“The process of intelligently building a portfolio consists of buying the best investments, making room for them by selling lesser ones, and… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“No asset class or investment has the birthright of a high return. An asset is only attractive if it’s priced right.” — howard marks Copy Share Image
“There are old investors, and there are bold investors, but there are no old bold investors.” — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“the risk-free rate should be normalized in some way before being used to assess riskier investments.” — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“If you've settled on the value approach to investing and come up with an intrinsic value for a security or asset, the… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“A high-quality asset can constitute a good or bad buy, and a low-quality asset can constitute a good or bad buy. The… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“Risk arises as investor behaviour alters the market. Investors bid up assets, accelerating into the present appreciation that otherwise would have occurred… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“Risk is incredibly important to investors. It’s also ephemeral and unmeasurable. All of this makes it very hard to recognize, especially when… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“Most people view risk taking primarily as a way to make money. Bearing higher risk generally produces higher returns...But it can’t always… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“The last four and a half years have been carefree, halcyon times for investors. That doesn’t mean it’ll stay that way. I’ll… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“In good years, defensive investors have to be content with the knowledge that their gains, although perhaps less than maximal, were achieved… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“o In bubbles, infatuation with market momentum takes over from any notion of value and fair price, and greed (plus the pain… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“We conclude that most of the time, the future will look a lot like the past, with both up cycles and down… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“Every once in a while, an up-or-down-leg goes on for a long time and/or to a great extreme and people start to… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“This paradox exists because most investors think quality, as opposed to price, is the determinant of whether something's risky. But high quality… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“The process of intelligently building a portfolio consists of buying the best investments, making room for them by selling lesser ones, and staying clear… — Howard Marks Copy Share
“If one is approached with a deal predicated on cycles having ceased to occur, remember that invariably that’s a losing bet.” — Howard Marks Copy Share
“The last four and a half years have been carefree, halcyon times for investors. That doesn’t mean it’ll stay that way. I’ll give Warren… — Howard Marks Copy Share
“•Scepticism and pessimism aren’t synonymous. Scepticism calls for pessimism when optimism is excessive. But it also calls for optimism when pessimism is excessive.” — Howard Marks Copy Share
“Risk arises as investor behaviour alters the market. Investors bid up assets, accelerating into the present appreciation that otherwise would have occurred in the… — Howard Marks Copy Share
“Most people view risk taking primarily as a way to make money. Bearing higher risk generally produces higher returns...But it can’t always work that… — Howard Marks Copy Share
“HOWARD MARKS: Fear of looking wrong: Not only should the lonely and uncomfortable position be tolerated, it should be celebrated.” — Howard Marks Copy Share
“In good years, defensive investors have to be content with the knowledge that their gains, although perhaps less than maximal, were achieved with risk… — Howard Marks Copy Share
“Everything you needed to know in the years leading up to the crash could be discerned through awareness of what was going on in… — Howard Marks Copy Share
“An accurate opinion on valuation, loosely held, will be of limited help. An incorrect opinion on valuation, strongly held, is far worse. This one… — Howard Marks Copy Share
“There aren’t always great things to do, and sometimes we maximize our contribution by being discerning and relatively inactive. Patient opportunism – waiting for… — Howard Marks Copy Share
“little known and not fully understood; fundamentally questionable on the surface; controversial, unseemly or scary; deemed inappropriate for “respectable” portfolios; unappreciated, unpopular and unloved;… — Howard Marks Copy Share
“Once in a while, however, the future turns out to be very different from the past. It’s at these times that accurate forecasts would… — Howard Marks Copy Share
“If everyone likes it, it's probably because it has been doing well. Most people seem to think that outstanding performance to dates presages outstanding… — Howard Marks Copy Share
