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Oct 8 → Oct 15, 05:30 ET · Last update Oct 9, 20:59 ET (for the window to Oct 9, 05:30)

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Sceptical

Lyn Alden focused primarily on fiscal dominance, arguing that bond-market forces increasingly matter more than the Fed and that inflation and long-term yields remain structurally difficult to resolve 6. She also discussed the credibility risks of yield-curve control and said AI-related excesses may persist longer before a meaningful correction, while briefly posting about politics, social-media feeds, and popular culture 63541.

From the window to Oct 9, 05:30 ET — this window's take is still to be written.

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last 90 days · 19 positions
bonds 0.0 · 2Federal Reserve System -1.0 · 2Bitcoin +2.0 · 1stablecoins +2.0 · 1bioscience +1.0 · 110-year benchmark +1.0 · 1mortgage rates +1.0 · 1AI +1.0 · 1

Latest positions

  • LALyn AldenBearish on bonds Expects bond prices to keep falling (a structural bond bear), though she may turn neutral as the bearish talk gets crowded. “As a structural bond bear, I actually don’t find this recent bear surge in bonds surprising.” Open the post As a structural bond bear, I actually don’t find… · 11 Oct
  • LALyn AldenStrongly bullish on Bitcoin Expects Bitcoin to grow much larger than it is now. “now i i think bitcoin uh it can go much larger than it is now” ▶ 32:32 Lyn Alden: Debt System ‘Is Breaking’—How High Wi… · 3 Oct
  • LALyn AldenStrongly bullish on stablecoins Expects stablecoins to grow larger than they are now. “i think stable coins will go larger than they are now” ▶ 32:32 Lyn Alden: Debt System ‘Is Breaking’—How High Wi… · 3 Oct
  • LALyn AldenStrongly bearish on crypto Expects the broader crypto/altcoin industry to be past its high watermark, with most cryptocurrencies not long-term appreciators. ▶ 32:32 Lyn Alden: Debt System ‘Is Breaking’—How High Wi… · 3 Oct
  • LALyn AldenSteady on inflation Expects persistently above-target inflation, deficit-fueled and entrenched, not ending anytime soon. “it's not gonna end anytime soon nothing stops that trade” ▶ 24:05 Lyn Alden: Debt System ‘Is Breaking’—How High Wi… · 3 Oct
  • LALyn AldenSharply worsening on US Expects the US economy to take on emerging-market characteristics, with a two-speed economy and squeezed households. “you start to get basically emerging market characteristics in what is otherwise a developed economy” ▶ 0:00 Lyn Alden: Debt System ‘Is Breaking’—How High Wi… · 3 Oct
  • LALyn AldenAgainst on Federal Reserve System Opposes the Fed resorting to yield curve control, calling it credibility damaging and an endgame scenario. “they're extremely credibility damaging to use” ▶ 15:27 Lyn Alden: Debt System ‘Is Breaking’—How High Wi… · 3 Oct
  • LALyn AldenBullish on tokenized assets Expects more tokenized assets, including tokenized gold, to have legs. “i do think that we will see more tokenized assets” ▶ 32:32 Lyn Alden: Debt System ‘Is Breaking’—How High Wi… · 3 Oct
  • LALyn AldenBullish on bonds Expects long-end bond yields to stay where they are or drift a little higher, with 6% on the 10-year not fundamentally surprising. “realistically, bond yields should be kind of at where they are now or a little higher” ▶ 2:00 Lyn Alden: Debt System ‘Is Breaking’—How High Wi… · 3 Oct
  • LALyn AldenBullish on AI Expects the AI cycle to run longer than people think before a meaningful correction, with more saturation ahead. “I think the AI thing goes on longer than people think before there's a meaningful. uh, um, uh, correction” ▶ 36:26 Lyn Alden: Debt System ‘Is Breaking’—How High Wi… · 3 Oct
  • LALyn AldenBearish on DeFi Expects DeFi to be challenged as higher rates and AI returns reduce the incentive to lend into protocols. “But largely, I think that industry is challenged.” ▶ 34:21 Lyn Alden: Debt System ‘Is Breaking’—How High Wi… · 3 Oct
  • LALyn AldenSteady on interest rates Expects interest rates to remain elevated for longer than the market initially thought. “interest rates are going to be elevated for longer than they initially thought” ▶ 1:00 Lyn Alden: Debt System ‘Is Breaking’—How High Wi… · 3 Oct

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