Since the global financial crisis, which ended in 2009, we've been living in a world which was engineered to be an easy world. The Fed had to save the country and the world from theglobal financial crisis. It did so by drastically lowering interest rates and increasing liquidity through quantitative easing. And those two changes had many ramifications; they made the world an easy place.
If a key to personal happiness is low expectations, then a key to investing may be realistic expectations. Howard Marks is the co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management. Motley Fool Director of Small Cap Research Bill Mann caught up with Marks to discuss: - Why higher interest rates created a “Sea Change” for investors - China’s economic miracle, and its impact on inflation - Lessons from the era of easy money - What life insurance companies can teach investors about risk
To read Howard Marks' latest memo, click here: https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memo/sea-change Host: Bill Mann Guest: Howard Marks Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Rick Engdahl, Annie Franks
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