Principled Perspectives

Substack by Ray Dalio · launched Feb 10, 2026

For over 50 years, global macro investor Ray Dalio led Bridgewater Associates, growing it from a NYC apartment to the world's largest hedge fund. He is also a #1 New York Times bestselling author.

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Top in Finance

#29

Subscribers

115K

rounded by Substack

Followers

203K

Recommends

7

other newsletters

Growth history

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Tracked since Sep 10, 2026 — 1 daily snapshot so far. The card below is built from what we track and refreshes nightly. It is free for Principled Perspectives to post, embed or send to readers, as long as the watermark stays on it.

Percentile

Top 6%

of 525 ranked finance newsletters

Best rank seen

#29

on Sep 10, 2026

Posts

2

last 30 days

Reactions per post

676

average, recent posts

Reactions tracked

8.1K

across 12 posts

Most-reacted post we have seen: It All Comes Down to Who Controls the Strait of Hormuz: The “Final Battle" — 2.5K reactions on Mar 16, 2026.

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  May 18, 2026181 reactions18 comments22 restacks

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  Apr 7, 20261014 reactions90 comments158 restacks

• The Concept and Mechanics of an All Weather Portfolio

  Mar 23, 2026497 reactions40 comments42 restacks

• It All Comes Down to Who Controls the Strait of Hormuz: The “Final Battle"

  Mar 16, 20262527 reactions330 comments331 restacks

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