Howard Marks on the Importance of Realistic Investor Expectations

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Jul 22, 2013
Marks thinks that the 30-year Treasury sets the bar for everything else.

Therefore, when the 30-year offers only a 3% yield, other assets are going to priced at levels that don't offer high returns going forward.

This is a low-return world.

Marks warns that investors pushing for high returns in a low-return world risk getting themselves in trouble by making investments that carry too much risk.