Alex Kimani

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• What Does Musk’s Twitter Stake Mean For Social Media?

  Published 04 April 2022 | viewed 8,585 times

  Last weekend, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk posted a poll on his own Twitter in which he asked whether Twitter Inc. (NASDAQ:TWTR) adheres to…

• U.S. Wage Growth Under Threat As Inflation Hits 40-Year High

  Published 01 April 2022 | viewed 10,271 times

  The U.S economy continues producing nasty inflation surprises. U.S. inflation hit a 40-year peak in February thanks to strong consumer demand and ongoing supply chain…

• Three ETFs To Capitalize On The $300 Billion Fintech Boom

  Published 01 April 2022 | viewed 6,987 times

  Once the insurgents of finance, a fast-growing breed of upstarts that bill themselves as alternatives to old-fashioned banks when moving money around the world are…

• 5 Recession-Resistant Stocks To Add To Your Portfolio

  Published 30 March 2022 | viewed 7,638 times

  In a previous article, we discussed the growing risk of a looming recession, a risk that is heightened by stretched asset valuations, the Ukraine crisis,…

• Is A Recession Looming?

  Published 29 March 2022 | viewed 11,261 times

  In a market where many asset classes from stocks and bonds to commodities and cryptocurrencies have been taking out record highs, greed and Fear of…

• China's Economy Is Taking A Big Hit From The Ukraine Crisis

  Published 28 March 2022 | viewed 5,688 times

  About three weeks ago, China's top political leaders met in Beijing and announced the country's new GDP goal for 2022: around 5.5%, the lowest target…

• U.S Targets Russian Gold Stockpiles

  Published 25 March 2022 | viewed 12,205 times

  Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine about a month ago, the U.S. and its western allies swiftly imposed a raft of economic and trade sanctions on…

• Visa, Mastercard Slump Amid Covid Worries, Regulatory Outlook

  Published 24 November 2021 | viewed 3,777 times

  Payment stocks have lately come under renewed pressure amid a resurgence of Covid-19 cases in Western Europe and also due to possible regulatory changes after…

• China Launches Digital Yuan As U.S. Dallies

  Published 25 October 2021 | viewed 4,906 times

  Once the world leader in digital payments and technological innovation, the U.S. payments ecosystem is fast losing its leadership and increasingly at risk of becoming…

• Chinese Tech Billionaires Get Charitable Amid Beijing Crackdown

  Published 11 August 2021 | viewed 3,967 times

  May 12, 2008, is a day that will forever be embedded in the collective memory of the Chinese people. On the fateful day, an eight-magnitude…

• The Fed’s $3 Trillion Headache

  Published 15 July 2021 | viewed 9,480 times

  On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve unveiled plans to begin selling its corporate debt in the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility ("SMCCF"), an emergency lending facility…

• Fed Ends Corporate Credit Emergency Lending Program

  Published 06 June 2021 | viewed 6,569 times

  On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve unveiled plans to begin selling its corporate debt in the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility ("SMCCF"), an emergency lending facility…

• AMC Becomes the Latest Winning Meme Stock After GameStop

  Published 04 June 2021 | viewed 3,688 times

  This year, we have witnessed a brand new pump-and-dump scheme unravel in the U.S. stock markets. Retail investors on digital discussion boards like Reddit’s Wall…

• The Real Reason Your 401k Has Been Lagging

  Published 03 June 2021 | viewed 3,967 times

  Most Americans own a 401(k) as the pillar of their retirement saving strategy.  Let’s kick off this discussion on a high note: 401(k) participants have…

• China Lifts Cap On Births, Allows Three Children Per Couple

  Published 02 June 2021 | viewed 3,765 times

  Following a dramatic decline in births in the world’s most populous country, Beijing in 2016 scrapped its decades-old one-child policy, replacing it with a two-child…

• The Dollar Could Remain Weak For Years To Come

  Published 03 January 2021 | viewed 8,142 times

  In the past, President Trump has lambasted the Fed for its hawkish policies, repeatedly drumming up the fact that the central bank’s interest hike regime…

• The Simple Secret To Tesla-Like Gains

  Published 31 December 2020 | viewed 4,419 times

  The year 2020 has been an unusually fruitful one for clean energy investors thanks to incredible momentum behind ESG investing. One corner of the market--EV…

• 5 Promising Stocks in 5 Different Sectors to Start the New Year

  Published 20 December 2020 | viewed 5,954 times

  With 2020 fast drawing to a close, it’s time for investors to recalibrate their portfolios and fine-tune them for the coming year. The stock market…

• Millennials Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold As A Safe Haven Asset

  Published 08 December 2020 | viewed 6,364 times

  The investing universe has labeled millennials many things: lazy, entitled, narcissistic among other unflattering terms. They have also been accused of being highly risk-averse, preferring…

• The Shroom Boom Is Here To Stay

  Published 29 November 2020 | viewed 8,895 times

  The psychedelics boom continues to sweep across the United States, and each week brings a new development for the budding sector. Psychedelic medicine has been…