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Group 1 - Ray Dalio, aged 75, has officially retired from Bridgewater Associates, marking the end of an era that lasted for half a century [2] - Dalio started investing at the age of 12 and founded Bridgewater at 26, which has grown to manage over $160 billion, making it the largest hedge fund globally [3] - The All Weather strategy, a well-known asset allocation approach, was developed after Dalio's significant loss during the stagflation period of the late 1970s and early 1980s [4][5] Group 2 - The All Weather strategy is based on risk parity, which aims to balance risk across various asset classes rather than merely diversifying funds [6] - The strategy involves three steps: analyzing economic environments, allocating different assets for each economic scenario, and implementing risk parity [7][8][9] Group 3 - The strategy categorizes economic conditions into four basic "seasons": economic growth exceeding expectations, economic growth below expectations, inflation exceeding expectations, and inflation below expectations [8] - Each economic scenario has corresponding asset classes that perform well, such as stocks and commodities during economic growth, and long-term government bonds during economic downturns [9] Group 4 - The implementation of risk parity involves quantifying asset performance under different economic conditions to ensure equal risk contribution from each asset in the portfolio [10][11] - The All Weather strategy has shown resilience but is not infallible, as evidenced by significant downturns during extreme market conditions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 market environment [14][15] Group 5 - Bridgewater has successfully localized its strategies in China, becoming the first foreign private equity firm to manage over 10 billion RMB in the country [17] - The performance of Bridgewater's products has been strong, with a flagship product launched in July 2022 achieving an 18.55% return and a cumulative increase of 76.61% by July 2023 [19] Group 6 - In 2023, despite a challenging A-share market, Bridgewater's private equity products recorded around 8.8% returns, with some products projected to achieve approximately 35% annual performance in 2024 [20] - By the end of 2024, Bridgewater's management scale in China is expected to reach about 55 billion RMB, prompting local private equity firms to adopt similar "enhanced" All Weather strategies [21]