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Which Way Now

All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: Which Way Now?, I will borrow from others for the purposes of exposition in this memo, but not because I have reason to believe they’re correct): • The earliest countries to contract the virus have shown good progress., Last June, in my memo This Time It’s Different, I discussed Modern Monetary Theory, which – to simplify – says federal deficits and debt don’t matter.
Thinking About Macro

To invert the Buffett quote that began this memo, the macro future may not be knowable, but it certainly is important., That’s why I’m devoting a memo to a subject I largely disavow., As a result, I wrote a memo saying the market needed a trip to a psychiatrist (On the Couch, January 14, 2016)., I concluded my 2016 memo What Does the Market Know?, The answer lies in the title of a 2002 memo of mine: You Can’t Predict.
Expert Opinion

All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: Expert Opinion In August, I mentioned that I had chosen the title “Political Reality” for my memo in part because of my liking for oxymorons., This memo was inspired by a thought that popped into my head when the outcome of the election settled in., You may point out that at the end of my November 14 memo “Go Figure!, Anyway, this memo isn’t about politics, it’s about opinions., I’ll start this memo by reflecting on them.
I Beg to Differ

The Essential Difference In 2006, I wrote a memo called Dare to Be Great., Talk about simple – in the memo, I reduced the issue to a single sentence: “This just in: You can’t take the same actions as everyone else and expect to outperform.”, Thus, in 2014, I followed up on 2006’s Dare to Be Great with a memo creatively titled Dare to Be Great II., And yet, as I mentioned in my January memo, Selling Out, the S&P 500 has returned about 10½% a year on average over that century-plus., Ever since I quoted Bill Miller in that memo, I’ve been impressed by his formulation that “it’s time, not timing” that leads to real wealth accumulation.
Returns and How They Get That Way

 Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: Returns and How They Get That Way "Where do babies come from?", The Role of Luck To end this memo on returns, I want to spend a few pages discussing the part played by randomness (or luck or chance).
What's Behind the Downturn

Memo to: OaktreeClients From: Howard M a r k s R e : What’sBehindtheDownturn?, Thus I decided to take the occasion of my summer vacation to write a memo parsing the recent events and touching on the outlook.
Different

All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: Oaktree Clients Only From: Howard Marks Re: A Different World Our powers and choices are limited in the coronavirus environment, but one thing I can do is communicate., But I decided on Sunday March 1 that the virus called for a memo, and it was issued on March 3.
All That Glitters

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d 1 Memo to: OaktreeClients From: Howard M a r k s R e : AllThatGlitters In 1952, Noah S., Thus it serves well to introduce the topic of this memo: gold.
Getting Lucky

Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: Getting Lucky Sometimes these memos are inspired by a single event or just one thing I read., This one – like my first memo 24 years ago – grew out of the juxtaposition of two observations., The Role of Luck The first inspiration for this memo came in early November, when I picked up a copy of the Four Seasons Magazine in my hotel room in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., The second inspiration for this memo came from a report entitled Alpha and the Paradox of Skill by Michael Mauboussin of Credit Suisse.
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.