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During the CFA’s Distinguished Speaker Series 2023, Howard Marks explained why when the tide goes out we’ll find out who made good credit decisions. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Marks: The private lending business came into existence sometime around 2011, ’07 I think there was about a quarter of a … Read More

In this interview with SJP, Howard Marks discusses how investors drive themselves nuts focusing on the short-term. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Marks: The least important thing is the short run. Everybody’s obsessed with what is going to be inflation over the next six months. What will the Central … Read More

During his recent interview with the Asia Society, Howard Marks explained why a soft landing is extremely unlikely. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Marks: It was a great investment sage called Peter Bernstein, and he wrote me once, that the market is not an accommodating machine, it will not … Read More

During this interview with BQ Prime, Howard Marks explained why companies should have to make difficult capital allocation decisions. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Marks: Zero interest rates tend to keep companies alive that shouldn’t stay alive. One of the beauties of capitalism is that it’s Darwinian. It’s survival … Read More

During this recent interview with The University of Chicago Booth School, Howard Marks quotes Galbraith saying there’s nothing intelligent to be learned about managing money. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Well, there’ll be a lot of things that you’ll learn in the investment business. then there’ll be a lot … Read More

During his recent interview with The Motley Fool, Howard Marks discussed which areas will benefit from the ‘New World Order’, and finding bargains in the ‘Uninvestable’. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Marks: Well, it’s basically everything on the lending side of the equation. That’s one, so ranging from cash which … Read More

In his recent interview with The Market, Howard Marks explained why investors need stamina to resist the temptation of responding to short-term influences. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: In the memo I Beg to Differ I make the point that you have to do something different from others if you … Read More

One of the best resources for investors are the publicly available 13F-HR documents that each fund is required to submit to the SEC. These documents allow investors to track their favorite superinvestors, their fund’s current holdings, plus their new buys and sold out positions. We spend a lot of time … Read More

During this interview with BNN Bloomberg, Howard Marks discussed the right way to think about stocks. Here’s am excerpt from the interview: Marks: Well it doesn’t matter when the escalator is on the way up but when it stops going up, or when it goes down, and you have to … Read More

During his recent interview with Bloomberg, Howard Marks explains why investors should think in terms of risk/reward and not good idea/bad idea. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Marks: After Milken and others arrived in 77-78, the new way of thinking was well it’s not a great company but the … Read More

During his recent interview with BQ Prime, Howard Marks explained why investors should consider lower risk investments in credit or debt. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Marks: Most of my clients need seven percent returns, their pension funds or endowments, or insurance companies, or something like that, and they … Read More

In this interview with TV Tokyo, Howard Marks explains why investors who can control their emotions benefit from market swings. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Marks: Einstein said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. And if a forecaster … Read More

During this discussion at Talks At GS, Howard Marks explains why nothing in the investment business is certain. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Marks: I have a lot of respect for Peter Bernstein. First of all it kind of goes without saying but I’ll say it anyway, you can’t … Read More

In his latest memo titled – Sea Change, Howard Marks explains why we can expect much better prospects for bargain hunters in this changed environment. Here’s an excerpt from the memo: As I’ve written many times about the economy and markets, we never know where we’re going, but we ought … Read More

During his recent interview with Forbes, Howard Marks explained why today’s conditions are better for the bargain hunter since the GFC. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Back in ’79, most of your viewers may not remember but Business Week ran an article, The Death of Equities, and basically what … Read More

In his latest memo titled – What Really Matters?, Howard Marks explains why ‘asymmetry’ matters most when it comes to investing. Here’s an excerpt from the memo: What matters most?  Asymmetry. In sum, asymmetry shows up in a manager’s ability to do very well when things go his way and … Read More

During his recent interview with SJP, Howard Marks explained why it’s important to lean against the excesses of investor psychology to be a successful investor. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Marks: You mentioned contrarianism. Contrarianism is very important and basically what it consists of is understanding the excesses of … Read More

During his recent interview with Bloomberg Línea, Howard Marks explained why you don’t make money buying and selling, you make money by holding. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Marks: I’m not a psychiatrist. But I think that first of all, establish that as a goal. Secondly, recognize when you’re … Read More

One of the best resources for investors are the publicly available 13F-HR documents that each fund is required to submit to the SEC. These documents allow investors to track their favorite superinvestors, their fund’s current holdings, plus their new buys and sold out positions. We spend a lot of time … Read More

In his latest Q32022 Roundup, Howard Marks explains why blanket advice to buy or sell isn’t very useful. Here’s an excerpt from the roundup: Marks: Determining the appropriate risk posture for a given point in time is more complex than most people think. There can’t be a right answer for … Read More