The Roundup: Top Takeaways From Oaktree's Quarterly Letters - 2Q2022

In today’s uncertain environment, we’re reminded of a quote from Warren Buffett that Howard included in his memos It’s All Good (July 2007) and The Tide Goes Out (March 2008): “It’s only when the tide goes out that you find out who’s been swimming naked.”

Behind the Memo - The Indispensability of Risk with Howard Marks, Bruce Karsh, and Maurice Ashley

The Memo: This Time It's Different

Something of Value

I’ve heard a variety of views, and while I have my own, I don’t want to make it the subject of this memo., The Value Mentality in Action Back in 2017, my memo There They Go Again . . ., My conversations with Andrew over the ten months of the pandemic have represented a “voyage of discovery” and culminated in this memo., I hope you’ll find this memo interesting and helpful, and I wish you all the best in 2021., This memorandum is being made available for educational purposes only and should not be used for any other purpose.

Easy Money

I received excellent feedback on the memo from clients – encouragement that prompted 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.

Lessons from Silicon Valley Bank

(However, for a caveat, please see this memo’s last few paragraphs.), A Word on Regulation In March 2011, in the aftermath of the GFC, I published a memo called On Regulation ., April 17, 2023 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

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.

1994-01-24-random-thoughts-on-the-identification-of-inv-opportunities

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.

2003-03-11-whad-ya-know

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: OaktreeClients From: Howard M a rks Re: Whad’Ya K n o w ?, I always ask Nancy to read my memos before I send them out., UThe Value of Predictions II The P&I survey reminded me of a memo I wrote in 1996 under the above title., 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.

2004-07-21-the-happy-medium

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: OaktreeClients From: Howard M a rks Re: TheHappy Medium My second general memo to clients was dated April 11, 1991 and imaginatively titled “First Quarter Performance.”, In November 2001 I wrote a memo on this subject entitled “You Can’t Predict., The memo discussed some of the cycles that affect the investor:  The economic cycle evidences moderate fluctuations (although their impact can be profound)., The theme of this memo will be that the cyclical phenomena that so heavily influence our investment outcomes aren’t caused by the operation of institutions or physical laws., This memorandum is being made available for educational purposes only and should not be used for any other purpose.