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Howard Marks Memo: Risk Revisited
Link to: Risk Revisited
In April I had good results with Dare to Be Great II, starting from the base established in an earlier memo (Dare to Be Great, September 2006) and adding new thoughts that had occurred to me in the intervening years. Also in 2006 I wrote Risk, my first memo devoted entirely to this key subject. My thinking continued to develop, causing me to dedicate three chapters to risk among the twenty in my book The Most Important Thing. This memo adds to what I’ve previously written on the topic.
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Today I feel it’s important to pay more attention to loss prevention than to the pursuit of gain... Although I have no idea what could make the day of reckoning come sooner rather than later, I don’t think it’s too early to take today’s carefree market conditions into consideration. What I do know is that those conditions are creating a degree of risk for which there is no commensurate risk premium.
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Leon Cooperman, Howard Marks On Investment Strategy
Link to video: Leon Cooperman, Howard Marks on Investment Strategy Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Leon Cooperman, chairman and chief executive officer Omega Advisors Inc., and Howard Marks, chairman and co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, talk about...
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Ben Graham Quote, And Some Charts
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Howard Marks On Bloomberg
Link to video: Howard Marks on Risk Assessment, Market Strategy Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Howard Marks, chairman of Oaktree Capital Group LLC, talks about assessing market risk, volatility and sentiment. Marks speaks with Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker...
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Howard Marks On Bloomberg
Link to video: Marks: `Public Money' Supporting Risky Investments April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Howard Marks, chairman of Oaktree Capital Group LLC, talks about investment strategy, risks, and financial markets. Marks speaks with Stephanie Ruhle and...
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Howard Marks Memo: Dare To Be Great Ii
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