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The Most Important Thing

Howard Marks · 2011

Oaktree's Howard Marks distills his investor memos into lessons on risk, cycles, and second-level thinking, the habits that separate good investors from the crowd.

Howard Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital, built this book from the client memos that made his reputation. Rather than a step-by-step system, it gathers a set of linked ideas: understanding risk, respecting market cycles, knowing the limits of forecasting, and practicing what he calls second-level thinking. The tone is humble and cautionary, focused less on how to get rich than on how to avoid the mistakes that ruin investors.

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Warren Buffett

Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway, Berkshire Hathaway

This is that rarity, a useful book.

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