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The Impact of Debt
All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: The Impact of Debt My partner Bruce Karsh recently supplied me with a newspaper article about chess that inspired me to write a brief memo called The Indispensability of Risk., Thus encouraged, I’m following up with another short memo., And at other times, I say, as I hope others say after reading my memos, “I never thought of it that way.”, (Unless otherwise indicated, this memo is the source of the quotations that follow; in all cases, emphasis is in the original.), This memorandum is being made available for educational purposes only and should not be used for any other purpose.

investing-in-credit-today
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Navigating Cycles
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Investing in Real Estate
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Performing Credit Quarterly 4Q2023: The Goldilocks Trap
As Howard recently noted in his memo Easy Money: Low interest rates made it: easy to run a business, with the stimulated economy growing unabated for more than a decade; easy for investors to enjoy asset appreciation; easy and cheap to lever investments; easy and cheap for businesses to obtain financing; and easy to avoid default and bankruptcy.
Performing Credit Quarterly 3Q2023: Tails, You Lose?
But, of course, such performance is only possible if managers avoid (or limit) defaults and losses, which is why we believe credit expertise, experience over multiple cycles, and risk control are essential for successful CLO managers. (5) The risk/return calculus for credit versus equity investment may be shifting We’ll give Howard the last word, with an excerpt from his recent memo Further Thoughts on Sea Change: Will asset ownership be as profitable in the years ahead as in the 2009-21 period?
The Pendulum in International Affairs
As regular readers of my memos and books know, I’m strongly interested in – you might say obsessed with – the concept of the pendulum., People frequently ask what caused me to start writing memos in 1990., Over the years, many memos have been prompted by connections I sensed between ostensibly unconnected events., Thus the inspiration for this memo., But I think juxtaposing them is informative . . . and worthy of a memo.
The Roundup: Top Takeaways from Oaktree’s Quarterly Letters – June 2025 Edition
Take April 9, for example, one of the most memorable trading days of my career, where we saw the following: Pre-Market: Long-dated Treasury yields rose above 5% and S&P 500 futures were down 2% 7:00am ET: The high yield bond market opened down 1-5 points depending on the structure 9:30am ET: The stock market opened, and President Trump shared high conviction market messages on social media, including that “it is a great time to buy” 1:15pm ET: A 90-day pause on tariffs was announced for a broad list of countries 1:30pm ET: High yield bond prices immediately bounced back, erasing the day’s losses, and many moved higher on the day 4:00pm ET: The S&P 500 closed up 9.5% and the NASDAQ closed up 12.2% on the day 4:30pm ET: Economist calls for a recession made just hours earlier were rescinded This day was the most extreme but much of early April had a similar profile as investors sought clarity amid evolving trade negotiations.
Sustainability in Action – Oaktree’s Intern Class: Top Takeaways from Summer 2023
What is one of your favorite memories from your time at Oaktree?