What I'm trying to say is that for the average investor, what I would encourage them to do is to understand that there's inflation and growth. It can go higher and lower and to have four different portfolios essentially that make up your entire portfolio that gets you balanced.

In 2012 Dalio was named in Time 100 an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world assembled by Time. In both 2011 and 2012 he was included by Bloomberg Markets in its 50 Most Influential ranking. Ray Dalio (born 1949) is an American businessman and founder of the investment firm Bridgewater Associates.