‘We are now in a world war’: Chilling prediction by billionaire US hedge fund founder Ray Dalio – and the cycle of events that has put us ‘two steps from conflict between major global powers’

A billionaire investor has issued a stark warning that the globe is already sliding into a world war, arguing that we are close to a full-blown conflict between major superpowers. Ray Dalio, an author and founder of one of the world’s largest hedge funds, Bridgewater Associates, said that the current conflicts are not isolated crises and paint a larger picture of an escalating struggle between major superpowers. He argued that most of the public is distracted by immediate events, such as tensions with Iran, and fail to grasp the broader implications. ‘For today, that is most importantly that the US-Israel-Iran…