Alex Kimani

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• Auto Industry In Biggest Slowdown Since 2008

  Published 30 August 2018 | viewed 10,382 times

  President Trump loves to use the auto industry as a bargaining chip. In May, he asked the Commerce Department to investigate whether a national security…

• Is Fear Of Missing Out Fueling Market Growth?

  Published 30 August 2018 | viewed 2,281 times

  “How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions?” Those are the words…

• VCs, IPOs And ICOs: Which Will Prevail?

  Published 29 August 2018 | viewed 2,711 times

  Cryptocurrency capital markets might be less than three years old, but they are already challenging the supremacy of traditional investment banks as a way for…

• Floods Could Cut Indian Gold Demand In Half

  Published 29 August 2018 | viewed 5,626 times

  As if the heavy selling pressure facing the gold market this year is not enough cause for worry, investors now have to contend with yet…

• Is This What Has Kept Gold Prices Low?

  Published 28 August 2018 | viewed 5,980 times

  Gold has badly underperformed major asset classes in 2018, with prices down eight percent in the year-to-date compared to an 8.3-percent gain by the S&P…

• The Impending Artificial Intelligence Shakeout

  Published 28 August 2018 | viewed 5,571 times

  Recently, the public got a rare peek into the other side of the stoic and inscrutable Elon Musk, the South African-born billionaire behind Tesla and…

• Cannabis Stock Valuations Are Spiraling Out Of Control

  Published 28 August 2018 | viewed 2,932 times

  In trading circles they say that you should be scared when even diehard bears and ultra short-sellers start backing a stock. For instance, traders like…

• Risk Emerges As Chinese Real Estate Defies Regulators

  Published 28 August 2018 | viewed 3,144 times

  Real estate is the real driver of the Chinese economy—accounting for some 30 percent of GDP—but China’s red-hot real estate market remains a major challenge…

• Gold, Silver Up As Trade War Fears Take A Breather

  Published 27 August 2018 | viewed 5,228 times

  Major world stock markets have taken out new highs on Monday following signs of progress in the U.S.-Mexico NAFTA trade deal and reassuring comments by…

• Are U.S. Bonds The Next Big Investment Trend?

  Published 26 August 2018 | viewed 12,210 times

  U.S. bond yields have surged quite dramatically over the past 12 months, with the 10-year Treasury yield having increased 30 percent while that of the…

• The Disruption Of The Banking Sector Has Already Begun

  Published 25 August 2018 | viewed 11,088 times

  Banking is a notoriously slow-moving industry, and even in this technology age things have tended to remain more or less the same with no radical…

• Trade Wars To Cut Economic Growth By Half

  Published 24 August 2018 | viewed 2,868 times

  Boosted in large part by a $1.5 trillion tax package, the U.S. economy roared to a 4.1-percent annualized growth rate during the second quarter, its…

• Will The S&P 500 Bull Run Ever End?

  Published 24 August 2018 | viewed 3,366 times

  The broad-market benchmark S&P 500 index has just crossed a major milestone by becoming the longest-ever bull run in history after rallying 0.6 percent to…

• Markets Unchanged On Potential Trump Impeachment

  Published 23 August 2018 | viewed 2,588 times

  Equity markets have curiously remained unrattled by one of the darkest days for the White House since the Watergate Scandal of the Nixon era. Investors…

• Is This One Of The Most Exciting IPOs Of The Year?

  Published 23 August 2018 | viewed 6,568 times

  Despite ongoing Brexit woes and growing uncertainty, UK startups have been attracting more venture capital funding than their European counterparts ever since the decision to…

• Facebook Moves Fast To Purge Discriminatory Ads

  Published 23 August 2018 | viewed 8,550 times

  The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed a discrimination complaint against Facebook on August 18 for violating the Fair Housing Act. More…

• Gold Jumps As Trump Tweet Sends Dollar Diving

  Published 22 August 2018 | viewed 3,326 times

  The U.S. dollar has continued its freefall, with September 18th U.S. Dollar Index Futures (DXU8) plunging nearly two percent over the past one week to…

• Venezuela’s Scam-Status "El Petro" Isn’t Going Anywhere

  Published 22 August 2018 | viewed 11,510 times

  Finding itself in dire straits, the government of Venezuela has done something completely unprecedented. As part of an attempt to staunch runaway inflation, it’s issued…

• Can Crypto Exchanges Self-Regulate?

  Published 22 August 2018 | viewed 2,500 times

  Gemini Digital Currency Exchange founders, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (aka the Winklevoss twins) have maintained a low profile ever since the SEC turned down what…

• The Uncomfortable Truth About Blockchain Tech

  Published 21 August 2018 | viewed 13,923 times

  Blockchain technology has spawned a new decentralized economy, effectively taking power away from centralized authorities and handing it back to the people. Many blockchain advocates…