Jack Bowman is a financial columnist and independent analyst, ranked in the top 5% of experts on TipRanks. He writes The Macro Obsession, a Sunday newsletter on finance, technology, and the real economy. It’s chart- and narrative-driven. Jack unfiltered, with no editors and no guardrails. On Seeking Alpha, Jack is best known for macro commentary and ETF coverage, though he also writes on technology, materials, and retail equities; most frequently on securities he holds or is weighing for his own portfolio. He invests across asset classes with a core focus on ETFs. Jack spent five years in investment advisory, running Bowman Capital Management, and contracting for independent RIAs, with work largely centered on portfolio management. He passed the Series 65 (the Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination) and was registered as an investment adviser representative starting in 2021. Before that, Jack was classically trained as a social science educator. He holds a BA in history with a public-history concentration and a master of education in pedagogy. He taught senior-level economics, civics, history, psychology, and journalism at a public high school for four years. Jack was a teacher for six years total, with his earlier two years spent at a public middle school teaching social sciences to academically gifted students. “Successful investing requires holding uncomfortably idiosyncratic positions.” — Howard Marks, paraphrasing David Swensen
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