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The Rewind - Dare to Be Great II

Howard reflects on this memo originally published on April 8, 2014.

Selling Out

Howard Marks’s latest memo considers one of investing’s most fundamental questions: when to sell.

Gimme Credit

In his latest memo, Howard addresses a common question he’s been receiving over the last few months: “what about credit spreads?”

Mr. Market Miscalculates

All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: Mr., I referred them to my 2016 memo On the Couch., I wrote over 33 years ago, in only my second memo: The mood swings of the securities markets resemble the movement of a pendulum. . . ., It’s highly applicable to the market tremor that inspired this memo.

The Illusion of Knowledge

It was that lunch that started me thinking about writing yet another memo on the futility of macro forecasting., Shortly after starting on this memo, I received my regular weekly edition of Morgan Housel’s always-brilliant newsletter., I found Ferguson’s article so relevant to the subject of this memo that I’m including a link to it here., At the lunch described at the beginning of this memo, people were asked what they expected in terms of, for example, Fed policy, and how that influenced their investment stance., * * * In a 2001 memo called What’s It All About, Alpha?

Nobody Knows (Yet Again)

In his latest memo, Howard discusses how the recent events surrounding tariffs can have a seismic but unpredictable impact on the global economy.

It Is What It Is

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: OaktreeClients From: HowardMarks Re: ItIsWhat It Is My first exposure to the phrase that serves as the title for this memo came in 1995, a few days before Oaktree opened its doors., I took Peter’s use of the phrase in 1995 – and I’m using it in this memo – to mean something very different: recognition and acceptance of today’s givens . . . but not necessarily of the end result., In November 2004 I wrote a memo entitled “Risk and Return Today.”, Mark Cutis of Shinsei Bank sent me his memo entitled, “Market of no fear!”, I think a few of them – plus some comments from Warren Buffett’s latest annual report – can be woven into something of relevance to this memo and of interest to you.

Bull Market Rhymes

All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: Bull Market Rhymes While I employ a great many adages and quotes in my writings, my main go-to list consists of a relatively small number., They’ll be the topic of this memo., I want to mention up front that this memo has nothing to do with assessing the markets’ likely direction from here., And updating a question I asked in my memo The Happy Medium (July 2004), why has its annual return been between 8% and 12% just six times during this period?, In my 2007 memo The Race to the Bottom, I explained that when there’s too much money in the hands of investors and providers of capital and they’re too eager to put it to work, they bid too aggressively for securities and the chance to lend.

Notes from New York

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: OaktreeClients From: HowardMarks Re: Notesfrom New York Maybe you've already read enough about last week's events, in which case you should feel free to discard this memo., I had no plans for a memo on this subject., This memo may not include much that is new to you but, as usual, I will attempt to pull together my own thoughts and what I've heard and read elsewhere.

Yet Again

All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: Yet Again?, As I said in the memo, “it’s not real” – there is no intrinsic value behind it., It’s time for caution, as I wrote in the memo, not a full-scale exodus., Thus I’ve realized the memo was diagnostic but not sufficiently prescriptive., If you believe what I said in the memo about the presence of risk today, you might want to opt for #3.