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Howard Marks's Best investments

Overview

Known for credit investing discipline and widely read market memos.

Style

Credit cycles, distressed debt, second-level thinking

Firm

Oaktree Capital Management

Period

1946-

Howard Marks

Best investments

Notable wins and the lessons behind them.

Study success as a process

Howard Marks's successful investments are often remembered for large outcomes, but beginners should focus on the process: what was observed, what was waited for, how risk was controlled, and why conviction could be maintained.

Identify the initial condition that created the edge.

Separate luck from skill.

Ask whether the lesson still applies in the current market.