MOST IMPORTANT THING

Legendary investor Howard Marks is chairman and co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management which has $100 billion under management. He is sought out by the world’s leading value investors and his client memos brim with insightful commentary and a time-tested fundamental philosophy. Now for the first time readers can benefit from Marks’s wisdom concentrated into a single volume that speaks to both the amateur and seasoned investor. Informed by a lifetime of experience and study The Most Important Thing explains the keys to successful investment and the pitfalls that can destroy capital or ruin a career. Utilizing passages from his memos to illustrate his ideas Marks teaches by example detailing the development of an investment philosophy that fully acknowledges the complexities of investing and the perils of the financial world. Brilliantly applying insight to today’s volatile markets Marks offers a volume that is part memoir part creed with a number of broad takeaways.