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There They Go Again...Again

All Rights Reserved Follow us: Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: There They Go Again . . ., As I tell it, after ten years without a single response, that one made my memo writing an overnight success., Ditto In January 2013, I wrote a memo entitled “Ditto.”, The Seeds for a Boom My son Andrew worked extensively with me in preparing this memo., Most of what remains for the meat of this memo will consist of descriptions of things afoot in the markets today.

The Best of. . .

 Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: The Best of . . ., I described in my last memo, "What Lies Ahead?, ” That prompted this memo in response., In my memo What Really Matters?, What was I to do but start in on a memo?

Is It a Bubble?

In his latest memo, Howard Marks addresses the much-asked question, “Is there a bubble in AI?”

Cockroaches in the Coal Mine

In his latest memo, Howard Marks examines the recent string of well-publicized credit problems.

Gimme Credit

In his latest memo, Howard addresses a common question he’s been receiving over the last few months: “what about credit spreads?”

Nobody Knows (Yet Again)

I thought I should comment on these developments and the outlook, and the result was a memo called Nobody Knows, published four days later., In March 2020, I reused the title of the 2008 memo for Nobody Knows II, my first memo during the Covid-19 pandemic., The Uncertain Outlook In my February memo 2024 in Review, which went only to clients, I said the word to describe the Trump administration was “uncertainty.”, Truly nobody knows, and a lot of this memo will be about things we can’t know for sure., Note that in my March 2022 memo, The Pendulum in International Affairs, I observed that between 1995 and 2020, U.S. consumer durable prices declined by 40% in real terms and total inflation averaged only 1.8% per year.

The Complete Collection

And that’s the point of this memo., That’s what this memo is about., But I think it’s worth a memo., And thus this section of my memo., In my memo What Really Matters?

The Best of . . .

Howard Marks October 12, 2025 The Route to Performance October 12, 1990 The Route to Performance is the first memo I wrote., The Realist’s Creed May 31, 2002 This memo serves as an acknowledgement that “I don’t know” is often the only reasonable refrain., This memo reflects my thoughts on how investment management clients might best pursue superior results., All That Glitters December 17, 2010 This memo incorporated all my thoughts about investing in gold., This memo explains that buying at a fair price doesn’t generate alpha – it’s buying at an unreasonably low one that does.

Will It Be Different This Time

A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Memo to: OaktreeClients and Friends From: Howard Marks Re: WillItBeDifferentThisTime?, Nevertheless, 51 of the 53 "top economists" surveyed by Blue Chip newsletter (my favorite experts and the subject of my July 22, 1996 memo) predict growth next year of 1.5% or more.

Sea Change

As I wrote in the memo On the Couch (January 2016), whereas events in the real world fluctuate between “pretty good” and “not so hot,” investor sentiment often careens from “flawless” to “hopeless” as events that were previously viewed as benign come to be interpreted as catastrophic.