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Ray Dalio

The latest news on American investor and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates.

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8 Aug 1949

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Businessman

A sign displays the US national debt at a bus stop in Washington on Thursday. Similar signs have been put up across the country, made by a nonpartisan foundation. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

US debt ceiling

America’s US$40 trillion debt gamble is getting harder to ignore: economists

Analysts warn that high spending, rising interest costs and tax cuts could impede Washington’s efforts to ‘grow our way out of’ record-high national debt.

24 Aug 2026 - 9:00PM

Banking & finance

End of the affair? How China and Wall Street, once so close, are drifting apart

23 Aug 2026 - 6:00PM

Zhu Rongji

How Zhu Rongji’s economic legacy endures in China after former premier’s death

13 Aug 2026 - 9:48PMvideocam

Chinese culture

China challenges Western ‘tribute system’ theory in push for narrative control

Article by US billionaire investor Ray Dalio puts spotlight back on English term used to describe Chinese diplomatic and economic posture.

10 Aug 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

US-China relations

Opinion | What the US should learn from China’s 19th century decline

Every empire has its strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps the most important asset is understanding those of your adversaries.

4 Jul 2026 - 10:58AMvideocam

Hong Kong society

Student recalls eye-opening trip with American peers that drew praise from Xi

CUHK undergraduate Liu Runjie describes how Chinese and US students reached common understanding during youth exchange trip.

31 May 2026 - 10:54PM

Hong Kong politics

Students can play role in US-China ties, Xi says in letter to Hong Kong student

Liu Runjie receives letter after he and other students shared their experiences in youth friendship programme with president, university says.

29 May 2026 - 9:16PM

Liu Runjie is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Banking & finance

Trump’s pick for Fed chair says he’ll stay independent. Does he mean it?

Kevin Warsh said at a confirmation hearing he would not become the US president’s ‘human sock puppet’, but concerns over interference persist.

9 May 2026 - 9:07AMvideocam

US-China relations

US-China ties are critical in dangerous new ‘might-is-right world order’: Dalio

Billionaire investor urges Chinese and US elites to ‘rise above ourselves’ and safeguard global well-being amid a changing world order.

8 Apr 2026 - 9:00PMvideocam

United States

Opinion | Trump’s State of the Union report underlines shift to ‘world minus one’

In his address to Congress, Trump emphasised that America ‘is back’. However, the US’ financial position tells a different story, one with global implications.

27 Feb 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington on February 24. Photo: The New York Times via AP

Banking & finance

China lets yuan rise to strongest level in years as de-dollarisation trend grows

China’s central bank sets the yuan’s midpoint rate at its strongest level since mid-2023, as jitters over the US dollar buoy the Chinese currency.

11 Feb 2026 - 4:11PM

The yuan has steadily appreciated against the US dollar in recent months amid a growing de-dollarisation trend among global investors. Photo: AFP

Banking & finance

Opinion | As markets grow more fragile, matter of time before the bubble bursts

The news and stories that move markets could well be a leading indicator of when markets fail.

7 Nov 2025 - 8:50AM

Commodities

Gold slumps after record highs. Why is Ray Dalio such a big advocate for it?

Despite the billionaire investor’s long-time support for gold, some analysts warn that it is in a bubble.

22 Oct 2025 - 12:43PM

Indonesia

Can a financial hub on Bali fix Indonesia’s lagging economy?

The Prabowo-backed proposal may be modelled on Singapore’s business system, India’s GIFT City and the Dubai International Financial Centre.

13 Oct 2025 - 8:46AM

Tourists explore a shopping area in Seminyak on the west coast of Bali. Photo: EPA

Banking & finance

China’s central bank aids gold’s record-setting run with 11-month buying streak

Price of gold breaks benchmarks as uncertainty mounts over US dollar and central banks, including China’s, add to their stockpiles.

8 Oct 2025 - 1:11PM

The price of gold continues to set records as central banks and global investors buy more of the safe-haven asset. Photo: Reuters

US Federal Reserve

Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio says gold echoes 1970s rally amid US dollar anxiety

‘Gold is a very excellent diversifier of the portfolio’ and it should optimally account for 15 per cent of investors’ portfolio, Dalio says.

8 Oct 2025 - 10:17AM

China debt

In China, Ray Dalio discusses global debt issues as Beijing seeks his counsel

With local-level debt still posing risks in China, while US borrowing accelerates, Beijing turns to the Wall Street veteran for guidance while navigating precarious financial waters.

24 Sep 2025 - 7:00PMvideocam

US-listed Chinese stocks

Temasek cuts Chinese tech stocks, goes long on consumer companies

Temasek slashed its holdings of JD.com by 87 per cent, cut its Alibaba stake by two-thirds and cut NetEase by 38 per cent, according to its 13F disclosure.

16 Aug 2025 - 9:31AM

China stock market

World’s top hedge fund Bridgewater dumps all China stocks

World’s largest hedge fund drops US$1.41 billion of shares in firms including Alibaba, JD.com, Baidu, Nio and Yum China in second quarter.

14 Aug 2025 - 5:16PM

Yuan

China eyes bigger global role for yuan as US dollar stability questioned

The shifting international monetary order is giving Beijing new room to expand its influence, analysts say.

4 Aug 2025 - 6:30PM

China debt

Why did a Chinese economist slam Ray Dalio on debt situations in US, China?

Xu Gao’s 9,000-word article, ‘Where Did Dalio Go Wrong on National Debt?’, comes as China’s Politburo is preparing to set policy tone for rest of year.

29 Jul 2025 - 10:56PM

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio’s latest book came out last month. Photo: Getty Images

Banking & finance

Did Trump get his ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ at the US dollar’s expense?

Analysts say the sweeping budget act resolves the immediate debt crisis, but the resultant deficit could accelerate global de-dollarisation.

4 Jul 2025 - 7:30PMvideocam

US President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget act, soon to become law, raises worries over the country’s long-term debt burden. Photo: AFP

Stocks

Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater taps rich Chinese investors for Asia fund

The US firm’s Asia ex-China Total Return Fund has generated a 20.7 per cent annualised return since its inception in October 2023.

3 Jun 2025 - 4:58PM

US-China trade war

Will US dollar doubts, risk of ‘triple whammy’ give rise to yuan’s renaissance?

In the wake of tariff turmoil and Washington’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, analysts are questioning safety of US assets while yuan’s resilience turns heads.

27 May 2025 - 11:00PMvideocam

My Take

My Take | Donald Trump will make China, not the United States, great again

As with Napoleon’s blockade of Britain under the Continental System, American economic and tech wars have already led China to innovate.

12 Apr 2025 - 9:34AM

US President Donald Trump talks to members of the press on April 6, 2025. Photo: Reuters

US-China relations

Exclusive | Bridgewater’s Dalio urges portfolio diversity amid US-China rivalry

The founder of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates warns the world’s two largest economies are in risky positions, as they address domestic challenges.

19 Jun 2024 - 1:56PM

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, speaks at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York City, US, on May 22, 2024. Photo: Reuters

China stock market

Investing in China ‘desirable’ despite risks, says hedge fund giant Ray Dalio

The billionaire founder of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates said investing in China is a good idea despite the risks, because Chinese assets are cheap and can help balance portfolios.

5 Jun 2024 - 5:59PMvideocam

China stock market

Bridgewater’s China assets nearly double as it draws more investors

Bridgewater’s success contrasts sharply with the difficulties many local funds are facing when trying to raise cash from investors in China’s weak markets.

19 Jan 2024 - 3:40PM

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Ray Dalio

America’s US$40 trillion debt gamble is getting harder to ignore: economists

Analysts warn that high spending, rising interest costs and tax cuts could impede Washington’s efforts to ‘grow our way out of’ record-high national debt.

End of the affair? How China and Wall Street, once so close, are drifting apart

How Zhu Rongji’s economic legacy endures in China after former premier’s death

China challenges Western ‘tribute system’ theory in push for narrative control

Article by US billionaire investor Ray Dalio puts spotlight back on English term used to describe Chinese diplomatic and economic posture.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}Opinion | What the US should learn from China’s 19th century decline

Every empire has its strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps the most important asset is understanding those of your adversaries.

Student recalls eye-opening trip with American peers that drew praise from Xi

CUHK undergraduate Liu Runjie describes how Chinese and US students reached common understanding during youth exchange trip.

Students can play role in US-China ties, Xi says in letter to Hong Kong student

Liu Runjie receives letter after he and other students shared their experiences in youth friendship programme with president, university says.

Trump’s pick for Fed chair says he’ll stay independent. Does he mean it?

Kevin Warsh said at a confirmation hearing he would not become the US president’s ‘human sock puppet’, but concerns over interference persist.

US-China ties are critical in dangerous new ‘might-is-right world order’: Dalio

Billionaire investor urges Chinese and US elites to ‘rise above ourselves’ and safeguard global well-being amid a changing world order.

Opinion | Trump’s State of the Union report underlines shift to ‘world minus one’

In his address to Congress, Trump emphasised that America ‘is back’. However, the US’ financial position tells a different story, one with global implications.

China lets yuan rise to strongest level in years as de-dollarisation trend grows

China’s central bank sets the yuan’s midpoint rate at its strongest level since mid-2023, as jitters over the US dollar buoy the Chinese currency.

Opinion | As markets grow more fragile, matter of time before the bubble bursts

The news and stories that move markets could well be a leading indicator of when markets fail.

Gold slumps after record highs. Why is Ray Dalio such a big advocate for it?

Despite the billionaire investor’s long-time support for gold, some analysts warn that it is in a bubble.

Can a financial hub on Bali fix Indonesia’s lagging economy?

The Prabowo-backed proposal may be modelled on Singapore’s business system, India’s GIFT City and the Dubai International Financial Centre.

China’s central bank aids gold’s record-setting run with 11-month buying streak

Price of gold breaks benchmarks as uncertainty mounts over US dollar and central banks, including China’s, add to their stockpiles.

Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio says gold echoes 1970s rally amid US dollar anxiety

‘Gold is a very excellent diversifier of the portfolio’ and it should optimally account for 15 per cent of investors’ portfolio, Dalio says.

In China, Ray Dalio discusses global debt issues as Beijing seeks his counsel

With local-level debt still posing risks in China, while US borrowing accelerates, Beijing turns to the Wall Street veteran for guidance while navigating precarious financial waters.

Temasek cuts Chinese tech stocks, goes long on consumer companies

Temasek slashed its holdings of JD.com by 87 per cent, cut its Alibaba stake by two-thirds and cut NetEase by 38 per cent, according to its 13F disclosure.

World’s top hedge fund Bridgewater dumps all China stocks

World’s largest hedge fund drops US$1.41 billion of shares in firms including Alibaba, JD.com, Baidu, Nio and Yum China in second quarter.

China eyes bigger global role for yuan as US dollar stability questioned

The shifting international monetary order is giving Beijing new room to expand its influence, analysts say.

Why did a Chinese economist slam Ray Dalio on debt situations in US, China?

Xu Gao’s 9,000-word article, ‘Where Did Dalio Go Wrong on National Debt?’, comes as China’s Politburo is preparing to set policy tone for rest of year.

Did Trump get his ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ at the US dollar’s expense?

Analysts say the sweeping budget act resolves the immediate debt crisis, but the resultant deficit could accelerate global de-dollarisation.

Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater taps rich Chinese investors for Asia fund

The US firm’s Asia ex-China Total Return Fund has generated a 20.7 per cent annualised return since its inception in October 2023.

Will US dollar doubts, risk of ‘triple whammy’ give rise to yuan’s renaissance?

In the wake of tariff turmoil and Washington’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, analysts are questioning safety of US assets while yuan’s resilience turns heads.

My Take | Donald Trump will make China, not the United States, great again

As with Napoleon’s blockade of Britain under the Continental System, American economic and tech wars have already led China to innovate.

.css-1f6sr3w{color:#727272;}Exclusive | Bridgewater’s Dalio urges portfolio diversity amid US-China rivalry

The founder of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates warns the world’s two largest economies are in risky positions, as they address domestic challenges.

Investing in China ‘desirable’ despite risks, says hedge fund giant Ray Dalio

The billionaire founder of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates said investing in China is a good idea despite the risks, because Chinese assets are cheap and can help balance portfolios.

Bridgewater’s China assets nearly double as it draws more investors

Bridgewater’s success contrasts sharply with the difficulties many local funds are facing when trying to raise cash from investors in China’s weak markets.

Opinion | What the US should learn from China’s 19th century decline

Exclusive | Bridgewater’s Dalio urges portfolio diversity amid US-China rivalry