Epstein Secrets

t better in the second half of the quarter and we are optimistic about the trends." That doesn't mean crap to me unless a "fix" was made, and in Buffet's case it never happened. You can't let short term nonsense jerk you out of a long term trade that should probably work. I think under the curre

go find good mentors." If you go back and study the great investors throughout history—the Medicis, the Morgans, the Rothschilds, and recently Buffett—these great investors with terrific records share a common trait: they were always in a position to be liquidity providers. Each was willing to

lan and be you. Win, lose. or draw, do it on your own terms. For better or worse, there is only one David Einhorn, Mike Krensavage. Jeff Ubben, Warren Buffett, Jim Chanos. Roland Keiper. Stan Druckenmiller. Be your own person because otherwise it just all gets diluted and you can't beat the market or d

ing their time and insights not only to us, but also to the invest- ment community as a whole. and we thank you for reading. - G&Dsville Editors Howard Marks from Oaktree, pictured here giving the keynote talk at the CSIMA Conference in January 2016 Columbia Business School students help at registratio

when I retired, I would write a book pulling together the elements of investment philosophy discussed in my memos. But in 2009, I got an email from Warren Buffett saying that if I'd write a book, he'd give me a blurb for the jacket. It didn't take me long to move up my timing. Columbia Business School Publish

my memos. But in 2009, I got an email from Warren Buffett saying that if I'd write a book, he'd give me a

Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: It's Not Easy In 2011, as I was putting the finishing touches on my book The Most Important Thing, I was fortunate to have one of my occasion

re's no risk. On the other hand, a high level of risk consciousness tends to mitigate risk. I call this the perversity of risk. It's the reason for Warren Buffett's dictum that "The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs." When

e perversity of risk. It's the reason for Warren Buffett's dictum that "The less prudence with which other

Memo to: Oaktree Clients From: Howard Marks Re: Ditto Here's how I started Whad'Ya Know in March 2003: I always ask Nancy to read my memos before I send them out. She seems to think being