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Fewer Losers, or More Winners? (Audio)
In his latest memo, Howard Marks discusses the essential choice in both investing and sports.
Nobody Knows (Yet Again)
I thought I should comment on these developments and the outlook, and the result was a memo called Nobody Knows, published four days later., In March 2020, I reused the title of the 2008 memo for Nobody Knows II, my first memo during the Covid-19 pandemic., The Uncertain Outlook In my February memo 2024 in Review, which went only to clients, I said the word to describe the Trump administration was “uncertainty.”, Truly nobody knows, and a lot of this memo will be about things we can’t know for sure., As I asked in a memo in September, is it a good idea for nations to try to repeal or resist the laws of economics in an effort to make it otherwise?
The Value of Predictions II or Give That Man a Cigar
A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo To: OaktreeClients From: HowardMarks Re: TheValueofPredictionsII(or"GiveThatManaCigar") Date: July22, 1996 In a February 1993 memo entitled "The Value of Predictions," I expressed my negative opinion of attempts to predict the macro-future., I pointed out in my 1993 memo that most of the time, you can't get superior results with inaccurate forecasts or with accurate forecasts that reflect the consensus.
A Case in Point
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 : ACaseinPoint Lastmonth, my memo “There They Go Again” discussed investors’ propensity to repeat certain classic mistakes., Needing a new “gig,” Thorp turned his attention to another field in which subjective judgment could be improved upon through computer simulation: convertible arbitrage (I’ll bet you were wondering what blackjack had to do with the subject of this memo)., Anyway, this isn’t a memo about convertible arbitrage, but about investors’ persistent mistakes.
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.
Easy Money
I received excellent feedback on the memo from clients – encouragement that pro mpted the many memos that have followed., I thank Zach Kessler, a regular memo reader, for sending it., The relevance of The Price of Time to the trends I’ve been discussing for the last year occasions this memo, As I asked at the time in my memo There They Go Again . . ., Thus, I wrote as follows in my memo You Can’ t Predict.
The Role of Confidence
That’s what this memo is about., Confidence Today Back in September, I wrote a memo entitled “On Uncertain Ground.”, In mid-2007 I was working on a memo with the projected title “The Mother of All Cycles.”, In the memo I complained that every asset class, every asset and every region was appreciating., Thus that memo was followed by “It’s All Good . . .
The Rewind - Uncertainty
Howard reflects on this memo originally published on May 11, 2020.
Bull Market Rhymes (Audio)
Howard Marks’s latest memo explores recurring investment themes to contextualize the current market correction and the bull market that preceded it.
The Indispensability of Risk (Audio)
In his latest memo, Howard Marks considers what chess can teach investors about the paradox of risk-taking.