# @raydalio on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcBqEAlgWYr
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69384400-raydalio-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d16c4f5628.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14T15:43:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ray Dalio (@RayDalio) — https://gondola.cc/RayDalio

## Caption

The first stock I ever bought was the only company I’d heard of selling for under $5 a share. I stupidly believed that if I bought more shares, I’d make more money if it went up.

It was about to go bankrupt, but another company acquired it and it tripled in price. I thought, “I like this game—it must be easy.” Look at the Wall Street Journal with thousands of stocks; surely I can just pick one or two that go up!

That’s how I got started. It didn’t take long to realize the game wasn’t easy at all—but by then, I was completely hooked.

Credit: thesamparr, uncle.shaan, and myfirstmilpod 

#raydalio #investing #markets #mindset

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