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The Tide Goes Out
Memo to: OaktreeClients From: Howard M a r k s Re: TheTideGoesOut Foreveryperiod,there’saquotationwhichservesperfectlytoexplainwhat’s going on, and I often find myself borrowing it., In my December memo “No Different This Time” I listed twelve lessons of 2007.
Touchstones
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 : Touchstones I n t h e t w o - p l u s y e a r s s i n c e t h e o n set of the financial crisis, it’s been a regular theme of mine that we should look back, identify the causes and learn from them., “It’s Only When the Tide Goes Out That You Find Out Who’s Been Swimming Naked” When I came across the above quotation from Warren Buffett, I borrowed it for “It’s All Good” (July 16, 2007) and later devoted an entire memo to it (“The Tide Goes Out,” March 18, 2008).
The Race Is On
Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: The Race Is On I’ve written a lot of memos to clients over the last 24 years – well over a hundred., I wasn’t aware and didn’t explicitly predict (in that memo or elsewhere) that the unwise lending practices that were exemplified in sub-prime mortgages would lead to a global financial crisis of multi-generational proportions., This memo is about the cycle’s first half: the manic swing toward accommodativeness., It’s primarily these latter elements – rather than securities merely getting pricier – with which this memo is concerned., Toward the end, my 2007 memo included the following paragraph: Today’s financial market conditions are easily summed up: There’s a global glut of liquidity, minimal interest in traditional investments, little apparent concern about risk, and skimpy prospective returns everywhere.
You Can't Predict You Can Prepare
A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d For the title of this memo I’ve borrowed the tagline from Mass Mutual’s advertising campaign., Memo to: OaktreeClients From: Howard M a r k s R e : YouCan't Predict., I described in my last memo, "What Lies Ahead?, In April 1991 , in just my second general memo to clients, I described the market as follows: The mood swings of the securities markets resemble the movement of a pendulum.
The Feeling's Mutual
A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo To: OaktreeClients From: HowardMarks Re: TheFeeling's Mutual Throughout the recent, seemingly endless series of scandals, complaints, settlements, indictments and meltdowns involving corporations, auditors, brokerage firms, investment banks and hedge funds, the mutual fund industry remained untouched.
First Quarter Client Performance
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 T r u s t C o mpany of the West Re: FirstQuarter Performance The mood swings of the securities markets resemble the movement of a pendulum.
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.
Are You An Investor or a Speculator
Memo to: Oaktree Clients and Friends From: Howard Marks Re: Are You An Investor or a Speculator?, In an April 1991 memo entitled "The Pendulum," we discussed the market's usual oscillation between euphoria and depression, and thus between overpriced and underpriced.
Shall We Repeal the Laws of Economics – Part III
© 2026 Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. 1 A ll Rights Reserved Memo to: Clients From: Howard Marks Re: Shall We Repeal the Laws of Economics – Part III In September 2024 and June 2025, I wrote memos that were critical of governments’ attempts to override the laws of economics, based on my conviction that trying to do so is likely to prove ineffective and potentially harmful., You can easily turn a 1,000 mark note into a 1,000,000 mark note, but it’s likely to still buy just one goat (as I wrote in my memo The Limits to Negativism in 2008).
Implications of the Election_11716
All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: Implications of the Election I’m starting this memo a week before Election Day., But after a post-election memo in 2012 that proved far too optimistic, I say, “why quit now?”