Trend Following With Michael Covel

Michael Covel speaks with Simon Black. Simon is an investor, entrepreneur and the founder of Sovereign Man. He has a travel perspective that has given him unique insights on freedom, making money, keeping as much of it as possible (and protecting it from the government whatever government that may be).Michael starts off the podcast asking Simon, “I want to know your story. How did you go down this path? How did you start?” Simon’s journey started in the military. He went to West Point. Upon graduation he was commissioned as an Army intelligence officer and stationed in the Middle East around the time Bush was accusing Saddam Hussein of having weapons of mass destruction. As the U.S. was gearing up for war, it became abundantly clear that it was all a lie, and Simon realized that if the president would be willing to go to war over something that was so false, then what else would the government be willing to do?Simon breaks down the idea of currency. He says that everyone should have physical cash money. There