Ray Dalio quotes - page 2

The big question is: When will the term structure of interest rates change? That's the question to be worried about. (Ray Dalio)
When growth is slower-than-expected, stocks go down. When inflation is higher-than-expected, bonds go down. When inflation is lower-than-expected, bonds go up. View quote
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I notice a difference from the moment I meditate. View quote
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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. View quote
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Over the long run, the price of gold approximates the total amount of money in circulation divided by the size of the gold stock. If the market price of gold moves a long way from this level, it may indicate a buying or selling opportunity. View quote
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It's more important to do big things well than to do small things perfectly. View quote
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Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way. View quote
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The pain of problems is a call to find solutions rather than a reason for unhappiness and inaction, so it's silly, pointless, and harmful to be upset at the problems and choices that come at you (though it's understandable). View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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It all comes down to interest rates. As an investor, all you're doing is putting up a lump-sump payment for a future cash flow. (Ray Dalio)
The main reason I write the daily observations is because I want to know where I'm wrong. So lots of times if somebody points something out it helps me, and I want to have a diversified bet of uncorrelated bets. View quote
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What I'm trying to say is that for the average investor, what I would encourage them to do is to understand there's inflation and growth - it can go higher and lower - and to have four different portfolios essentially that make up your total portfolio that gets you balanced. View quote
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A beautiful deleveraging balances the three options. In other words, there is a certain amount of austerity, there is a certain amount of debt restructuring, and there is a certain amount of printing of money. When done in the right mix, it isn't dramatic. View quote
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I'm going to give away a lot more than half my money. I'd be happy to give that to the government if the government put together programs that were like I'm giving away to charity, in which I believe the money is effectively used to help people. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm just saying that if you understand how the economic machine works, it just works like a machine. There are cause-effect relationships. View quote
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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. View quote
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When people get at each other's throat, the rich and the poor and the Left and the Right and so on, and you have a basic breakdown, that becomes very threatening. View quote
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