The Intuitive Investor A radical guide for manifesting wealth
by Voss, Jason ApolloEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-10-01
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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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