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With monetary policy stretched to its limits, fiscal policy is more important than ever in offsetting the ongoing economic drag from the virus. Meanwhile, the US stimulus has begun to fade while other countries never had sufficient stimulus to begin with. Bridgewater’s research team explores the nature and impact of fiscal policy across the world.

While the election is very important across many dimensions, it’s worth keeping in mind that the dominant forces shaping economic and market conditions remain the same — the virus is a huge and ongoing drag on spending, monetary policy is at the end of the line, policymakers are making cash as unattractive as they can, and the shift of economic power from West to East has accelerated. Co-CIO Bob Prince and senior investor Melissa Saphier explore where we stand with regard to these key conditions.

A seven-year veteran of the firm, Jenn made Bridgewater history as the youngest person ever to be promoted to her role as a strategist and advisor to our clients.

Bestselling author Susan Cain shares how shifting cultural dynamics have resulted in environments that reward qualities attributed to extroverts as well as some examples of how to optimize the contribution of introverts in the workplace.

Steven Kryger, an 11-year veteran of the firm who heads the research team of our founder and co-CIO Ray Dalio and serves as Team Lead, Emerging Markets Research, has been named to the 2021 OUTstanding LGBTQ+ Executive Role Model List, supported by Yahoo Finance. First named to the annual list in 2020, for the second year in a row this award recognizes Steven's efforts to make the workplace more welcoming and inclusive for all, within Bridgewater and beyond.

We invite you to explore excerpts from our 2021 Global Outlook, in which we lay out the key dynamics in markets and economies that we think will be particularly important in the coming years. We explore how the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the transition into a new paradigm of zero interest rates, coordinated monetary and fiscal policy, and heightened internal and external conflict — and what this means for economies, markets, and investors.

The former Vice Chairman and CFO at Goldman Sachs spoke about his journey to the top, expounding on the risks of “pretending” at work.

Are we in a stock market bubble? Bridgewater Founder and Co-CIO Ray Dalio unpacks the framework he developed to answer this question when faced with changing markets.

In a discussion on the interlocking and overlapping identities within groups, Davis spoke about the need to both acknowledge our imperfections and redefine terms like “masculinity” as a key building block for engaging in meaningful progress on Diversity and Inclusion.

In a panel with other industry executives, Bridgewater’s Chief Legal Officer explains her approach to establishing diversity initiatives that are genuine to the people in her department.