The Dalio Market Principles Program: An Online Macro Investing Course

The Dalio Market Principles Online Program

Overview

The Dalio Market Principles (DMP) Online Program is a first-of-its-kind program developed with Ray Dalio, Founder and Mentor, Bridgewater Associates and Dalio Family Office. It is a comprehensive macro investing course designed to help you master the timeless frameworks for navigating global markets. In this program, you will learn Ray Dalio’s investment strategy and principles directly from the source. Ray has been a global macro investor for over 50 years, and his investment innovations and thought leadership have made a lasting mark on the industry.

Our highly immersive and interactive curriculum will challenge you to reconsider how markets and economies really work and to develop your own investment principles and approach.

The DMP Online Program consists of two standalone programs: the Economic & Market Principles online program and the Investment Principles online program. You are encouraged to take both to have a complete learning experience.

Unlock Your Market Edge Today

Wherever you are in the world, our cutting-edge program is designed to provide you with a competitive advantage in the markets.

Full Program

S$2,000

All prices in Singapore Dollars.

Investment Principles Online (Single Program)

S$1,250

All prices in Singapore Dollars.

Economic & Market Principles Online (Single Program)

S$1,250

All prices in Singapore Dollars.

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A Closer Look At The Dalio Market Principles Online Program

Immersive and Interactive Learning Experience

Just like having a world class investor as a personal coach, use our Generative AI Tutor to answer questions, get feedback, search through a vast repository of Ray’s writings, and learn at your own pace.

In markets and economies, the same things happen over and over again because the same cause-and-effect linkages are at work. See this in action across major market events through thoughtfully-curated case studies that are based on actual historical data, understand the underlying linkages and learn how to build portfolios to navigate these shifts.

See how your expectations for the future and investment decisions measure up, and learn from your mistakes in a safe space. This tool is a core component of what makes this a practical portfolio construction course, allowing you to create and stress test portfolios, disaggregate your portfolio’s performance across different macro-environments, and explore market and economic data from 40 major economies over the last 100 years.

What to Expect​

Next Start Date

9 October 2026

Registration Closes on 7 October 2026

Upon completion of the DMP Online Program module(s), participants will be awarded the respective certificate(s).

Dalio Market Principles Online

Economic & Market Principles

  • Estimated completion time may vary for each individual.
  • Participants are given up to a year to complete the program.

The DMP Online Experience

What You’ll Learn

Explore the full curriculum that unpacks the timeless investment and economic principles developed by Ray Dalio. You’ll gain a structured understanding of how markets and economies really work — and how to navigate them with confidence.

Module 1: Learn Core Investment Principles Online

A Template for Investing

  • Core tenets of Ray’s distinctive approach (i.e. fundamental, systematic, and diversified).
  • Principles for selecting and engineering return streams, constructing portfolios, and navigating different investment risks.

Principles for Building the Best Beta and Alpha Portfolios

  • How to engineer the best passive portfolios, including an in-depth look at the principles guiding the construction of the All-Weather Portfolio.
  • Principles for how to identify and generate alpha.

Stress-testing Portfolios and Investment Ideas

  • Hands on practice for constructing portfolios to meet a myriad of investment goals and constraints, using our purpose-built Portfolio Simulator.
  • Stress-test your own investment principles and ideas across a wide range of economic and market environments.

Module 2: A Practical Economic Principles Course

A Template for Understanding How the Economic Machine Works

  • A practical template for understanding economies and markets, including the big forces driving swings in economic activity and the most important equilibriums to monitor.
  • How expectations for future economic conditions are reflected in asset prices and the fundamental drivers of asset returns.

Anticipating, Managing, and Trading Debt Cycles

  • Mechanics driving business cycles, balance of payments cycles, deflationary and inflationary deleveragings.
  • How policymakers manage economic cycles and debt crises and how investors can profit from market moves.

Paradigm Shifts and Changing World Orders

  • Understanding and anticipating big shifts in how markets, economies, and the world operate, and how to manage money in turbulent times.
  • Introducing the big cycle driving the changing value of currencies, as well as the rise and fall of reserve currency empires through history.

How You’ll Learn

  • Interactive videos and quizzes to deepen understanding and reinforce concepts
  • Case studies based on real-world market events — updated through 2023
  • Proprietary Portfolio Simulator to test and refine your investment theories
  • Generative AI Tutor that acts as your personal learning coach
  • Live tutorial sessions led by Dr. Anser Aftab, Principal Program Director for the Dalio Market Principles Program

Supporting Your Long Term Learning

  • 12-month access to all course materials, tools, and platform features
  • Invitations to exclusive events and online discussions, where you might even get your questions answered by Ray Dalio himself!

Hear What Ray Says About This Program

See How Professionals Apply Our Macro Investing Course

100%

Would recommend DMP Online*

97%

Found our videos, animations, and case studies engaging

93%

90%

Provided positive ratings of our program design

Source: Data based on survey responses from participants in the Pioneer Cohort of the Dalio Market Principles Online (DMPO) Program.

* Based on the Pioneer Cohort of our full program

Source: Responses from participants in the 2024 DMP Online Program.

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