Citations de Ray Dalio

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  1. "Don't bet on any single economic scenario. Diversify your bets across different environments so you always have something working in your favor."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Diversify across economic environments, not just assets.

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  2. "Almost all good and bad outcomes come from the price you pay. Most people's biggest mistake is to not think independently about the value they're getting."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Think independently about value relative to price.

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  3. "Raising the probability of being right is valuable no matter what your probability already is. I make my decisions based on expected value calculations."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Use expected value to make rational decisions.

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  4. "Think of yourself as a machine operating within a machine. A good business is a well-designed machine that produces outcomes consistently."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    View businesses as systems that produce predictable outcomes.

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  5. "To be a good investor, you need to understand the economic machine and how each of its parts works together. The economy works like a simple machine."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Understand the economic machine to invest better.

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  6. "The most important thing is to have a great culture. An idea meritocracy where the best ideas win creates the most successful organizations."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Great culture drives great business outcomes.

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  7. "The biggest mistake investors make is to believe that what happened in the recent past is likely to persist. Being open-minded about what you don't know is the key."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Intellectual humility about unknowns is essential.

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  8. "Don't let your ego barrier or blind spot barrier prevent you from seeing things as they really are. Be radically open-minded."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Overcome ego to see reality clearly.

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  9. "Not all opinions are equally valuable. Weigh the opinions of believable people more heavily — those who have repeatedly succeeded at the thing in question."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Weight opinions by the track record of the person.

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  10. "Throughout history, economies have gone through long-term and short-term debt cycles. Understanding these cycles helps you understand market psychology and make better decisions."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Debt cycles drive market psychology and behavior.

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  11. "Pain plus reflection equals progress. The most painful moments in investing teach you the most — if you reflect on them honestly."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Learn from painful investing experiences through honest reflection.

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  12. "When everyone is in agreement, it is almost certain to be wrong. The biggest risks are those that most people don't see coming."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Universal consensus often signals danger.

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  13. "The holy grail of investing is to find 15 or more uncorrelated return streams. This dramatically reduces risk without reducing expected returns."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    True diversification across uncorrelated streams is the key to investing.

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  14. "Make sure your portfolio works in every type of economic environment. Ask yourself: what would happen to my portfolio in an inflationary depression? In a deflationary one?"
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Test your portfolio against multiple economic scenarios.

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  15. "Write down your decision-making criteria so you can refine it over time. The best way to make good decisions consistently is to have good principles and follow them systematically."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Build a systematic decision-making process.

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  16. "Rather than trying to pick the best investments, focus on building a portfolio of uncorrelated bets. Each bet should be sized appropriately to risk."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Build portfolios of uncorrelated bets rather than picking winners.

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  17. "Separate your alpha from your beta. Have a diversified beta portfolio as your foundation, and overlay alpha strategies on top of that."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Separate market returns from skill-based returns.

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  18. "Don't worry about looking good — worry about achieving your goal. If you're wrong, acknowledge it quickly and move on. The cost of being wrong increases with time."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Cut losses quickly by acknowledging mistakes early.

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  19. "When things go wrong, diagnose what went wrong by comparing the outcome to your principles. Was it an error in your principles, or an error in following them?"
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Diagnose failures by testing against your principles.

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  20. "Judge decisions by the quality of the process, not by the outcome. Good decisions can have bad outcomes, and bad decisions can have good outcomes."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Evaluate decisions by process quality, not just results.

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  21. "The economy works like a simple machine. Transactions are the building blocks. Credit drives cycles. Productivity growth drives the long-term trend."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    The economy follows mechanical, understandable principles.

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  22. "Have clear goals, identify problems, diagnose root causes, design solutions, and push through to completion. This five-step process works for any decision."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    A systematic five-step process improves all decisions.

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  23. "Radical truth and radical transparency are fundamental. If you agree that a real idea meritocracy is what you want, then you must be willing to be transparently honest."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Radical transparency enables better collective decision-making.

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  24. "Think for yourself to decide what you want, what is true, and what to do about it. Principles are fundamental truths that serve as the foundations for behavior."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Build your investment approach on explicit principles.

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  25. "Truth — more precisely, an accurate understanding of reality — is the essential foundation for producing good outcomes. Don't let what you wish were true stand in the way of seeing what's true."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Accurate understanding of reality is the foundation of success.

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  26. "The key to success lies in knowing how to both strive for a lot and fail well. Adaptation and evolution are the only way to survive long-term."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Continuous adaptation is essential for long-term survival.

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  27. "Your two biggest barriers are your ego barrier and your blind spot barrier. The ego barrier is your subliminal need to be right and your inability to acknowledge weakness."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Ego prevents objective investment analysis.

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  28. "The big economic cycle is driven by debt. When debt is low and people are cautious, credit grows. When debt is high and people are overextended, credit contracts. This cycle lasts 75-100 years."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Understand the long-term debt cycle to navigate major market shifts.

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  29. "A beautiful deleveraging balances deflationary forces with inflationary ones. The key is getting the right mix of austerity, debt restructuring, money printing, and wealth transfers."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Well-managed deleveraging balances inflation and deflation.

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  30. "Markets reflect collective expectations of the future. To outperform, you need to be more right than the consensus about what will happen."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Markets already price consensus expectations.

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  31. "If you can write down your principles as algorithms, you can test them against history and run them forward. Systemize your principles to make better decisions."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Convert principles to testable, systematic rules.

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  32. "I believe that having principles that work is essential for getting what we want out of life. We need to compare the outcomes we get with our goals to assess our principles."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Principles bridge the gap between goals and outcomes.

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  33. "The power of compounding is extraordinary. Small consistent returns, protected from large drawdowns, compound into extraordinary wealth over decades."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Consistent returns with downside protection compound spectacularly.

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  34. "Over long periods, the most important force is evolution — in economies, in markets, and in your own investing ability. Those who evolve survive and thrive."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Long-term success requires continuous evolution.

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  35. "The most valuable thing about understanding how a company works is understanding its culture and incentives. A culture of radical truth and radical transparency produces the best outcomes."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Culture and incentives reveal true business quality.

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  36. "Judge management by whether they operate by clear principles. Great leaders have strong principles, communicate them clearly, and hold themselves accountable to them."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Principled management creates sustainable business value.

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  37. "An idea meritocracy — where the best ideas win regardless of who they come from — creates the strongest organizations. Look for companies where truth wins over hierarchy."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Companies with idea meritocracies make the best decisions.

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  38. "Rather than picking individual stocks based on intuition, use systematic rules tested against historical data. The best investors have systems, not just instincts."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Use tested systematic rules for stock selection.

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  39. "The key to great returns is finding alpha — returns above the market — from multiple uncorrelated sources. Each source of alpha should be independent."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Diversify alpha sources for better risk-adjusted returns.

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  40. "Don't concentrate your investments in one country or currency. The world is interconnected but not perfectly correlated, which creates diversification benefits."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Diversify globally to reduce country-specific risks.

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  41. "Life is a series of struggles. The key is to struggle well — to find purpose, to keep learning, and to enjoy the journey rather than just the destination."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Find meaning in the struggle itself, not just the outcome.

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  42. "Meaningful work and meaningful relationships are the most important things in life. Making money is a side effect of pursuing these well."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Purpose and relationships matter more than money.

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  43. "Nature is a machine that evolves through time. Understanding its patterns helps you understand economics, investing, and life itself."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Nature's patterns illuminate economic and market behavior.

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  44. "Don't get lost in the details. Always keep the big picture in mind and prioritize accordingly."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Focus on high-level patterns instead of getting overwhelmed by minutiae

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  45. "Every time you make a mistake, you should be grateful because you have an opportunity to learn from it and improve."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Mistakes are valuable gifts when you learn from them

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  46. "Structure your portfolio to perform well across all economic environments - growth, recession, inflation, and deflation."
    Source: Bridgewater Associates Research (1996)

    Build resilient portfolios balanced across economic scenarios

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  47. "The economy works like a simple machine. Three main forces drive it: productivity growth, short-term debt cycle, and long-term debt cycle."
    Source: How The Economic Machine Works (Video) (2013)

    Economic cycles follow predictable patterns of credit and debt

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  48. "Use the 5-Step Process to get what you want: 1) Set clear goals, 2) Identify problems, 3) Diagnose root causes, 4) Design solutions, 5) Execute."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Follow a systematic process: goals, problems, diagnosis, design, execution

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  49. "Think of life as a machine. If you can understand the cause-effect relationships that govern it, you can improve it."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Understand systems and feedback loops driving outcomes

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  50. "Make believability-weighted decisions. Not all opinions are equal - weight them by the track record and expertise of the person offering them."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Weight opinions by the track record and reasoning of who holds them

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  51. "Be radically transparent. Hiding things requires a lot of energy, builds barriers, and makes everyone worse off."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Extreme honesty and transparency accelerate learning and trust

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  52. "Be radically open-minded. Your ego and blind spots are barriers to seeing reality clearly."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Question your assumptions and consider opposing views sincerely

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  53. "Embrace reality and deal with it. Truth - or, more precisely, an accurate understanding of reality - is the essential foundation for any good outcome."
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Accept reality as it is, not as you wish it were

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  54. "Pain + Reflection = Progress"
    Source: Principles: Life and Work (2017)

    Transform painful experiences into learning and growth

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Quelle est la citation la plus célèbre de Ray Dalio ?

"Pain plus reflection equals progress."

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Ray Dalio frequently discusses value investing, risk management, and long-term thinking.