Jul 20, 2025

Jay Bowen on long-term investing

Q: You describe your strategy as “endurance investing.”  How long do you typically look to hold a stock? 

A: We always feel like we are taking a 20-year investment approach.  With 20 years, you can measure the competency of an investor.  A lot of people can look good in bull markets or bear markets if positioned properly.  But over a 20-year time horizon, you’re likely to have bull and bear markets, a recession, wars, and bubbles.  Our investors have bought into this approach.

~ Harold "Jay" Bowen III, "How ‘Endurance Investing’ Produced 50 Years of Market-Beating Returns for This Tampa Pension Plan," Barron's, July 19, 2025

How and Why to Be a Long-Term Investor ... 

No comments: