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Hosted by Richard Clark
Episode 2
How Can Competitive Advantages Help Companies Manage Through Times of Uncertainty?
Many stocks were down big in 2022—and market watchers expect more of the same in 2023, at least at the start. As this turbulent environment continues, Jensen’s investment team maintains discipline despite the ever-changing economic conditions.
In our second Insight: Ask a Portfolio Manager session, Jensen’s Investment Portfolio Managers Eric Schoenstein and Allen Bond will answer questions about the most important things FAs can tell their clients right now:
Topics covered:
- Which industries and companies are well-positioned in the current environment
- Consumer behavior changes in 2023 and what impact they might that have on the companies in the Growth Portfolio
- What trends may be the most potentially impactful in healthcare right now
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Episode 2
How Can Competitive Advantages Help Companies Manage Through Times of Uncertainty?
In this session, Richard puts FAs’ questions to Jensen Investment Portfolio Managers Eric Schoenstein and Allen Bond. Topics covered include:
- Which industries and companies are well-positioned in the current environment
- Consumer behavior changes in 2023 and what impact they might that have on the companies in the Growth Portfolio
- What trends may be the most potentially impactful in healthcare right now.
Meet Your Host

Richard Clark
Richard leads Jensen’s business development across the advisor and intermediary channels.
Learn more: Richard discusses Jensen’s approach to investment management and client service
Meet the Portfolio Managers

Eric Schoenstein
Eric joined Jensen Investment Management in 2002 and currently serves as the chief investment officer, with primary responsibility for portfolio management and strategy across all of Jensen’s products. Eric spent nearly fourteen years with Arthur Andersen LLP as a senior audit manager, providing a wide variety of services to clients of all sizes in both the public and private sectors. He earned a BS in business administration with a focus in accounting from Oregon State University. Eric serves as a trustee for the Oregon State University Foundation Board of Trustees and is currently the board chair. He is also a past president of the Oregon State University Alumni Association. He serves as a director for the Western Golf Association, which administers and oversees the Evans Scholars Foundation. He currently serves as treasurer on the Executive Committee for the Oregon Golf Association, which he previously served as president.
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Allen Bond
Allen joined Jensen Investment Management in 2007. Allen is responsible for coordinating fundamental research conducted across the investment teams. Additionally, he maintains his portfolio management and analyst responsibilities. Allen joined Jensen from Washington Mutual, where he held the position of credit analyst. In that role, Allen performed fundamental analysis on investment-grade corporate bond issuers. Prior to Washington Mutual, he was a high-yield credit analyst and trader for Columbia Management Group. Allen began his career as a trader at Ferguson Wellman Capital Management. He earned a BS in business and an MBA from the University of Oregon. He is a CFA charterholder. Allen is a past president of CFA Society Portland.
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The company discussion in this presentation is solely intended to illustrate the application of our investment approach. The specific security identified is taken from a representative account of the Jensen Quality Growth Equity Composite and does not represent all of the securities purchased and sold for the Strategy. Our views expressed herein are subject to change and should not be construed as a recommendation or offer to buy or sell any security and are not designed or intended as a basis or determination for making any investment decision for any security. Our discussions should not be construed as an indication that an investment in a security has been or will be profitable, or that the investment recommendations or decisions we make in the future will be profitable or will equal the investment performance of any security discussed herein.
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