Bridgewater Associates billionaire founder Ray Dalio warned that global monetary and geopolitical systems are breaking down.
Speaking at the 2026 World Government Summit in Dubai last month, Dalio outlined a world “on the brink” of a capital war, where money and financial systems are weaponized through sanctions, capital controls and debt leverage. In a world like that, deciding how much to keep in domestic markets, foreign assets and safer havens is the kind of allocation choice a financial advisor is trained to make with clients every day.
The only way for investors to survive the shift is to look beyond traditional borders, Dalio said.
The Five Forces of History
Dalio said the world is repeating a cycle last seen in the 1930s. He built his opinion on the
“five big forces,” a framework he developed by studying the last 500 years of history:
- Debt and money: Central banks printing money to cover massive debt burdens.
- Internal conflict: Growing wealth and values gaps leading to irreconcilable political differences.
- Geopolitical shifts: The transition …
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