UPThinking Finance, Released on 12/13/24
[1:50] How Lyn got into investment research
[8:00] The 2024 election’s influence on the economy
[16:25] What happens with the debt ceiling?
[22:09] What Lyn likes better than the dollar and why
[22:45] Lyn’s view on BRICS plans
[28:40] Expiring tax cuts and bank lending
[33:55] Lyn’s experience with Bitcoin
[41:40] Lyn’s advice to avoid complacency
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.