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Bridgewater's Black Network strives to curate events and experiences designed to shed light on the identity, differences, and untold stories of African Americans at Bridgewater and beyond while also encouraging a sense of understanding and connection among the Bridgewater community. As part of a series of events open to all employees during Black History Month, Bridgewater Founder Ray Dalio interviewed longtime friend Geoffrey Canada — the founder of Harlem Children’s Zone, educator, and social activist featured in the film "Waiting For Superman."

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) published a report on the Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) efforts within our industry including a feature of Bridgewater’s culture, D&I efforts, and the personal story of former co-CEO, Eileen Murray. AIMA is a global representative organization for alternative asset managers (of which Bridgewater is a member), with a particular focus on policies/procedures, advocacy, and standard setting. This case study highlights how Bridgewater’s culture and the quality of our people support our D&I mission to foster an environment in which people can bring their full selves to work, succeed on the basis of merit, and to eliminate anything that gets in the way of people bringing their best to the table.

While a month is too short to honor the expansive and growing history of African Americans, Bridgewater Black Network (BBN) endeavors to use the power of voice to explore what's different and the same, new and shared, about that history both within and outside of Bridgewater. In 2019, The BBN hosted Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick for a talk as part of a series celebrating the courageous voices of African Americans in politics, business, art and literature. During that discussion, our CEO David McCormick, engaged with him in a rich conversation on the principles that have helped shape his career, his perspective, and journey. Two things that came through to us from Mr. Patrick was his incredible humility — his belief that there is always something to learn — and his ability to persevere.

We generally use this communication to comment on the economies and markets, but today wanted to make a brief comment on investing. The vast majority of investors (that probably means you) are making a huge mistake in their asset allocation. Investors do not have balanced portfolios.