It was very possible for companies to be much more durable back then than it is today, in my opinion. There are very few businesses that idiots can run these days. But I'll tell you to second what Andrew is saying. If you go back to my youth in the 50s, when he was a young man in the 60s and 70s, you just didn't have the feeling that the world was changing.
We sit down with legendary investor Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital and his son Andrew who, while less-well-known, is also an incredibly accomplished investor in a very different arena: early-stage VC. The purpose of the conversation was to discuss their joint work together on Howard’s all-time most popular memo, “Something of Value”, which made the then-shocking argument that Value and Growth investing are not diametric opposites but rather two sides of the same investing coin. We of course dive deep into that, and also cover plenty of fun Oaktree and investing history, as well as Andrew’s favorite topic: selling (or not selling, as the case may be). This is not one to miss!
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