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I provide over a hundred thousand investors per month with research, information, and tools to help them build wealth and reach financial freedom.
Some of my content is aimed at new investors, while most of my topical articles are aimed at more experienced investors. My research services cater to both retail investors and institutional investors.
Here are some of my core articles across various categories:
Building Wealth (Beginner):
- How to Build Wealth Fast: This Chart Shows What it Takes
- How to Increase Your Credit Score to 800 and Above
- Financial Freedom: How to Never Worry About Money Again
- The 5 Most Impactful Tactics to Save Money I’ve Ever Found
- 12 In-Depth Tactics to Seriously Boost Your Energy
Investing Basics (Beginner):
- How to Invest Money Intelligently: Starter’s Guide
- From Dollars to Millions: How to Invest in Stocks
- A Concise Guide to Asset Allocation
- Detailed Guide on Dividend Growth Stocks, and 5 Picks
- How to Survive a Bear Market or Stock Market Crash
- A Comprehensive Guide on International Stocks
Investing Strategy (Intermediate):
- Contrarian Investing: What it is and Why it Outperforms
- How to Perform Discounted Cash Flow Analysis
- Selling Put Options: How to Get Paid for Being Patient
- Covered Call Options: How to Maximize Your Investment Income
- Demystifying Emerging Markets: How to Invest Wisely Abroad
Global Macro Topics (Experienced):
- The Long-term Debt Cycle: A Century of Fiscal and Monetary Policy
- Government Finance: QE, MMT, and Inflation/Deflation
- How Money Printing Works: QE, Fiscal Spending, and Banks
- The Fraying of the Petrodollar System
- A Comprehensive Guide to Inflation
Bitcoin and Digital Assets (Mixed):
- 3 Reasons I’m Investing in Bitcoin (Starting at $6,900)
- Addressing the Misconceptions About Bitcoin
- Details on Bitcoin’s Energy Usage
- Digital Alchemy: Problems with Many “Cryptos”
- Implications of Open Money and Info Networks
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About Me
My background lies in the intersection of engineering and finance.
I have a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in engineering management, with a focus on engineering economics, systems engineering, and financial modeling. I used to work as an electrical engineer, and then subsequently an engineering lead, at the Federal Aviation Administration’s William J. Hughes Technical Center.
On the side, I’ve been an avid investor for a long time. I ran my first investing website as a part-time gig from 2010 to 2015, and sold it to a larger publishing company. In late 2016 I founded this research firm Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, and it eventually grew so large that I had to leave my engineering management work by 2021 to focus full-time on it.
Since then I’ve been an independent analyst. My goal is to provide institutional-level research in plain English, so that both institutional investors and retail investors can benefit from it. Additionally, I serve as an independent director on the board of Swan.com, and am a general partner at the venture capital firm Ego Death Capital. I’m also the author of the 2023 best-selling book Broken Money, which is about the past, present, and future of money through the lens of technology.
My work has been editorially featured or cited on the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Business Insider, Marketwatch, Time’s Money Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Street, CNBC, US News and World Report, Kiplinger, the Asia Times, the Huffington Post, the Globe and Mail, and other media. I’ve appeared on Kitco, Real Vision, The Investor’s Podcast Network, The Rebel Capitalist Show, Macro Voices, Forward Guidance, What Bitcoin Did, and many other shows and podcasts.
This site provides investment research and strategy, covering global macroeconomics, domestic and international equities, commodities, and digital assets. Whether you’re new to investing or experienced, there’s a lot here for you. I analyze advanced topics for institutional investors, and also break many of those topics down for retail investors to keep track of what’s happening in terms of global macro.
In addition to giving you investment tutorials and specific investment ideas, I focus on high-level strategy, including keeping readers up to date on changing market conditions and various asset allocation approaches to capitalize on opportunities. I don’t give personalized investment advice, but I can provide insight and information on investments for my readers.
What I want to do most of all, is give you clear information and analysis.
I take a lot of the chaotic, cluttered, financial noise out there and filter it down into a concise, actionable set of information to help you to make the most informed moves.
That’s what I do for readers of my free newsletter. It comes out approximately every 6 weeks, and tens of thousands of readers love it.
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