Erin Miles, Partner at Bridgewater Associates, on Building The Alpha Engine with Tech and Fundamentals.
Thu Mar 06 2025
In an increasingly complex investment world impacted by tariffs, technology, global pandemics, and wars, it has become important to ground our processes in fundamentals, developed through an understanding of how the world works and rigorous stress-testing.
Erin Miles, Partner and Member of the Operating Committee at Bridgewater Associates, is guiding her team to do exactly that! As Head of Alpha Engine, Erin shares responsibility for the strategy and oversight of the investment team behind Bridgewater’s flagship fund Pure Alpha.
Erin joined Bridgewater right after her undergraduate studies in Neurobiology and Neurosciences at Harvard, having quickly realized that she did not want to run a science lab! :)
In this episode of Women Who Build, we will learn the following:
What is Bridgewater's Alpha Engine? 📈 Erin's Systematic approach to investing, management decisions, and life!Implementation of technology (of course, including AI) in investing.🌎 Macro: Long-term interest rates movement, China outlook, other emerging markets with growth potential, e.g., India.🧑💼👩💼 What makes a great investor in today's AI-first world?
Listen and learn!
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In an increasingly complex investment world impacted by tariffs, technology, global pandemics, and wars, it has become important to ground our processes in fundamentals, developed through an understanding of how the world works and rigorous stress-testing. Erin Miles, Partner and Member of the Operating Committee at Bridgewater Associates, is guiding her team to do exactly that! As Head of Alpha Engine, Erin shares responsibility for the strategy and oversight of the investment team behind Bridgewater’s flagship fund Pure Alpha. Erin joined Bridgewater right after her undergraduate studies in Neurobiology and Neurosciences at Harvard, having quickly realized that she did not want to run a science lab! :) In this episode of Women Who Build, we will learn the following: What is Bridgewater's Alpha Engine? 📈 Erin's Systematic approach to investing, management decisions, and life!Implementation of technology (of course, including AI) in investing.🌎 Macro: Long-term interest rates movement, China outlook, other emerging markets with growth potential, e.g., India.🧑💼👩💼 What makes a great investor in today's AI-first world? Listen and learn! If you liked this episode and want to hear more from us, subscribe to our channel and hit the notification bell to stay updated! #hedgefunds #technology #investing #obsession