Simon Black
SovereignMan.com

Most Recent Commentaries:

• US Treasury denies it is trying to torpedo Bitcoin (June 18, 2013)
  In remarks given late last week to the curiously named United States Institute for Peace, the head of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) vociferously denied any attempts at regulating digital currency… specifically Bitcoin. It’s clear that Bitcoin is smack dab on the US government’s radar, despite the digital currency’s tiny market size. But it’s also clear that the US government doesn’t understand Bitcoin at all.
• This is what crisis feels like: a personal story (June 14, 2013)
  This is the story of an Argentine who experienced what a nation's currency collapse is like and how it can happen, literally, overnight. Think it can't happen in the USA? Think again (or maybe for the first time?).
• Trouble in socialist paradise (May 31, 2013)
• Ron Paul + Jim Rogers on the government: “They’ll use force and they’ll use intimidation…” (May 4, 2013)
• The one reason why gold’s sell-off doesn’t matter… (April 17, 2013)
• Expect these eight steps from the government’s playbook (March 28, 2013)
• Because it worked so well for Stalin… (March 15, 2013)
• What’s happening with gold & silver? (March 2, 2013)
• How the End of Empire comes, not with a bang, but with a whimper (February 26, 2013)
• Will expatriation become illegal? (February 2, 2013)
• Out of the frying pan, into the frying pan (January 8, 2013)

Archives for 2012:

• You won’t believe the opportunities here in Chile (December 1, 2012)
• More lies about your taxes… (November 30, 2012)
• Tell me again… which of these nations is communist? (November 29, 2012)
• Very few people understand this trend (November 18, 2012)
• Why is the US government planning for ‘mass fatalities’? (October 6, 2012)
• Some clear thinking on the debt (September 2, 2012)
• All Transactions to be Conducted in the Presence of a Tax Collector (April 18, 2012)
• And They Say There's No Inflation... (March 31, 2012)
• What is President Obama so afraid of? (March 22, 2012)
• Trust Me, This is Good News (March 20, 2012)
• A Bit of Humor Amid the Financial Insanity (March 15, 2012)
• WTF, Warren Buffett? (February 23, 2012)
• In Case You're Wondering Why I Spend So Much Time Down Here ... [in Chile] (February 16, 2012)
• US Department of Labor Now Reduced to Soviet-Style Propaganda Ministry (February 12, 2012)
• Action Trumps Hope (January 27, 2012)
• Destroying America, Bill by Bill (January 20, 2012)
• Why 308,127,404 Americans Are Going to Get Hosed (January 12, 2012)

Archives for 2011:

• So Long; Thanks for all the Stress (December 15, 2011)
• I Couldn't Believe This Happened (December 14, 2011)
• Why China is Headed for a Fall (November 11, 2011)
• Why Cash is a Great Place to be Right Now (November 8, 2011)
• What's A Young Person Supposed to Do? (October 29, 2011)
• How Bankrupt Governments will Confiscate Your Gold (October 12, 2011)
• How to Explain Greece to a Complete Idiot (or Politician) (October 11, 2011)
• Questions: Wall Street Protests, Polish Citizenship, The Dollar's Rise (October 8, 2011)
• So... Why Chile? (September 30, 2011)
• Government Corruption Causes Mass Blackout (South Africa) (September 29, 2011)
• Is This A "Jobs" Super Committee? (September 21, 2011)
• “With Immediate Effect” (September 7, 2011)
• How Do I Get Started? (August 27, 2011)
• Marc Faber: Don't Store Your Gold in the United States (August 26, 2011)
• Federal Asset Seizures Rise, Netting Innocent With Guilty (August 25, 2011)
• Another Shocking, Blatant Coverup Attempt (August 23, 2011)
• Do you have more confidence in yourself or your government? (August 20, 2011)

Biography - Simon Black

Simon Black is an alias used as my pen name because I value privacy and discretion and there's not enough of it left in today's world. I am not a financial journalist, an attorney, or an investment adviser. I am an international entrepreneur and investor; I travel the globe on the lookout for personal and economic opportunities to enrich my life; sometimes this means a great investment, an exciting business venture, beautiful places, or new relationships.

I value independence and freedom above all else.

I am a permanent traveler. This means that I have no home, and I am free to move about the world at my discretion. Furthermore, I believe that my capability to make money is not constrained by my geography. It's not 1984 anymore.

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