THE MOST IMPORTANT THING (BY HOWARD MARKS)

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In this animated video summary of The Most Important Thing, I will reveal the best stock market advice from the man who have mastered the market cycles, Howard Marks.
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Top 5 takeaways from Howard Mark’s The Most Important Thing:
00:00 Intro
01:22 1. Risk: Understand, recognize, and control it
05:25 2. Be aware of the cycles
07:40 3. Mind your psychological influences
09:58 4. Don’t be a sheep in a herd
12:02 5. The role of chance
TL;DW:
- Pay attention to risk! Control risk by figuring out what an asset is worth and compare that to what it costs. Insist on a margin of safety
- Think about where in the market cycle we’re at. Is the market greedy of fearful?
- Avoid psycological errors by focusing on fundamentals
- Only dead fish follow the stream - be a contrarian. Zoom out and use the movement of the herd to your advantage.
- Remember: Some bad decisions produce good outcomes. Therefore - an investment decision can never be judged on its outcome alone.
My goal with this channel is to help you make more money and improve your personal finances. How to become a millionaire? There are many ways to get there - investing in the stock market, becoming a stock trader, doing real estate investing, or why not becoming an entrepreneur? But whether you are interested in how to invest in stocks or investing strategies for creating passive income with rental properties - I hope to be able to provide you with a solution (or at least an idea) here. Warren Buffett - the greatest investor of our time - says that you should fill your mind with competing ideas and then see what makes sense to you. This channel is about filling your mind with those ideas. And in the process - upgrading your money-making toolbox.

[@TheSwedishInvestor]

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[@greigsanderson9673]

The music in the background is irritating.

[@borntodoit8744]

RECAP4ME - taken from description box !! Top 5 takeaways from Howard Mark’s The Most Important Thing: 01:22 1. Risk: Understand, recognize, and control it 05:25 2. Be aware of the cycles 07:40 3. Mind your psychological influences 09:58 4. Don’t be a sheep in a herd 12:02 5. The role of chance 1. - Pay attention to risk! Investment evaluation : Calculate value by including "intrinsic value" and "margin of safety". Intrinsic Value : where you are / where you could be (calc both risk & reward). Control risk. by figuring out what an asset is worth and compare that to wihat it costs. Also Insist on a margin of safety in your investment. 2. - Think about where in the market cycle we’re at. Cycle is sinewave - so predictable if you know where you are on the curve. Greed and Fear drive the market. Is the market greedy of fearful? 3. - Avoid psychological errors by focusing on fundamentals Your fear / confidence / attention to detail / emotions impact your investing. Be emotionless use fundamental data 4. - Only dead fish follow the stream - be a contrarian. Zoom out and use the movement of the herd to your advantage. 5. - Remember: Some bad decisions produce good outcomes. Therefore - an investment decision can never be judged on its outcome alone.

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Man. You are amazing. Making so awesome books summaries. Saving lots of time. Keep it up. I have watched most of your videos!!!

[@nathanieljosephgutierrez]

Risk and Psychological management are the most important thing in investing.

[@rowanwood5397]

management of fear and fomo are very difficult.

[@MnMEminem]

Did anyone noticed he talks about a negative shift in 2015, but after 2015 the stock market was booming at record levels!?

[@kingkang6877]

Finished the book today. Totally worth the read!!

[@felipefarias7654]

A must read for any investor. Great book.

[@gc7304]

Thanks for marking things easy to undersand. This way of learning is the best way to start learning

[@frederickfrost6561]

Thank you for the nice summation.

[@MrEaglenator]

7:25 well, he was right.

[@blueshack]

Thank you for this channel it is so so so helpful ...

[@pkhangtam]

Can you recommend a book related to macroeconomics and financial market? I found the economy is reaching a turning point which requires a change in asset allocation. Thanks!

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Much appreciated as usual! Keep the great work up :)

[@FlorinVZaharia]

Loved this book. I think of howard marks as a mentor of mine. Obvisouly, i have never met him but through his books, memos and youtube videos i became a disciple. Has anyone noticed how down to earth and humble he is?

[@Thefunksoulbro]

I've only just come across him. Are you investing still? Any tips?

[@isaackarechu156]

Is this book worth the purchase? It really Teaches a lot on investing?

[@cedricvogt2576]

@@isaackarechu156 it does and most importantely it gives you an overall framework on how to think about investments. on top he offers an additional book that just focuses on market cycles. Thats basically where the first book stands out among other value investors: talking and making sense of market cycles.

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[@pengekcs]

A suggestion: Nate Silver - The signal and the noise. Not sure if it's easy to do in 5 categories, it's about statistics & probabilities. So poker and stocks basically ;)

[@ahmedhashim100]

I enjoyed the video and change how I look at risk. I laughed at Metflip, nice one.

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Controlling your psychological behavior is a big one for me. Kudos 👍

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Happy to hear that reza habiby! Can we even go as far as saying "it's the most important thing" ... ? 😁

[@caiobelem1770]

Thanks!!! Nice video and explanation

[@deepakreddy2858]

1. Risk Understand, recognize, controlling risk 2. Be aware of the cycles 3. Mind your psychological influences 4. Don't be a sheep in a herd(contrarion thinking) 5. The role of chance ( protect your downside)

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Alexander Heins thank you for this awesome comment 🙌 Some of the books, I definitely think are worth the whole read! Get the ones that you find most interesting and/or educating 👍

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As a Jewish emerging fund manager I founded…. I’ve never felt more gracious & privileged to have Howard marks as a roll model esp as a contrarian since birth

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They do take some time to make, indeed 😁

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Love it! 😍 I'm very glad to hear that! I will contact Amazon and Audible with you as a reference, they really need to have someone narrate "Security Analysis" ... 😁

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I won't, especially not if you keep comments like this one coming, Sia Mohajer 😁 Appreciate it!

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[@francescolauciello5204]

Hmm... Actually, after following the principles of Graham and Dodd for the last years, the principles described in this book really seem just simple minor extracts of the whole theory. Anyhow, thanks for another great video and thus the n-th confirmation of value investing principles

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Re-watched this video quite a few times now!

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[@timelinebeast]

"Be aware of cycles" I currently don't have much money to invest but I realized if I want to make it big than I should focus on cycles and so I started learning about cycles of my favourite "which I believe are expensive,show some kind of cycle and most important I believe they are not going down any time soon" companies I found one who peeked my particular interest it shows some kind of annual cycle it's a big company ,very old one at that but p/e is 96,let's see if my prediction is right the prices will crumble down any time soon I think it's p/e will drop as far as 87-90 before climbing back to 96 consider it don't make any considerable change in it's earnings

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Could you review Irrational Exuberance by Robert Shiller?

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More relevant than ever. 2020 market crash

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This book summaries my personal experience up and down for about 4 years of investing in the cryptos in general. People should read this book in order to manage the crypto risks.

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the first thing is exactly how george costanza's book on risk management begins :))

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[@TheFinancialScout]

What's the difference between "the most important thing" and the "most important thing illuminated?"

[@juanfernandez3633]

I finished this book about 1 week ago. I didn't enjoy it too much. it was really dry.. I wouldn't label it a must read... but a read if you have nothing better to read or just want to get through the book quick. Currently reading his other book Mastering the Market Cycles.. I think it's better and has more information. The best chapter of this book was the last one really.. where he puts it all together.

[@290revolver290]

For real? And I'm just about buying it on Audible. There was nothing useful in it?

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@@290revolver290 not really.. market cycles is better by the same author.

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@@juanfernandez3633 Thank you so much for this feedback, I truly appreciate this.

[@rowanwood5397]

rule #6: rules are often changing, and sometimes exceptions to a rule may occur. one must remain flexible and make the right decision for every unique situation. rules never seem 100% reliable. perhaps how you use or interpret the rule is ever changing.

[@JohnInvest17]

Example 3 and 4 is the same no? I don't get it

[@TheMaximmas]

how do you see the PE ratios of Index and ETFs?

[@TheSwedishInvestor]

I'm not sure for ETFs, but some brokerage firms may reveal it. For the S&P500 index, you can see the P/E (and some other interesting info) at www.multpl.com/s-p-500-pe-ratio

[@GanpatiRam]

Thank you Swedish

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For all those who are thinking about getting this book or maybe not. hear me out. . If this is just a book your teacher ask you to read to pass an exam or get a grade, this video it’s all you need to know about the book 🤙🏻 If you are developing your mentality and you are working on sharping your edge to beat the markets BUY IT.

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1:08

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I wish I had seen your video before the crisis!!! lol

[@TheSwedishInvestor]

Now all we can hope for is a backlash? Jokes aside, strange incentives we have sometimes as investors.

[@brainstormer2520]

02:00 I agree with most things, but I disagree that a bad company is not always a bad investment. In my mind, a bad company is always a bad investment, regardless of price. There's never a right price for a bad company. Take the examples of investing in JC Penny and Blackberry, when they were bought at excellent price. "Invest Like a Guru" book is highly under-ratrd among value-investing community. I don't know why. In my opinion, it's one of the best books on value investing out there. One thing that sticks to my mind from that book is: "when you invest in good companies, time is on your side, but when you invest in bad companies, tines works against you". So, I should only buy good companies, at discounted price. If no good company is available at a discount, then I do nothing. That's the summary of value investing in my mind. But I think, when I have to ask what more important the high quality of the company or the deep discounted price, I think that the quality of the company is more important than price. Even if someone makes the mistake of overpaying for a good company, he could be forgiven, because time is on his side. The example of Microsoft is a good a good one. Yes, investors had to wait 17 years, but at least, they didn't lose their capital (except for inflation and opportunity cost). But when investors thought they were buying a bad business at a very deep discount, they were not forgiven, because time worked against them. Take the cases of JC Penny and Blackberry, for example. A bad business is never a good investment, and if someone makes money from buying a bad business, then he's just lucky. The most important thing, in my opinion, is "whatever you do, only buy good companies ".

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This is a very sensible observation, sir.

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lol, and then the Covid showed up, the market crashed and then recovered crazily....I think now is again a time to listen to these items very carefully...

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Risk, Be aware of the cycle, Mind your psychological influences, Don't be a sheep in a herd, The role of chance

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'Karl Marx Was right' made my day

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Everyone is expecting a crash this year - should I follow the herd?

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The market is greedy with a high dose of CRAZY.

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RIP METFLIP

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MET FLIP (NET FLIX) LOL

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Compounding would be wonderful if we weren't in a fiat system. With a Gold standard, you would see your asset appreciate in real terms, but with fiat money, we are all operating on moving sands: you think you are getting "rich" with high returns until you realise that inflation (i.e taxation) is eating 50% of your profit. TL;DR: Mr Buffett made most of his fortune WAY before the fiat system was introduced, he then leveraged his existing wealth to access cheap money freshly printed from the fiat producing machine (i.e the Fed). IF you believe that investing will make you "wealthy", you are in for a rude awakening. All you are doing is feeding markets that are manipulated by the early entrants who only want to maintain the existing Ponzi scheme. Good luck!

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8:34 did not age well sadly

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Who is here after the collapse of Netflix stock

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any1 who finds investing easy is stupid , LOL . Thank you

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Munger the Master 👊

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1 dislike, for making a disgusting coffee sip sound ! 😡

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Hahaha 😂 Rats sometimes travel in herds so the analogy still holds up right? 😬

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