Alex Kimani

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• Congress Learns About The Internet

  Published 14 December 2018 | viewed 7,689 times

  About a year ago, the U.S. Congress started summons against Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) over alleged misuse of private…

• Gibraltar Flare-Up Could Further Complicate Brexit

  Published 13 December 2018 | viewed 2,500 times

  The UK’s journey to become the first nation ever to withdraw from the European Union appears fraught with more pitfalls than previously anticipated. On Wednesday,…

• Marijuana Looks For Its Next Big Win In New York

  Published 13 December 2018 | viewed 2,529 times

  The tide is turning in the U.S. marijuana industry, with fundamental shifts happening in American politics and society to finally make marijuana legalization for recreational…

• France Pledges Moves To Prevent $1B Economic Catastrophe

  Published 11 December 2018 | viewed 2,673 times

  With France teetering on the brink of a full-blown disaster threatening to destabilize one of the European Union’s leading democracies, French President Emmanuel Macron on…

• Is This The End Of The Cannabis Bloodbath?

  Published 10 December 2018 | viewed 3,207 times

  The battered marijuana sector has received a much-needed shot in the arm after tobacco company Altria Group Inc. (NYSE:MO) agreed to take a minority stake…

• Can Crypto Outperform Equities In The Long-Term?

  Published 08 December 2018 | viewed 7,590 times

  About a decade ago, Warren Buffett famously wagered $1M against Ted Seides, CIO at Protégé Partners, that the S&P 500 would outperform a group of…

• UK Suspends Top-Tier Investor Visas In Money Laundering Crackdown

  Published 07 December 2018 | viewed 2,351 times

  The war on dirty money is on in Europe’s top investment hub. In a major crackdown against organized crime and money laundering, London has suspended…

• 6 Key ETFs For The Industrial Revolution’s ‘New Economy’

  Published 05 December 2018 | viewed 3,574 times

  Investors who want a piece of our futuristic reality will be eyeing everything from the creators of the latest drone tech to the minds behind…

• This Week’s Major Pot Sector Shake-Ups

  Published 04 December 2018 | viewed 2,147 times

  2018 has been a hotbed of activity for the marijuana industry, with a wave of consolidations, mergers and investments acting as a nice validation. But…

• Holiday Season Brings Little Cheer To Gold Markets

  Published 26 November 2018 | viewed 3,225 times

  Thanksgiving and Black Friday are the biggest shopping seasons of the year for the retail and consumer discretionary sectors, but no one really seems to…

• Black Friday A Welcome Distraction For Amazon

  Published 23 November 2018 | viewed 8,272 times

  Giant online retailer, Amazon, Inc., has been making headlines for all of the wrong reasons. First was news about a data breach where customer names…

• Can Black Friday Save The Markets?

  Published 23 November 2018 | viewed 2,491 times

  The equity markets have been gloomy in the run-up to holiday season—to say the least. Prior to Thanksgiving Day, the pivotal retail sector had posted…

• The Big Bet Against Italian Banks

  Published 22 November 2018 | viewed 10,100 times

  The eurozone’s third-largest economy, Italy, is marooned in a deep political and economic crisis, with seeming endless problems: an economy that has barely grown in…

• Oil Collapse Sparks Saudi Bonds Sell Off

  Published 22 November 2018 | viewed 11,070 times

  For investors looking for stability and income, bonds are usually considered an attractive proposition. In the current environment of rising interest rates, international bonds are…

• The Hottest Sectors For Investors Post-Midterms

  Published 21 November 2018 | viewed 2,687 times

  It’s about two weeks since Democrats romped to a historic victory after retaking the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. The elections were marked…

• Regulatory Pressure Spooks Crypto Markets

  Published 21 November 2018 | viewed 4,869 times

  There’s no need for a preamble, let’s just cut to the chase and say it: the crypto market stinks right now. The market has become…

• Stock Sell-Off Accelerates As Bear Market Looms

  Published 20 November 2018 | viewed 3,268 times

  For several months now, several leading hedge fund managers and a section of Wall Street have been sounding the alarm over a looming bear market…

• Investing In The Final Frontier

  Published 01 September 2018 | viewed 3,372 times

  Space, the final frontier, is a near-vacuum that’s freezing cold and full of harmful cosmic radiation. But, for some enterprising companies, it might prove to…

• Germany Could Use $55B Budget Surplus To Cut Taxes

  Published 31 August 2018 | viewed 2,942 times

  Ever since president Trump unveiled deep tax cuts for American companies, Germany’s industries have been wracked with fears of their products becoming uncompetitive in the…

• Why Litecoin's Founder Doesn't Hold The Coin

  Published 30 August 2018 | viewed 10,373 times

  Litecoin’s founder says he’s holding strong with his decision to stay away from the cryptocurrency he created. At the end of last year, former Google…