Quotes by Ray Dalio

About Ray Dalio:

Ray Dalio is an American businessman and founder of the investment firm Bridgewater Associates. In 2012, Dalio appeared on the annual Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2011 and 2012 he was listed by Bloomberg Markets as one of the 50 Most Influential people. Institutional Investor’s Alpha ranked him No. 2 on their 2012 Rich List. According to Forbes, he was the 30th richest person in America and the 69th richest person in the world with a net worth of $15.2 billion as of October 2014.
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Demand is best measured in terms of spending. You know, I think in traditional economics, it's a mistake to measure it in terms of the quantity of goods.

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Credit is a promise to deliver money. It will produce GDP but you'll create credit... So you reach a certain point that that you can't do that anymore... There are choices. And how do we best support, apportion the money? How much is going to be tran...

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I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one's strengths and weaknesses are.

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Almost everything is like a machine.

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I think so many people are reactive... they see things in a short term way they're right up against it.

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I don't get caught up in the moment.

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An economy is not a complicated thing; it just has a lot of moving parts.

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In China anything less than 6% growth is a recession meaning that it also causes financial problems and it's disruptive and it's a problem.

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There are two main drivers of asset class returns - inflation and growth.

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Pull in your belt, spend less, and reduce debt.

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I was about twenty and the Beatles were meditating and I heard about it and they had a center in New York and I came to the center and I learned about it.

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I can be stressed, or tired, and I can go into a meditation and it all just flows off of me. I'll come out of it refreshed and centered and that's how I'll feel and it'll carry through the day.

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He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.

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There is a strong tendency to get used to and accept very bad things that would be shocking if seen with fresh eyes.

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Maintain 'baseball cards' and/or 'believability matrixes' for your people. Imagine if you had baseball cards that showed all the performance stats. You could see what they did well and poorly and call on the right people to play the right positions i...

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Know what your people are like, and make sure they do their jobs excellently.

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Constantly probe the people who report to you, and encourage them to probe you.

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If inflation-adjusted interest rates decline in a given country, its currency is likely to decline.

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The world is still in deleveraging.

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The economy is like a machine.

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Author Bio

  • NameRay Dalio
  • DescriptionAmerican businessman
  • BornAugust 1, 1949
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFinancier