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The Limits to Negativism
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 : TheLimits to Negativism The markets acted on Monday as if the credit crisis is behind us – how incredible it is to be able to even write those words, whether true or not., (I developed these thoughts last week but just wasn’t quick enough to turn them into a memo., As Bruce Karsh and I wrote ten days ago in a memo to investors in our Opportunities Funds for distressed debt, “. . . in a few years we’ll reminisce together about how easy it was to take advantage of the bargains of 2008-09.”
It's All a Big Mistake
Memo to: OaktreeClients From: Howard M a r k s R e : It’sAllaBigMistake Mistakes are a frequent topic of discussion in our world., Hearing Bob put it that way gave me the immediate inspiration for this memo., I’ve mentioned before the frequency with which I feel I come across a particularly apt quote just when I need it for a memo in the making.
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.
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.
The Calculus of Value (Audio)
In his latest memo, Howard Marks sets forth the essence of value and price, as well as the critical relationship between the two.
The Lessons of Oil
All Rights Reserved Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: The Lessons of Oil I want to provide a memo on this topic before I – and hopefully many of my readers – head out for year- end holidays.
What's Going on in Private Credit
© 2026 Oaktree Capital Management, L.P All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: What’s Going on in Private Credit?, As Armen, Bob, and Craig wrote in a recent internal memo: 6 © 2026 Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., As I wrote in my 2016 memo What Does the Market Know?, As I mentioned a year ago in my memo, Gimme Credit, whereas for a few years the most popular question has been “can we talk about private credit?”, In December 2022, I wrote a memo called Sea Change.
Political Reality
All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: OaktreeClients From: Howard M a rks Re: Political R e a lity My last memo, in May, was on the subject of “Economic Reality.”, I have no interest in writing a memo about Brexit itself., Economic Reality: Choices and Consequences The May memo described the ways in which economics defines and constrains reality in business, investing and everyday life., All Rights Reserved Follow us: Topull this part of the memo together, I can’t overstate my appreciation for the way Thomas Friedman described the UK’s situation in The New York Times on June 29: A major European power, a long-time defender of liberal democracy, pluralism and free markets, falls under the sway of a few cynical politicians who see a chance to exploit public fears of immigration to advance their careers., All Rights Reserved Follow us: * * * I wrote this memo to explain what happened in the UK this year and what I think is happening in the U.S.
The Winds of Change
All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks R e: The Winds of Change The last 20 months have been a most unusual period, thanks primarily to the pandemic, yet many things feel like they haven’t changed over that time span., Yet there are changes taking place, and they’ll be the subject of this memo., All Rights Reserved Follow us: In my January memo, Something of Value, I described some of the changes technology is making in the business world., But it has to be part of a memo that purports to discuss important changes that are underway., Senior economics consultant Neil Irwin summed up our situation very well in The New York Times on April 16, 2020 (I borrowed this quote for inclusion in my May 2020 memo Uncertainty.): The world economy is an infinitely complicated web of interconnections.
Volatility Leverage Dynamite
The last few years have provided a great demonstration of how dangerous it can be to combine leverage with risky assets, and that’s the subject of this memo., It’ll also pick up on some ideas from my last memo, “The Limits to Negativism.”, My memo “Plan B” on the bailout proposal went out on September 24, and as I lay in bed later that night, I realized that I hadn’t taken one part of it nearly far enough., That’s true as far as it goes, but I’m going to devote this memo to things which could have followed that paragraph., This memo calls on investors to gauge risk and use only appropriate leverage.