Greg Hunter interviews Michael Pento, money manager, author of ["The Coming Bond Market Collapse"](http://amzn.to/2EX30d8), and founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies, about the economy and what he forsees due to rising interest rates.

Topics:
* (00:26) What could go wrong with rising interest rates? -- credit risks and insolvency concerns; 
* (01:18) What kind of insolvency concerns? -- possibility of investors losing 24% of their value in risk-free U.S. Treasury bonds; 
* (05:13) Who is the most insolvent? -- U.S. debt is seven times revenue, U.S. is technically insolvent along with Europe and Japan -- Possibility of bond market panic coming; 
* (09:16) Are you saying the collapse has started?; 
* (12:20) What would happen to the housing market? -- bond prices and equity prices in freefall -- worse than the 1970's; 
* (16:06) Is the debt just going to be wiped out? -- 10% of the world's corporations don't have enough to cover interest expenses -- millions of jobs lost; 
* (18:30) What do the central banks do? -- Universal basic income -- U.S. Personal savings rate at all-time low -- Central banks could again cap bond yields; 
* (21:33) Are you saying there is no way out for the central banks, hyperinflation or total collapse? -- Volatility will pick up dramatically; 
* (23:07) How do you protect yourself? -- **(No clear answer to the question)** -- government sanctioned cryptocurrency coming; 
* (25:11) What about the tax cuts and other measures taken? -- still no fiscal responsibility; 
* (27:22) What should normal people do? -- own some gold, the time to overweight in gold is coming (fall 2018); 
* (30:00) Michael Pento banned from mainstream media (propaganda) business shows;
* And more...



33 minute video by Greg Hunter published 20 February 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VSOBg6SlWk



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[Rising Rates Forecast Insolvency – Michael Pento](https://usawatchdog.com/rising-rates-forecast-insolvency-michael-pento/)



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