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01.09.2026

Paying 30x earnings for Clorox or lending at 0.6 percent yield leads to poor outcomes, Lyn Alden warns — Avoid overpaying for stocks or bonds

Lyn Alden, founder and CEO of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, cautions against buying Clorox shares at 30 times earnings or lending money to the U.S. government for a 0.6 percent yield.

Alden points out that such investment decisions typically result in disappointing outcomes, emphasizing the risks associated with overpaying for stocks and accepting minimal returns from government bonds.

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Alden has previously clarified that many reports of Federal Reserve liquidity injections are actually routine rollovers or repo transactions, according to one of her earlier briefings. She also noted that bond market conditions remained stable during recent unscheduled interventions by major market participants in a separate market update. These past observations add context to Alden's recent caution around potentially unfavorable investment environments.

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