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☆ China's plan for reinvigorating its economy has the West worried, but others still see an opportunity
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, we're looking at how China's plan for reinvigorating its economy has the rest of the world worried . The country is overproducing goods and then flooding global markets with them to save its struggling economy, writes Business Insider's Huileng Tan. Decades ago, as the country opened up its economy, China underwent rapid industrialization, allowing it to produce cheap goods. AdvertisementUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has already warned China shock 2.0 could destabilize the global economy, specifically impacting green-energy exports . He pointed to China's GDP growth outpacing the US when the numbers are adjusted for disinflation and inflation in each country, respectively.

Persons: —, Chelsea Jia Feng, Huileng Tan, Huileng, China's, Janet Yellen, Tyler Le, Ray Dalio, that's, it's, Dalio's, Nicholas R, Lardy, Donald Trump, M, There's, Angus Deaton, Walter Huang, Sevonne Huang, Justin Sullivan, Alyssa Powell, Tesla, Hubspot, Mikel Jaso, Zers, That's, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover, Grace Lett Organizations: Service, Business, West, New York Federal Reserve, Bridgewater Associates, Getty, Apple, Reuters, Google, McKinsey Locations: China, Glendale, Ariz, New York, London, Chicago

☆ I was personal assistant to the billionaire founder of a secretive Wall Street firm. This is how I landed a meeting with him, from 10 personal reference calls to a 'Devil Wears Prada' interview moment
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Carrie Sun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

She has written a memoir about working for a secretive and wildly prestigious Wall Street hedge fund. Recruiters are one of the main gatekeepers for the hedge fund and private equity industries. I hadn't — but I had heard of Argon, a hedge fund that had long and widely been seen as financial royalty. A leading financial publication had called Carbon the world's hottest hedge fund. Another had named it one of the world's top-performing large hedge funds, ranking it among other hedge fund titans and their flagships, like Ray Dalio's Pure Alpha II and Ken Griffin's Citadel.

Persons: —, Carrie Sun, Sun, Beowulf Sheehan Yuna, Carrie, Yuna, Chang's, Meijer, Peter, Boone Prescott, He's, Peter glanced, Boone, Jen, you'd, Ruth, Maya, Warren Buffett, Ray, Ken Griffin's, Griffin, Anne Hathaway, Chanel Organizations: Service, MIT, New, Boone, Samsung, Ann Arbor ., College, Carbon, NYU, Alpha, Penguin Press Locations: China, Michigan, Jersey City, Kansas, Midtown, receptionists, Manhattan, Ann Arbor, United States, New York, New Jersey, Anhui, Barneys, Madison, America, Boone, Missouri

☆ Ken Griffin is on top of the hedge fund world. Read his memo to the Citadel team.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewAnother big year for billionaire Ken Griffin and Citadel has extended the lead the Miami-based money manager has over its peers. It brought the firm's all-time gains to $74 billion, close to $20 billion more than the two firms tied for second all-time, D.E. The two firms have generated $56.1 billion in profits since they launched, according to the rankings. In an internal memo titled "Citadel Widens Lead as Most Profitable Hedge Fund of All Time," Griffin wrote, "We not only retained the #1 ranking, but we also more than doubled our lead over our closest competitors in the past year." Citadel confirmed the contents of the memo but declined to comment further.

Persons: —, Ken Griffin, Shaw, Ray Dalio's Bridgewater, Edmond de Rothschild, Griffin Organizations: Service, Citadel, Business, LCH Investments, Millennium, Bloomberg, LCH, Fund Locations: Miami, Connecticut, Wellington

☆ The U.S. needs 'bipartisan' leadership and a 'strong middle' politically, Ray Dalio says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As the U.S. gears up for its next presidential election in 2024, the country needs a "strong middle" political ground and bipartisan cooperation, according to Ray Dalio, founder of investment company Bridgewater. "If you bring the sides together in a bipartisan way, and you create a strong middle, that's what the country needs in order to be healthy, I believe," Dalio said Tuesday in conversation with CNBC's Dan Murphy onstage at the Abu Dhabi Finance Week. Two things are crucial for the U.S. in this process, Dalio said: Firstly, he assesses that those with extreme political views should be alienated. Secondly, the country needs to "bring together the smart moderates to work together, and then to be able to make important reforms" to enable addressing issues such as the wealth gap. Dalio expects the emergence of an alternative candidate to Trump among Republicans, as the party narrows down its final choice.

Persons: Ray Dalio, Dalio, CNBC's Dan Murphy, Louis, Dalio's, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden Organizations: Bridgewater, Abu, Abu Dhabi Finance, Federal Reserve Bank of St, Democratic, Republican, The New York Times, Siena College, Trump, Republicans Locations: U.S, Abu Dhabi

☆ Ray Dalio hails the Gulf's 'renaissance states' amid a period of 'greater disorder' globally
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Ray Dalio speaks during the 2023 Forbes Iconoclast Summit at Pier 60 on June 12, 2023 in New York City. We're now talking about a renaissance state here that happens within this greater geopolitical and economic environment," Dalio told CNBC's Dan Murphy on Tuesday. The UAE "is a renaissance state," Dalio said. Amid higher oil prices in recent years, the region's mammoth sovereign wealth funds had ever more to spend. The region's combined 10 largest sovereign wealth funds managed some $4 trillion in early 2023, according to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute.

Persons: Ray Dalio, ABU, Dalio, CNBC's Dan Murphy, Dalio's Organizations: Forbes, Getty, United, United Arab Emirates, Bridgewater Associates, United Arab, CNBC, Abu, Abu Dhabi Finance, GCC, Gulf Cooperation, Dalio's Bridgewater Associates, Pensions & Investments, The, Dubai International Financial, Sovereign Wealth Fund, —, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund Locations: New York City, Taylor, ABU DHABI, United Arab, Gulf, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, U.S, Singapore, The UAE, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, London, New York, France

☆ Ray Dalio says US is reaching an 'inflection point' as debt starts rapidly accelerating
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Aruni Soni | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The US is nearing an "inflection point" as the debt pile accelerates, Ray Dalio told CNBC. AdvertisementThe US's fiscal situation is heading for an "inflection point" as government debt grows faster than income, according to billionaire investor Ray Dalio. With the government borrowing more money to just pay for debt service while spending continues unabated, the hole gets deeper and deeper, he said on a CNBC interview on Friday. AdvertisementSuch issues have also impacted foreign demand, Dalio warned, noting that 40% of US debt is sold to foreigners. We are near that inflection point."

Persons: Ray Dalio, —, it's, Torsten Sløk Organizations: CNBC, Service, Bridgewater Associates, Apollo Management

☆ Where are they now: The many fascinating Bridgewater employees from the book on Ray Dalio 'The Fund'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

The new book, "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend" — which Dalio and his lawyers have pushed back against — describes everything from Bridgewater's investment process to internal grudges and backstabbing to allegations of sexual harassment. Here are the places where the dozens of Bridgewater employees and consultants named in the book ended up. Dalio, the book said, wrote into the firm's bylaws that he could never hold that title again. Before that, she was the head of investment research and a co-chief investment officer for sustainability. He's worked at different funds since leaving in 2006, including Larch Lane Advisors and Bonaccord Capital as an investor and business-development professional.

Persons: Rob Copeland's, Ray Dalio, Dalio, —, Bridgewater, Greg Jensen, YouTube Dalio, nixed, Copeland, He's, Jensen, Eileen Murray, Morgan Stanley, David McCormick, Dina Powell, McCormick, Dave McCormick, Michael M, Nir Bar Dea, Stefanova, Dalio's, Paul McDowell, Bob Eichinger, McDowell, Eichinger, Jen Healy, Osman Nalbantoglu, Matthew Granade, Steve Cohen, Steve Cohen's Point72, Bob Prince, politicking, Karen Karniol, Bridgewater Associates Karen Karniol, Vladimir Putin, Bob Elliott, Elliott, James Comey, Winn McNamee, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Hillary, Britt Harris, Bridgewater's, Julian Mack, L, Michael Partington, Spencer Stuart, Niko Canner, Jon Rubinstein, Beck Diefenbach Jon Rubinstein, Steve Jobs, Tom Adams, Rosetta Stone, J, Michael Cline, Cline, Kevin Campbell, Campbell, Craig Mundie, Bill Gates, Gates, Mundie, Bill Clinton, George W, Bush, David Ferrucci, IBM's Watson, Ferrucci, Keith Alexander, Alexander, Larry Culp, Culp, Jamie Gorelick, conscientiously, Clinton, Jared Kushner, Jesse Horwitz, Comey, Horwitz, Samantha Holland, Perry Poulos, Murray, Joe Sweet, Tara Arnold, Arnold —, Leah Guggenheimer, She's, Charles Korchinski, Harris, Kent Kuran Organizations: New York Times, Bridgewater Associates, Business, Bridgewater, YouTube, HSBC, Broadridge, Life Insurance, Wells, Treasury Department, Republican, Getty, GOP, Israel Defense Forces, Marto, Princeton University, McKinsey, Point72, Bridgewater didn't, Domino Data, CircleUp, FBI, Trump, of, University of Texas Investment Management Co, Apple, Dalio, Health, Cognition, Mundie, National Security Agency, Amazon, General Electric, Boston Globe, Electric, Trump White House, Harvard Law School, —, Hubble, Stefanova's Marto, HBR Consulting, MIO Partners, Burford, Larch Lane Advisors, Bonaccord, Eaton Partners, Stanford, NextEra Energy Resources Locations: Bridgewater, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, China, San Francisco, of Texas, Atlanta, WilmerHale, Asia, India, Shanghai, Singapore, Israel, Africa

☆ Bridgewater rigged its famous 'believability weighting' system after founder Ray Dalio complained that some employees scored higher than him, book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Bridgewater rigged its "believability weighting" system to keep founder Ray Dalio on top, a new book says. That's according to "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend," out Tuesday from New York Times finance reporter Rob Copeland. Bridgewater's believability weighting system, in theory, was supposed to help determine how much weight a person's opinion carried and to help identify hidden talent within the firm. Bridgewater started experimenting with Dalio's believability weighting system with a prototype allowing staff to see each others' scores on a scale of 1-to-10, but Dalio wasn't pleased, the book said. In response to a request for comment from Insider on the book's assertions regarding the believability rating system, Bridgewater provided excerpts of letters that its lawyers sent to the book's publisher, St. Martin's Press.

Persons: Bridgewater, Ray Dalio, outranked, Dalio, —, Rob Copeland, Dalio wasn't, He'd, Copeland Organizations: Service, Bridgewater Associates, New York Times, —, Bridgewater, New, Martin's Press Locations: Bridgewater

☆ Bridgewater spent $1 million renovating a 45-foot 'Rockstar Bus' to shuttle employees between the office, bars, and casinos, book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Pete Syme | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ray Dalio's Bridgewater spent nearly $1 million turning a coach bus into an employee limo, a new book says. In a statement, Bridgewater said the book's claims about the bus were "untrue or misleading." AdvertisementAdvertisementBridgewater Associates spent $1 million turning a coach bus into a limousine to shuttle employees around to after-work entertainment, according to a new book about Ray Dalio and his hedge fund. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe bus, internally called the "Rockstar Bus," transported employees from Bridgewater's Connecticut headquarters to bars, restaurants, and casinos, according to Copeland's book. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Four of the buses are standard coach commuter buses, and one of the buses was upfitted as a limousine bus.

Persons: Ray Dalio's Bridgewater, Rob Copeland's, Bridgewater, —, Ray Dalio, Rob Copeland, Bridgewater's, Dalio Organizations: Bridgewater, Service, Bridgewater Associates, New York Times, Martin's Press Locations: Bridgewater, Bridgewater's Connecticut, Bridgewater's, New York City, Bridgewater's Westport

☆ A Bridgewater-owned mansion had a written policy for hiring strippers, a new book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Jordan Hart | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bridgewater employees hired strippers so often that the firm adopted rules around them, a new book said. The book also said Bridgewater spent millions renovating a mansion frequented by founder Ray Dalio. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "Stripper Policy at The Lookout," the rules read, according to the book. Guests could stay overnight at the Lookout, but the primary bedroom was almost always reserved for Dalio, according to the book.

Persons: Ray Dalio, —, Rob Copeland's, Dalio, didn't Organizations: Bridgewater, Service, Bridgewater Associates, The New York Times, LinkedIn Locations: Connecticut, Bridgewater

☆ Bridgewater's employee-rating system tracked even the lowest-paid workers — who could get dinged if the office ran out of soda, a book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Jordan Hart | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bridgewater employees have famously rated one another's performance in real-time. Ray Dalio even fired an employee based on his peers' answers to a poll about him, "The Fund" says. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Information was compiled into individual employee profiles, which were known as baseball cards around the office, the book said.

Persons: Ray Dalio, —, Ray, Rob Copeland's, Copeland, Dalio, Michael Partington, Partington, Bridgewater Organizations: Bridgewater, Service, Bridgewater Associates, Workers Locations: Ray Dalio's, Bridgewater

☆ Paranoid Bridgewater employees ventured into the woods to take some calls — until a rumor spread that the company was looking into installing listening devices in the trees, a new book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Grace Dean | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some staff at Bridgewater Associates took personal calls in the woods so their employer couldn't listen in, a new book says. This stopped when a rumor claimed the firm might install devices in the trees, per "The Fund." AdvertisementAdvertisementSome employees at Ray Dalio's investment-management firm Bridgewater Associates took non-work calls in the woods near their offices because they were worried about their employer listening in, according to a new book. This practice stopped, though, when a rumor claimed that the firm was looking into installing devices in the trees that could intercept calls, per the book. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt added that the company "did not investigate installing 'devices in the trees.'"

Persons: Rob Copeland's, —, Ray, Rob Copeland, Ray Dalio, James Comey, printout, printouts, Bridgewater, Dalio Organizations: Bridgewater Associates, Service, New York Times, FBI, Staff, Bridgewater, St Martin's Press Locations: Bridgewater, New, keystroke

☆ See questions from Bridgewater's 'Principles' test, which probed employees on arrogance and whether their colleagues would steal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Take a look at some questions from the exam, published in "The Fund," out Tuesday. Dalio even had a team put together a five-section, closed-book Principles Test that was mandatory for all employees, Copeland wrote. "The Fund" published a handful of questions from the exam. One string of questions asked:"About what percentage of the Bridgewater population would steal if they could get away with it? In 2017, Dalio published his own book chronicling the lessons he learned throughout his career, called "Principles: Life and Work."

Persons: Ray Dalio's Bridgewater, —, Rob Copeland, Ray Dalio, Dalio, Copeland, Bridgewater Organizations: Service, Bridgewater, New York Times, Bridgewater Associates, Investment, LinkedIn Locations: Bridgewater

☆ An agitated Ray Dalio once ordered an extensive study of urine on the men's room floor at Bridgewater, new book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ray Dalio once ordered a probe into urine on the men's room floor, a new book says. Bridgewater said Dalio did complain about restroom tidiness, but the book passage is "exaggerated" and "false." In "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend," Copeland wrote that Dalio once excused himself from a meeting to use the restroom and he found pee on the floor. "It was a true circus," Copeland wrote in the book. Bridgewater even brought in new urinals and added stickers as targets, the book said, and later reviewed their exact placement.

Persons: Ray Dalio, Dalio, Bridgewater, —, Rob Copeland, Copeland Organizations: Service, New York Times, Bridgewater Associates, LinkedIn, Bridgewater Locations: Bridgewater

☆ Ray Dalio once interrogated his pregnant protégé in front of his top execs until she cried
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Rob Copeland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

She was one of Ray Dalio's favorites. Dalio announced to the room that he would first "probe" and then deliver what he called a "diagnosis." The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend by Rob Copeland. Excerpted from THE FUND: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend by Rob Copeland. He then became an investigative reporter at a prominent newspaper and made a career of writing distorted stories about Bridgewater and Ray Dalio, at first in articles and now in this book.

Persons: Ray Dalio's, Katina Stefanova, mentee, Dalio, Stefanova, wasn't, lackeys, Bridgewater, hadn't, Who, Dalio's leveragers, Ray Dalio, Rob Copeland, Ray, Dustin Hoffman's Oscar Organizations: Bridgewater Associates, Bridgewater, Transparency, Martin's, Martin's Publishing, New York Times, Wall Street Journal Locations: Bridgewater, Bridgewater's Westport, Conn, St

☆ Ray Dalio Interrogated His Pregnant Employee Until She Cried: Book
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Rob Copeland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

She was one of Ray Dalio's favorites. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend by Rob Copeland. Excerpted from THE FUND: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend by Rob Copeland. A spokesperson for Ray Dalio told Insider, "This book is just another one of those classic tabloid books, authored by someone who applied for a job at Bridgewater and was rejected more than a decade ago. He then became an investigative reporter at a prominent newspaper and made a career of writing distorted stories about Bridgewater and Ray Dalio, at first in articles and now in this book.

☆ Ray Dalio explains why the surging Treasury yields crushing stocks still have further to run — and details how investors should approach the AI trade
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ray Dalio says the primary source of pain for stocks is going to get worse before it improves. Surging Treasury yields have been a major headwind for equities, which have seen their appeal dented by the ever-rising risk-free return offered to bond investors. "We sit at a moment in those bonds that it would seem like something like a 5% rate," Dalio said. That means high yields are bad news for economic growth, he noted. As for AI, Dalio sees a "super huge" impact, although he's wary of a speculative bubble former.

Persons: Ray Dalio, Dalio, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Treasury, Greenwich Economic, Federal Locations: Greenwich, Central

☆ US-China relations are 'on the brink of red lines' but war is still unlikely, says hedge fund legend Ray Dalio
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hedge fund legend Ray Dalio said US-China relations are "on the brink of red lines." Even so, Dalio said he doesn't think a war between the US and China is likely. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe US and China relationship is "on the brink of red lines" — but war is unlikely, said hedge fund legend Ray Dalio at the Greenwich Economic Forum on Tuesday, according to a Bloomberg recording. That's the equivalent of declaration of war," said Dalio, who is the founder of hedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates. Dalio stepped down as Bridgewater's co-CIO in October last year but was involved in setting up the hedge fund's first onshore China fund in 2018.

Persons: Ray Dalio, Dalio, — Organizations: Service, Greenwich Economic, Bloomberg, Bridgewater Associates, Bridgewater's Locations: China, Taiwan, Greenwich, United States

☆ BlackRock's Rieder thinks investors should believe the Fed that it's going to hike again
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"You've got to take them at their word that they want to get another 25" basis points, said the asset management giant's CIO of global fixed income. BlackRock fixed income chief Rick Rieder thinks the Federal Reserve can stop raising interest rates, though it probably won't. The fed funds rate, used as a benchmark for many forms of short-term debt, currently is targeted in a range between 5.25%-5.50%. "I love commercial paper," Rieder said. Rieder said he expects the Fed to start cutting at some point, but probably not until the latter half of 2024.

Persons: You've, you've, Rieder, Rick Rieder, Rebecca Patterson, Ray Organizations: Alpha, BlackRock, Economic Education, Delivering Alpha, Council for Economic Education, Bridgewater Associates, AA, Fed Locations: BlackRock

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Wall Street disagrees with main street
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. [PRO] FOMC meeting this weekThe Federal Reserve's meeting on Wednesday will be the main event to keep an eye on for this week. "Investors remained upbeat about the outlook for stocks and the economy in August," according to a Vanguard Investor Expectations Survey. In that open space between breaths, equilibrium between Wall Street and main street may be reached.

Persons: Gabby Jones, Hong, Kospi, Joe Biden, there's, Edward Jones, Mona Mahajan, CNBC's, Mahajan, Ray, Greg Bassuk Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Bloomberg, Getty, CNBC, Dow Jones, Index, Nikkei, China, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Bank of England, U.S, Initiative, FedEx, University of Michigan, Consumers, Survey, Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq, Dow Locations: New York, Asia, Pacific, China Venture, China, India, East, Europe

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Wall Street versus main street
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. The mood on Wall Street, however, is markedly different. Does Wall Street know something that ordinary U.S. consumers don't? In that open space between breaths, equilibrium between Wall Street and main street may be reached.

Persons: Spencer Platt, there's, Edward Jones, Mona Mahajan, CNBC's, Mahajan, Ray Dalio's, Greg Bassuk Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Getty, CNBC, University of Michigan, Consumers, Survey, Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq, Dow Locations: New York City

☆ Ray Dalio says to hold cash 'temporarily' — but don’t buy debt and bonds
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ray Dalio, billionaire and founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, speaks during the Milken Institute Conference Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAs concerns mount over rising interest rates and inflation levels, billionaire investor Ray Dalio says he prefers to hold cash for now, not bonds. "Temporarily, right now, cash I think is good … and the interest rates are fine. I don't think [it] will be sustained that way," Dalio told an audience at the Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore on Thursday. But the real problem comes when individuals or investors don't hold the bonds, because it comes as a supply-demand, one man's debts or another man's assets," he explained. Dalio cautioned that investors will sell their bonds if they are not receiving real interest rates that are high enough.

Persons: Ray Dalio, Dalio, Dalio's Organizations: Bridgewater Associates, Milken Institute, Bloomberg, Getty, Milken Institute Asia Summit, Treasury Locations: Singapore

☆ Billionaire investor Ray Dalio says India's moon landing demonstrates its economic 'ascendance'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ray Dalio heralded India's economic potential following its moon landing on Wednesday. The Chandrayaan-3 landing was "one of many straws in the wind showing its ascendance," he said. "India's successful lunar mission ... is another one of many straws in the wind showing its ascendance," Dalio said in a post on X. The landing meant India became the first country to reach what is thought to be the most water-rich region on the moon – beating Russia, China, and the US. Dalio has hailed India as the next big global investing opportunity previously amid worsening relations between Washington and Beijing.

Persons: Ray Dalio, Dalio, Deng Xiaoping, Narendra Modi, Elon Musk, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Service, Bridgewater Associates, Indian, Elon Locations: Bridgewater, India, Wall, Silicon, China, Russia, Washington, Beijing

☆ Dalio says China is overdue in reducing its debt
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 17 (Reuters) - Legendary investor Ray Dalio, a big enthusiast and investor in China, said on Thursday the world's second largest economy is overdue in conducting a "big debt restructuring." Dalio said deleveraging is never an easy task, but in the case of China it can be more manageable because most of its debt is in domestic currency and is held by its citizens. Very popular among Chinese investors, Dalio is a self-proclaimed Sinophile with long connections with China. Last year, Bridgewater doubled its fund assets in China to more than 20 billion yuan ($2.74 billion), cementing its position as the biggest foreign hedge fund in the country. The hedge fund launched its first onshore China fund in 2018 and, since then, two other funds have been established.

Persons: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater's, Brendan McDermid, Zhu Rongji, Dalio, deleveraging, Carolina Mandl, Sandra Maler Organizations: REUTERS, Chinese, Bridgewater Associates, Bridgewater, Carolina, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, China, . Connecticut, New York

☆ The debt crisis Ray Dalio warned of may already be happening as US borrowings surge by $1 trillion in just weeks
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio's prediction of a US debt crisis may be coming true already. US national debt surged by $1 trillion in just one month since the borrowing ceiling was lifted by Congress. Dalio warned last month that the agreement made no difference and would only add to the nation's mounting debt pile. "Dealing with the problem of adding too much to a pile of debt that is already too large: Grade D," Dalio said. "In my opinion, we are at the beginning of a very classic late, big cycle debt crisis, when the supply-demand gap, when you are producing too much debt and have a shortage of buyers," Dalio said.

Persons: Ray, Dalio, Ray Dalio, Charlie Bilello, Warren Buffett Organizations: Congress, Service, Creative Planning, Republicans, Berkshire Hathaway, Bridgewater Locations: Wall, Silicon, Dalio

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