For red blooded Americans who like to make generalizations about one’s geographic region relative to how “lazy” they are, a recent Bridgewater letter to investors, reviewed by ValueWalk, might provide red meat to chew on. The conclusion one might draw is that certain geographic regions are “lazy,” but Dalio and his crew don’t use these exact words. The report euphemistically says they “savor life” more than achievement. While the exact study methodology Dalio used to determine how much a geographic region “savors” life was not revealed, it is assumed that vacation time is one component of the study variable. Thus, an alternative…
Bridgewater Judges Sovereign Nations Success On Economic Scale
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.