The largest hedge fund manager in the world, Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates, seems to have a certain global vision that drives his thoughts and strategy design. This particular topic, and connecting these dots, is something that Dalio has never publically verbalized. But looking at the firm’s confidential monthly strategy update, reviewed by ValueWalk, one can connect the noncorrelated dots to understand a component of the genius. Bridgewater thumping S&P 500 in returns performance, but that doesn’t matter most The mainstream headline in Dalio’s year to date performance is likely to be the 9.9 percent returns in the Pure Alpha…
Bridgewater Shines In 2015 Returns And Correlation Performance
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.