VRIC Media, Released on 12/27/25

Macro strategist Lyn Alden joins Darrell to explain why the Fed’s quiet shift away from quantitative tightening marks a new phase of fiscal dominance. She breaks down what this means for currencies, real assets like gold and silver, Bitcoin, and energy markets, and why investors should think in terms of purchasing power, not just nominal returns.

00:00 – Why the Fed’s balance sheet shift matters
02:00 – Is this QE in disguise? Understanding fiscal dominance
06:30 – Government deficits, bond markets, and currency debasement
11:30 – AI capex, energy demand, and grid constraints
18:45 – The Fourth Turning and why commodities benefit
22:00 – Stocks vs. gold: nominal gains vs. real purchasing power
29:00 – Bitcoin and gold: competition or complements?
36:00 – Silver’s breakout, volatility, and long-term upside
52:30 – Oil, energy equities, and unloved assets
56:30 – Where investors position for the decade ahead

Lyn Alden is the founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy. Lyn has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in engineering management, with a focus on engineering economics and financial modeling. She worked as an electrical engineer at an aviation facility, and over the course of a decade worked her way up from being an intern to being the lead engineer and running the day-to-day operations and finances of the facility, before retiring early at age 33 with financial independence. Since then, Lyn has been a full-time investor and independent analyst. Her latest book is Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better.

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