Press Releases Masquerading as News

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Mar 19, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments The past several months have been such an intense time to be a world citizen and investor that I thought I would share with you something much lighter today.  Something light, but that eats at me like a slow reacting acid.  Namely, the increase in press releases, and much more often, product releases, masquerading as “news.”   I have long decried this trend of poor journalism as...
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Japanese Intuitive Assessment Update

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Mar 18, 2011 in Blog, Intuitive Assessment | 0 comments On 13 March, 2011 I published an Intuitive Assessment of Japanese Disaster.  An update to that assessment is necessary because the events taking place there are in movement.   WHAT I GOT RIGHT   I initially sensed a growing sense of disorder.  I am happy to report that my feeling is that folks in Japan are coalescing in a more unified way.  The palpable sense of disarray, disorder and...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Improve

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Mar 17, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments This morning the U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly jobless claims number.  Data showed an improvement in the figure to the tune of 16,000 – meaning that fewer people filed for unemployment last week than the week prior.  In total, initial jobless claims were 385,000 last week.   These numbers are usually very volatile so I prefer to look at a four week moving average in...
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Housing Starts Near Bottom

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Mar 16, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that housing starts in the United States were at their lowest level since April 2009.  Data show that in February starts fell 22.5% to an annualized rate of 479,000.  “Housing starts” mean a new home that has begun to be constructed.   Analysis: I have talked at length on the blog about the very poor supply and demand...
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Saudi Arabian Forces Move Into Bahrain

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Mar 15, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments In order to quell additional Shiite uprisings in Eastern Arabia, the Saudis have moved military forces into Bahrain.  This is significant because it has been believed that Iran was taking advantage of the “calls for Democracy” to instigate a Shiite revolution against the Sunni leadership of Bahrain.   Bahrain, though very small, sits next to one of the largest oil fields in the...
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Nuclear Radiation Soaring in Japan + Update

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Mar 15, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments Doubtless you have heard about the continued explosions at Japan’s troubled nuclear power plants.  I am sorry to report that the radiation levels are soaring in the vicinity of the plants and the winds are now northward – meaning that the radiation is blowing toward Tokyo.  This is a horrible set of circumstances.   Specifically, at the Fukushima Daiichi plant radiation levels...
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14 March 2011: The Intuitive Investor is a Book of the Year Finalist!

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Mar 14, 2011 in News & Events | 0 comments The folks at ForeWord Reviews have named The Intuitive Investor: A Radical Guide for Manifesting Wealth as a Book of the Year Award Finalist.  The Intuitive Investor was named a finalist from amongst 350 publishers submitting 1400 entries.  I am proud to be competing for the award, to be announced at the June 23 to 28, 2011 American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans.  ...
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