What’s Missing From Howard Marks’ “Something Of Value”

What’s Missing From Howard Marks’ “Something Of Value”

I have been a long-time reader of Howard Marks’ memos, which I find to be insightful, and this one, titled “Something of Value” was no different. In fact, I think this was one of Marks’ best memos. And yet, there were also several important things missing, which if not discussed are likely to leave the readers with an incomplete understanding of the subject.

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Today’s Financial Bubbles: Avoiding Colossal Loss In A Strange Investment Climate

Today’s Financial Bubbles: Avoiding Colossal Loss In A Strange Investment Climate

This is as precarious an investment environment as any that I have experienced during my two decades of investing. Prices of many securities and asset classes are optimistic, in some cases bordering on irrational. When the pendulum of the market swings so far towards greed, we need to be even more careful than we usually are in our capital allocation. Just because most market participants are in a generous mood does not decrease the amount of uncertainty facing businesses. What it does is make it very easy to lose large amounts of money and hard to make good returns.

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