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2002-09-04-etorres-wisdom

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: OaktreeClients From: HowardMarks Re: Etorre's Wisdom My memos evoke a wide variety of reactions., This memo will serve as a good example: it was inspired by a ride I took this summer with my son Andrew.

Commemorating 25 Years of Mastering the Market Cycle

.• 1988 marks the peak in S&L failures, part of a slow-moving crisis that would see more than 1,000 institutions fail. 1990 Oaktree • 1990: Howard writes his first investment memo, The Route to Performance , stating that “if you can avoid the losers (and losing years), the winners will take care of themselves.”, In particular, they’re rattled once again in 1998 when prominent hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management melts down. 2000 Oaktree • 2000: In his first memo of the new century, Howard expresses caution regarding the dot-com bubble: “To say [tech stocks] have benefited from a boom of colossal proportions and should be examined very skeptically is something I feel I owe you.”• Starting in late 2004, Oaktree begins to invest in smaller amounts and more cautiously, as its portfolio managers detect “too much trust and too little worry” in the markets.• 2007: Oaktree begins to gear up for an expanded opportunity for distressed debt investing.• Late 2008: In the last 15 weeks of 2008, in the face of widespread fear of a systemic collapse of financial markets, Oaktree invests ~$600 million per week following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.• 2009:

More on Repealing the Laws of Economics

Last September, I wrote a memo titled Shall We Repeal the Laws of Economics?, Rent Control A prime example discussed in my September memo was rent control., On April 9, in my memo Nobody Knows (Yet Again), I guessed at President Trump’s goals in enacting them as follows: support U.S. manufacturing discourage imports encourage exports shrink or eliminate our trade deficit make supply chains more secure through onshoring deter unfair trade practices aimed at the U.S. force other countries to the negotiating table generate revenue for the U.S.

1992-10-08-microeconomics

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: Clients From: Howard M a r k s Re: Microeconomics 101: Supply, Demand and Convertibles Two principal factors determine whether an investment will be successful.

1998-10-09-genius-isn't-enough

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: OaktreeClientsandFriends From: HowardMarks Re: GeniusIsn't Enough (and Other Lessons from Long-Term Capital Management) On September 24, The Wall Street Journal carried an excellent front-page article regarding the inability of the "crack team" of economic policy makers led by Messrs., Our memo entitled "Risk In Today's Markets" (February 17, 1994) asked the following about 'til-then successful hedge funds: With the average stock or bond returning 10-15% last year, how did some hedge funds make 70% or more?

2020 in Review

Thus, you might end up feeling this memo should have been titled Preview of 2021 rather than 2020 in Review.

2005-10-17-hindsight-first-please-or-what-where-they-thinking

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: OaktreeClients From: HowardMarks Re: HindsightFirst,Please(or,What Were They Thinking?), My May memo “There They Go Again” discussed the residential real estate boom in depth, and I’m not going to repeat its message., (Most apropos of this memo, but less famously, he also said, “Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer.”)

2006-10-19-the-new-paradigm

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: OaktreeClients From: Howard M a r k s R e : TheNewParadigm When I was a kid, no one ate kiwi fruit or heirloom tomatoes – or had ever heard of them, for that matter., As I mentioned in a memo earlier this year, I’d heard a buyout mogul say, “It’s our job to buy good companies at fair prices and make them better.”, In my memo on hedge funds of two years ago, I cited an insightful piece from Byron Wien of Morgan Stanley called “In Praise of Hedge Fund Volatility.”

2010-01-22-tell-me-im-wrong

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: Tell Me I’m Wrong My readers treat me well., This memo won’t be about the future in general, just the elements I find worrisome., My goal in this memo isn’t to express a forecast.

2009-07-08-so-much-thats-false-nutty

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: OaktreeClients From: Howard M a r k s R e : SoMuchThat’sFalseand Nutty As reported in The New York Times of May 5, Warren Buffett told the crowd at this year’s Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting: There is so much that’s false and nutty in modern investing practice and modern investment banking., Perhaps this memo can help get it back on., In the remainder of this memo, I’ll discuss these trends and their ramifications., A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d 14 * * * “Apropos of nothing,” as my mother used to say, I’m going to use the opportunity provided by this memo to discuss market conditions and the outlook.