Top 5 Problems Facing the Economy

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on May 29, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments Here are what I feel are the top 5 problems facing the economy right now: 1.  Lack of ethics on the part of society, especially in business 2.  Chronic fat – that is, consuming beyond our means 3.  Lack of financial market transparency 4.  Politics trumping “what needs to be done” 5.  Endemic unemployment Over the next week each day I will take on one of these issues in an...
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28 May 2011: Investment Advisor Jason Apollo Voss Intuitive Investing Interview

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on May 28, 2011 in News & Events | 0 comments Very good news, the most in-depth interview with me yet about “The Intuitive Investor: A Radical Guide for Manifesting Wealth” has appeared in the June 2011 issue of “Investment Advisor” magazine! Herein, I discuss: Why using your intuition is critical for investing success The Four Principles of The Intuitive Investor Intuitive investing and risk management And more Big...
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Consumer Spending is Slowing

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on May 27, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments U.S. Department of Commerce figures for the month of April show that consumer spending is slowing.  Specifically, consumer spending rose 0.4% relative to March.  Consensus expectations from economists were for a rise of 0.5%.  If you adjust the data by inflation then spending only rose 0.1%.  Meanwhile, consumer incomes rose 0.4% – exactly matching the expectations. Analysis: The above...
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Absolute Unemployment Numbers Show Carnage

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on May 26, 2011 in Best of the Blog, Blog | 0 comments While the rest of Wall Street digests the latest Department of Labor jobless claims figures (up by 10,000 to 424,000), I wanted to spend some time talking with you about absolute unemployment numbers.  All of the following data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report entitled, “Employment loss and the 2007-09 recession: an overview.” Folks, get you air sickness bags,...
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Oil Prices Are Manipulated by Speculators

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on May 25, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments U.S. commodities regulators have brought a civil law suit against a small group of oil speculators who are believed to have manipulated oil markets in early 2008 and netted gains of $50 million.  Here we are talking about only 2 traders and 3 trading firms! Specifically the culprits are: James T. Dyer, Australia Nicholas J. Wildgoose, United States Parnon Energy, United States Arcadia Petroleum,...
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New Measure of a Country’s Success

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on May 24, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments Long-time readers of my blog will know that I think that exclusively quantitative methods, in investing especially, are domed to failure.  It’s because quantitative methods measure facts and facts, by definition, took place in the past.  But investing unfolds in the future. But facts are excellent at evaluating those past events when measuring is important.  Take for example measuring the...
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Television Is More Important Than Movies

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on May 23, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments I went to go see a movie today and noticed something that I thought was very interesting: television is now more important than movies.  How could I tell?  All of the video in the lead up to the movie trailers was about upcoming television shows.  Now I know that the networks just have announced their fall series.  However, as I thought about it, the more I realized that it has been this way for...
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