisdom	p. 130
Judge, But Don't Prejudge	p. 137
Courage	p. 139
Conviction	p. 141
Assuming There Is a Why	p. 143
The Intuitive Investor and You: Self-Assessment	p. 144
Exercises	p. 145
The Intuitive Investor Tool Kit	p. 149
Context for Understanding Information before Buying: Your Cousin Vinny	p. 149
Context for Understanding Information while Holding: The Investment Thesis	p. 156
Context for Understanding Information after Selling: The Lessons Learned List	p. 161
Exercise: Creating "The Lessons Learned List"	p. 162
Section Review	p. 163
Putting the Four Principles to Maximum Use	p. 165
Increasing the Potency of the Four Principles	p. 169
Infinity	p. 170
Paradox	p. 179
Harmonizing	p. 183
Action	p. 188
Seamless Integration	p. 191
Meditation: The Ultimate Intuitive Vehicle	p. 193
The Meditation Process	p. 194
Meditation Is a Natural State of Mind	p. 194
What Meditation Is	p. 196
A Powerful Analogy	p. 200
The Ego (The Jungle)	p. 200
The Meditative Practice (The Pathway)	p. 203
The Meditative State (The Temple)	p. 209
The Fruits of Meditation (The Treasures)	p. 211
A Sample Meditation Practice	p. 211
Further Exploration	p. 214
The Intuitive Investor and You: Self-Assessment	p. 216
Exercises	p. 216
Cultivating Your Creativity	p. 219
Creativity Defined	p. 220
The Creative Process	p. 220
Improving Creativity	p. 224
The Intutive Investor and You: Self-Assessment	p. 230
Exercises	p. 230
The Intuitive Investor	p. 233
Intuition Defined	p. 233
Where Intuition Takes Place	p. 234
Why Intuition Works: Unifying Principles I-IV	p. 234
The Intuitive Process	p. 236
Investor Applications	p. 241
The Intuitive Investor and You: Self-Assessment	p. 244
Exercises	p. 246
A Radical Guide for Wealth Manifestation	p. 247
The Manifestation Process	p. 247
Radical Steps for Wealth Manifestation	p. 249
Finer Points	p. 253
The Intuitive Investor and You: Self-Assessment	p. 257
Exercises	p. 257
Reports from the Field: Real World Stories	p. 259
Devon Energy, Part I	p. 259
Devon Energy, Part II	p. 262
General Growth Properties	p. 264
Enron	p. 266
Dot.com Bubble Bursting	p. 267
Calling the Financial Market Bottom	p. 268
Ground Covered and Action Steps	p. 270
Appendix: Sample Investment Thesis and Lessons Learned List	p. 274
Suggested Readings and Resources for the Intuitive Investor	p. 279
Index	p. 283
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