On Bubble Watch

On January 2, 2000, Howard Marks published his first memo to garner any reader response, bubble.com , calling attention to excesses he detected in the market for tech and internet stocks. His newest memo revisits the subject of bubbles. Howard expresses his view that they’re more a state of mind than a quantitative calculation and describes bubble thinking as irrational, often underlaid by a widespread belief that ‘‘this time is different.’’ Rather than opining on whether we’re in a bubble, Howard lists the signs he sees today and suggests how you might think about them . . . just as he did 25 years ago. You can read the memo here (

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On Bubble Watch is an episode from The Memo by Howard Marks by Oaktree Capital Management.

This episode is 00:35:28 long.

This episode was published on Jan 7, 2025.

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