When I posted Ray Dalio’s three questions, I was hoping to have a substantive discussion in the open and honest truth-seeking style to which Dalio has introduced us. However, I am reading your response as mostly partisan name-calling and political…

You’ve been busy typing!

Yep, as I’ve spent increasing chunks of my time investing in the public markets, my respect for Dalio has only increased. His clear-eyed analysis of macro-events is, maybe, the best out there. I also…

You and I share deep admiration for hedge-fund billionaire Ray Dalio. Speaking for myself, I think he is a genius. His ideas about radical honesty and transparency, especially, have had a profound impact on my thinking.

Thank you for the intellectually honest response. I think most Thinking people would have to admit, like you have, that my questions are good ones and that they call into question much of the current orthodoxy.

The questions you raise are good ones. As you ask, I don’t get bogged down in them and instead put some thoughts on them as comments in your article.