# Ray Dalio

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Real Alpha has cut 4 moments of Ray Dalio (Founder & CIO mentor, Bridgewater Associates) talking, from 2 interviews on Prof G Markets, the latest published Apr 30, 2026.

- Role: Founder & CIO mentor, Bridgewater Associates
- About: Founded Bridgewater and developed investment approaches like risk parity and All Weather for global institutions.

## What Ray Dalio said

- [Diversification matters more than timing in a stagflationary cycle](https://realalpha.app/s/diversification-matters-more-than-timing-in-a-stagflationary/)
  Prof G Markets · Apr 30, 2026 · 4 min
  > “the most important thing for most individuals is not to market time a lot of these things.” — Ray Dalio · [13:35](https://realalpha.app/v/SLigyc-6qKY/?t=815)
- [Dalio sees a riskier U.S. transition as debt demand weakens](https://realalpha.app/s/dalio-sees-a-riskier-u-s-transition-as-debt-demand-weakens/)
  Prof G Markets · Apr 30, 2026 · 4 min
  > “the United States, basically the U.S. government spends $7 trillion. It takes in about $5 trillion. So it's 40% overspending.” — Ray Dalio · [11:14](https://realalpha.app/v/SLigyc-6qKY/?t=674)
- [Dalio sees a return to power-based world order](https://realalpha.app/s/dalio-sees-a-return-to-power-based-world-order/)
  Prof G Markets · Apr 30, 2026 · 3 min
  > “So we have changed the world order to a world order that was analogous to pre-1945, which is a power rules kind of world order.” — Ray Dalio · [5:44](https://realalpha.app/v/SLigyc-6qKY/?t=344)
- [Dalio uses diversification to manage what he cannot know](https://realalpha.app/s/dalio-uses-diversification-to-manage-what-he-cannot-know/)
  Prof G Markets · Sep 5, 2025 · 3 min
  > “whatever success I've had in life has been more due to my knowing how to deal with what I don't know than anything I know.” — Ray Dalio · [50:36](https://realalpha.app/v/PV_JLSAat94/?t=3036)

## The 2 episodes

- [Ray Dalio: The World Order Has Unraveled](https://realalpha.app/v/SLigyc-6qKY/) · Prof G Markets · Apr 30, 2026
- [How America Goes Broke — ft. Ray Dalio | Prof G Markets](https://realalpha.app/v/PV_JLSAat94/) · Prof G Markets · Sep 5, 2025