# Cathie Wood Calls Five Decades of Interest-Rate Trends an Anomaly By Sonny Jang Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/38859 Published: 2026-10-23T09:12:45.000Z Updated: 2026-10-23T09:12:45.000Z Section: People > She ties the unusual period to monetary changes after the gold window closed. ARK Invest founder and CEO Cathie Wood says the past five decades of interest-rate trends were unusual, framing the period as an anomaly in the wake of the gold window’s closure. Wood described the closure as a significant monetary shift. “All hell broke loose from a monetary point of view,” she said of the changes that followed. In an October “In the Know” session, Wood said rising interest rates can indicate economic growth rather than mainly reflect inflation. She also said higher rates can challenge bondholders, as [her earlier comments on rising rates]() covered. ## Links in this article - [her earlier comments on rising rates](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/28413)