Michael Pento joins us to discuss the causes of the ongoing financial crisis, the inevitable bursting of multiple debt and asset bubbles, how a wise investor can protect themselves, and the fact that war remains a possibility at the end of economic cycles that run concurrent with the decline of great empires.

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The Coming Bond Market Collapse: How to Survive the Demise of the U.S. Debt Market https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Bond-Market-Collapse-Survive/dp/1118457080/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=michael+pento&link_code=qs&qid=1560447461&s=gateway&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-1

About the Guest

Michael Pento is the President and Founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies with more than 27 years of investment experience. He was the portfolio creator and consultant to Delta/Claymore's commodity portfolios that raised in excess of $3 billion, distributed through Claymore/Guggenheim's sales network.

*Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)