WTF is Finance WTF Is Wealth? Ray Dalio Breaks It Down w/ Nikhil Kamath | WTF is Finance Ep 2
Wealth can be created easily — but that doesn’t mean it’s real. In WTF is Finance, Ray Dalio explains how money actually works, why asset bubbles form, and how investors should build portfolios that survive cycles, debt, and political change.
00:00 – Ray Dalio’s early life & first exposure to markets
04:55 – Why early wins hook people into trading
07:20 – Leverage, futures & learning risk the hard way
08:45 – Nixon ending the gold standard & why it mattered
11:25 – What money really is (store value vs medium of exchange)
15:00 – The interest-rate trap: promises vs real money
18:00 – How Ray compares assets, liquidity & leverage
21:48 – Portfolio construction if you can’t beat the market
24:21 – Bitcoin, stablecoins & why Ray remains cautious
26:40 – What actually counts as a store of wealth (beyond gold & crypto)
28:41 – Real estate, taxation & why immovable assets are easy to tax
30:44 – Learning by proximity: the modern version of “being a caddy”
34:22 – Prediction markets: speculation vs hedging
36:02 – Wealth vs money: how bubbles are created
41:32 – The 5 big forces that drive economies & markets
45:39 – How young Indians should actually “play the money game”
50:00 – What makes a successful trader or investor psychologically
52:43 – Curiosity, cause–effect thinking & building an edge
55:00 – Ray Dalio on legacy, Community & passing knowledge forward
59:50 – Leadership lessons from China, UAE & global powers
1:05:02 – China vs US vs India: understanding the new world order
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