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Howard Marks discusses the cyclical nature of investor psychology with O'Shaughnessy. The pendulum swings between greed and fear, and recognizing where it is determines investment success.
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Marks recommends reading the histories of past market cycles (1929, 1973, 1987, 2000, 2008) because the psychological patterns are identical every time. The technology changes; the human behavior doesn't.
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The investment pendulum never rests at the midpoint — it swings from excessive optimism to excessive pessimism, spending almost no time at rational equilibrium
Marks argues that markets are almost never fairly valued because investor psychology oscillates between extremes. The rare moments of equilibrium are unstable — the pendulum immediately begins swinging toward the next extreme.Was this useful?