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My guest today is Jim Woods,\\xa0a 20-plus-year veteran of the markets with varied experience as a broker, hedge fund trader, financial writer, author and newsletter editor.\\xa0Jim is the editor of Intelligence Report, Successful Investing, Bullseye Stock Trader\\xa0and\\xa0The Deep Woods\\xa0(formerly the\\xa0Weekly ETFReport).

The topic is his book The Wealth Shield, A Wealth Management Guide: How to Invest and Protect Your Money from Stock Market Crashes, Financial Crisis and Global Economic Collapses.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Zero interest rate policy, or "ZIRP", and why normal people are taking on more risk to get the same returns
• If another 50% meltdown happened in the S&P while rates were at zero, what might the chain reaction be? Would you be prepared trading wise for that?
• Technology taking away the need for human capital
• The power structure in Washington
• The societal implications of ZIRP
• What the stock market might do if interests rates went up
• The concept of "blowback"
• The importance of having a plan
• Protecting yourself, and the eventuality mindset
• The US as a "prison" banking system
• The importance of investing in other currencies for beyond trading reasons

Jump in!

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