2000-11-16-investment-miscellany

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: OaktreeClients From: HowardMarks Re: Investment Miscellany Because I've been encouraged by the response to my “bubble. com” and venture capital memos, I'm going to keep writing., Glassman's name may be familiar to you, because my memo of May 1, 2000 took issue with “Dow 36,000,” a book he co-authored., A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Legal Information and Disclosures This memorandum expresses the views of the author as of the date indicated and such views are subject to change without notice., This memorandum is being made available for educational purposes only and should not be used for any other purpose., This memorandum, including the information contained herein, may not be copied, reproduced, republished, or posted in whole or in part, in any form without the prior written consent of Oaktree.

2007-02-14-the-race-to-the-bottom

But there are other ways to cheapen your money, and they’re the primary subject of this memo, Now, I am no expert on the UK mortgage market, and it’s my intention in this memo to comment on general capital market trends, not any one sector., As is often the case, I could have made this a shorter memo by simply invoking my two favorite quotations, both of which have a place here., The first is the extreme brevity of the financial memory., This memorandum is being made available for educational purposes only and should not be used for any other purpose.

2007-07-30-its-all-good-Really

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: OaktreeClients From: Howard Marks Re: It’s All Good . . ., UThe Seed This memo isn’t about the events of July 2007, but rather how recent events exemplify the time-honored pattern that kicks off the swing back of the pendulum., A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d 10 Legal Information and Disclosures This memorandum expresses the views of the author as of the date indicated and such views are subject to change without notice., This memorandum is being made available for educational purposes only and should not be used for any other purpose., This memorandum, including the information contained herein, may not be copied, reproduced, republished, or posted in whole or in part, in any form without the prior written consent of Oaktree.

2011-09-07-whats-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., Legal Information and Disclosures This memorandum expresses the views of the author as of the date indicated and such views are subject to change without notice., This memorandum is being made available for educational purposes only and should not be used for any other purpose., This memorandum, including the information contained herein, may not be copied, reproduced, republished, or posted in whole or in part, in any form without the prior written consent of Oaktree

Performing Credit Quarterly 2Q2022: Shifting Gears

Consequently, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell by 45 bps between June 13 and June 30, while yield spreads widened across credit asset classes.1 As we assess recession risk and how an economic downturn might impact credit markets, we’re reminded of something Howard Marks recently wrote in his memo Bull Market Rhymes : The price of an asset is based on fundamentals and how people view those fundamentals.

Bull Market Rhymes

They’ll be the topic of this memo., I want to mention up front that this memo has nothing to do with assessing the markets’ likely direction from here., The first is the extreme brevity of the financial memory., Memory, prudence, realism, and risk aversion would only get in the way of that dream., This memorandum is being made available for educational purposes only and should not be used for any other purpose.

2020 in Review

Thus, you might end up feeling this memo should have been titled Preview of 2021 rather than 2020 in Review., Legal Information and Disclosures This memorandum expresses the views of the author as of the date indicated and such views are subject to change without notice., This memorandum is being made available for educational purposes only and should not be used for any other purpose., This memorandum, including the information contained herein, may not be copied, reproduced, republished, or posted in whole or in part, in any form without the prior written consent of Oaktree. ©2021 Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Nobody Knows II

All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: Nobody Knows II I wrote most of this memo over this past weekend, on the heels of the tumultuous seven-day correction., So please read this memo as of Sunday afternoon – whatever the markets have done since – and let me show how I assess the recent events, * * * I last used this memo title on September 19, 2008, two days after Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy filing., I’ve had a ready answer, thanks to something from my January memo, You Bet!, This memorandum is being made available for educational purposes only and should not be used for any other purpose.

Behind the Memo - The Pendulum in International Affairs

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., 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 first is the extreme brevity of the financial memory.