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Sep 2024
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RWH049: Crushing The Market Over 50 Year...

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In this episode, William Green chats with Harold J. (“Jay”) Bowen III, President & CIO of Bowen, Hanes & Company. Jay & his late father generated dazzling returns for their biggest client, the Tampa Firefighters’ & Police Officers’ Pension Fund. The fund’s stock portfolio has achieved an annualized return of 14.4% over 50 years & a cumulative return of more than 81,000%. Here, Jay explains how they pulled this off, sharing one of the great untold stories of the investment world. 


IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

08:37 - What makes the Tampa Firefighters’ & Police Officers’ Pension Fund special.

17:54 - How Jay Bowen’s father came to run the fund half a century ago.

29:09 - How to thrive by slashing fees, shunning consultants, & thinking long term.

38:54 - Why Jay takes a top-down thematic investment approach.

43:03 - How the fund made a fortune buying Coca-Cola before Buffett.

47:15 - Why it pays to bet on extraordinary CEOs.

51:09 - Why truly long-term investors shouldn’t bother with bonds.

1:05:31 - How Jay is positioned to profit from the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

1:10:27 - How he thinks about pricey stocks like Nvidia & Costco.

1:14:29 - How he invests in smaller companies he sees as future blue chips.

1:18:06 - Why he’s obsessed with the Federal Reserve.

1:22:16 - How to invest successfully in times of market mayhem.

1:37:58 - How being an endurance athlete has helped Jay as an investor.

1:53:58 - How he structures his days to optimize performance.


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