Yesterday, yet another Billionaire Bear issued a stark warning. This time it was Bridgewater Chief Investment Officer Ray Dalio who penned a piece comparing the current environment to 1937.
This was after an earlier in the month letter where Bridgewater warned that risks were rising, and that clients should have 5% to 10% of their portfolio in gold:
‘Most immediately, during the calm of the August vacation season, we are seeing 1) two confrontational, nationalistic and militaristic leaders playing chicken with each other, while the world is watching to see which one will be caught bluffing, or if there will be a hellacious war, and 2) the odds of Congress failing to raise the debt ceiling (leading to a technical default, a temporary government shutdown, and increased loss of faith in the effectiveness of our political system) rising. It’s hard to bet on such things one way or another, so the best that one can do is be neutral to such possibilities.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Aug 22, 2017.
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