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Article Archives

This page lists most of the articles ever written on LynAlden.com, organized into various topics.

Building Wealth:

This section has a variety of articles on personal finance and wealth creation:

  • How to Build Serious Wealth- This Chart Shows What It Takes
  • How to Improve Your Credit Score: The Ultimate Guide
  • Medallion Signature Guarantees: What They Are and How to Get One
  • How to Save Money: The 5 Most Impactful Tactics I’ve Found
  • Financial Freedom: How to Never Worry About Money Again
  • A Realistic Investment and Retirement Calculator

Investing Basics: 

Everyone needs to start somewhere. These articles are a good starting point for learning the basics of investing.

  • How to Invest Money Intelligently
  • From Dollars to Millions: How to Invest in Stocks
  • 3 Simple Hands-Off Diversified ETF Portfolios
  • The Best Investing Books Everyone Should Read
  • A Concise Guide to Asset Allocation
  • Index Funds: Yes, There Are Some Downsides
  • Discounted Cash Flow Analysis: A Comprehensive Overview
  • Risk vs Volatility: How to Profit from the Difference
  • An Overview of the Dividend Discount Model
  • 6 Smart Investment Strategies for Superior Returns
  • Thrift Savings Plan (TSP): Fund Overview
  • Share Buybacks: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
  • A Guide to Bond Investing, and a Warning of a Bond Bubble
  • The Best ETFs to Buy and Hold
  • How Market Capitalization Works

Investment Strategy: 

These articles discuss more niche or advanced topics in the world of investing:

  • Covered Calls: How to Get a Ton of Investment Income
  • Selling Put Options: How to Get Paid for Being Patient
  • Equal Weighted Index Funds: Pros and Cons
  • Should Investors Try to Beat the Market? (Do This Instead)
  • How to Survive a Stock Market Crash or Bear Market
  • P/E Ratio: Why Investors Need Better Valuation Methods
  • Roth IRAs: How to Optimize Yours
  • Interest Rate Effects on Equities: Growth vs Value
  • Investing During Stagflation

Economic Research:

The articles in this category take a broad look at macroeconomic issues that could inform an investor for the purposes of general asset allocation or risk planning:

  • 4 Bubbles Building in the US Economy
  • A Guide to Interest Rates and the Yield Curve
  • How to Prepare for a Recession
  • Why Trade Deficits Matter
  • How to Win a Currency War
  • Historical Treasury Bond Risks
  • The Global Dollar Short Squeeze
  • Global Debt: An Overview of Where Debt Exists in the World
  • Why the 2020s are Different than the Great Depression
  • QE, MMT, and Inflation/Deflation
  • “Fixing” the Debt Problem
  • The Big Tax Shift
  • A Century of Fiscal and Monetary Policy
  • How Money Printing Works
  • Presidential Elections vs the Economy
  • The Fraying of the US Global Currency Reserve System
  • Economic Japanification: Not What You Think
  • The Case for a Longer-Term Oil and Gas Bull Market
  • TIPS: An Imperfect Inflation Hedge
  • Sovereign Default, the Debt Ceiling, and the $1 Trillion Coin
  • Does QE Cause Wealth Inequality?
  • The Ultimate Guide to Inflation
  • The Importance of Price Signals
  • Does the National Debt Matter?
  • How Debt Jubilees Work
  • The European Central Bank is Trapped: Here’s Why
  • Energy: The Area Under the Curve
  • Energy Problems: Yes, Still There

Equity Research:

These articles generally provide a detailed timeless overview into a certain investment strategy (such as high-yield stocks, growth stocks, or value stocks) and then provide several current stock picks that I’m bullish on. Most of them are updated annually:

  • The Shiller PE (CAPE) Ratio: Current Market Valuations
  • Top Stocks to Buy and Hold for the Next Decade and Beyond
  • 5 Rock-Solid Blue Chip Dividend Stocks
  • 20+ Safe High Dividend Stocks
  • 2 Growth Stocks I’m Buying
  • 3 Value Stocks On Sale
  • 3 Blue Chip Stocks I’m Buying
  • The Small Cap Performance Myth, and 2 Good Small Caps
  • The Guide to Closed-End Funds (and 5 Worth Buying)
  • Contrarian Investing: Smart Moves for 2023
  • International Investing: Where I’m Focusing for 2021
  • Demystifying Emerging Markets: How to Invest Wisely Abroad
  • Renewable Energy Investing: 4 Ways to Profit

Precious Metals:

These articles focus on the topic gold, silver, and their mining stocks.

  • The Ultimate Guide to Precious Metals Investing
  • 4 Simple Reasons to Buy Gold
  • 4 Gold Stocks I’m Buying
  • Why Gold and Bitcoin are Popular: An Overview of Bearer Assets

Health and Fitness:

I have a lifelong passion for health and fitness, am a former competitive mixed martial artist, and have experimented with and deeply researched a broad array of fitness strategies. I occasionally write about the topic here, with this article being the main one:

  • 12 In-Depth Tactics to Seriously Boost Your Energy

Digital Assets:

The articles in this category focus on digital assets, and in particular, Bitcoin.

  • How to Value Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies
  • 3 Reasons I’m Investing in Bitcoin
  • 7 Misconceptions About Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin: Addressing the Ponzi Scheme Characterization
  • An Economic Analysis of Ethereum
  • Analyzing Bitcoin’s Network Effect
  • Bitcoin: Fee-Based Security Modeling
  • Why Gold and Bitcoin are Popular: An Overview of Bearer Assets
  • Bitcoin’s Energy Usage Isn’t a Problem. Here’s Why.
  • Proof-of-Stake and Stablecoins: A Blockchain Centralization Dilemma
  • What is Money, Anyway?
  • Digital Alchemy: A Post-Mortem of the Crypto Crash
  • A Look at the Lightning Network
  • The Problems with DeFi and Crypto
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Stock Ideas & Market Info:

  • The Shiller PE (CAPE) Ratio: Current Market Valuations
  • Contrarian Investing: Smart Moves for 2023 and Beyond
  • 4 Economic Bubbles Growing In the United States
  • Safe High Dividend Stocks: 20+ Strong Picks For 2023
  • 5 Rock-Solid Blue Chip Dividend Stocks That I’m Bullish On Now
  • 7 Top Stocks to Buy and Hold for the Next Decade and Beyond

Build Wealth:

  • How to Build Wealth Fast- This Chart Shows What it Takes
  • How to Increase Your Credit Score to 800 and Above
  • The 5 Most Impactful Tactics to Save Money I’ve Ever Found
  • 12 In-Depth Tactics to Seriously Boost your Energy

Investing Basics:

  • How to Invest Money Intelligently: The Starter’s Guide
  • How to Invest in Stocks and the Stock Market
  • Roth IRAs: How to Optimize Yours
  • Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP): The Ultimate Guide for 2019
  • How to Survive a Stock Market Crash or Bear Market

Experienced Investors:

  • Covered Calls: A Step-by-Step Guide with Examples
  • Selling Put Options: How to Get Paid for Being Patient
  • Equal Weighted Index Funds: The Pros and Cons and Which to Pick
  • Discounted Cash Flow Analysis: Complete Tutorial With Examples

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This site is for informational and entertainment purposes, and should not be construed as personal investment advice.

Please seek out a certified financial planner if you need advice tailored to your unique situation.

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