ClaimsRay Dalio

“cash is going to be the worst investment, particularly in this environment because it’s — it’s a tax.”

Ray Dalio, Bridgewater founder, interviewee 25 October 2020 Transcript: Ray Dalio - The Big Picture (Ritholtz) archived copy

Prediction Economics and markets

Cash will be the worst investment in the current environment because of negative real returns.

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Prediction about 'current environment' has no defined horizon.

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Ray Dalio, “Cash will be the worst investment in the current environment because of negative real returns.” (said 25 October 2020). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_ed810bf548aa, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_ed810bf548aa

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