A Top Strategic Priority Our values — meaningful work and meaningful relationships, independent thinking, and creating an environment where the best ideas win — naturally lead us to embrace diversity and treasure our differences. Given our mission to have the deepest possible understanding of global economies, we seek to find, retain, and grow the best […]
Bridgewater’s mission is to have the deepest possible understanding of global financial markets and deliver high impact, diversifying returns for our clients. Our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility includes: (1) Ensuring that our operations are excellent and constantly improving through the lens of sustainability, efficiency, and risk management; (2) Deploying our resources to create more […]
Maximizing the benefits of geographic diversification can be highly beneficial for portfolios. But doing so can be difficult because many economies are closely linked to US conditions, making their markets highly correlated to US assets investors already own. In this report, we walk through some of the markets we see as most diversifying. Geographic diversification […]
In a tight economy with high levels of fiscal spending and a very healthy private sector, there is limited room for a pickup in private sector borrowing without reigniting inflationary pressures. This has been an unusual expansion. Typically, a few years in, expansions are fueled by growth in private sector credit creation as households and […]
The secular investment landscape looks more like decades past than the last 20 years: the interest rate lever is back in play, inflation matters again, acute deleveraging is behind us, and the government is playing a more active economic role—all amid geopolitical tensions. At the same time, dynamics like AI and climate change are likely […]
The impacts of AI on the economy will depend both on how the technology evolves and how quickly and effectively it is implemented. We share how we are interpreting the growing literature on the topic and tracking the process in real time. Editor’s Note: At Bridgewater, we are learning about the likely impact of AI […]
