Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio, head of the world’s largest hedge fund, spoke in code about ECB stimulus today, but his message, although dulled down from the fire and brimstone of old, came through loud and clear to certain observers. It’s not just the QE in Europe that matters, he said in a panel discussion broadcast by Bloomberg Television, but the key is tying stimulus to structural reforms. In more clearly written private letters to investors Ray Dalio had outlined why he thought stimulus in the EU could fail: it was the punishing European economic structure. Ray Dalio: ECB QE program…
Ray Dalio Hoping to Avoid Marie Antoinette Outcome in Europe
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.