Howard Marks: Lower Lows Ahead In The Stockmarket

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In a recent interview with CNBC Howard Marks provided his thoughts on the short term future for the stock market saying: “We’re only down 15% from the all-time high of Feb. 19,” Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, said Monday on CNBC’s “Halftime Report.” But “it seems to me the … Read More

Howard Marks Memo: Knowledge Of The Future

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In Howard Marks’ latest memo he discusses the futility of trying to predict what’s likely to happen in the future in the world of investing saying: As I showed by using it again in last week’s memo, I was impressed by the observation of Marc Lipsitch, Harvard epidemiologist, that there … Read More

Howard Marks: Waiting For The Market Bottom Is Folly

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Howard Marks has written yet another memo recently titled Calibrating in which he discusses his views on why investors should consider a change in their portfolio’s positioning over time, in response to what’s going on in the current environment saying: As the environment becomes more precarious, (with prices high, risk … Read More

Howard Marks: Latest Activist Positions

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As a new weekly feature here at The Acquirer’s Multiple, we’re going to take a look at the latest activist positions from some of our favorite superinvestors based on their latest 13D/13G filings. Activist investors like Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn, David Einhorn, Bill Ackman, Paul Singer, Howard Marks. John Paulson, … Read More

Howard Marks: Latest Memo: You Bet!

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We’ve just been reading Howard Marks’ latest memo titled – You Bet! in which he discusses an observation he made when he was seventeen after reading the book Decisions Under Uncertainty: Drilling Decisions by Oil and Gas Operators by C. Jackson Grayson, Jr. His observation was that you can’t tell … Read More

Howard Marks: Q3 2019 Top 10 Holdings

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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

Howard Marks: Q2 2019 Top 10 Holdings

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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

Howard Marks: The Great Investors Are Unemotional People

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Here’s a great excerpt from an interview that Howard Marks recently did with themarket.ch. During the interview Marks talks about the psychological aspects that make successful investors great saying, “Most of the great investors I know are unemotional people”. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: What about psychological aspects? The higher … Read More

Howard Marks: Top 10 Holdings Q1 2019

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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

Howard Marks: Top 10 Holdings

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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

Howard Marks: Avoiding All Losses Can Render Success Unachievable Almost As Readily As Can The Occurrence Of Too Many Losses

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In his 2014 memo – Dare To Be Great, Howard Marks says successful investing includes dealing with some losses saying: “To succeed at any activity involving the pursuit of gain, we have to be able to withstand the possibility of loss. A goal of avoiding all losses can render success … Read More