Alex Kimani

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• These Billion-Dollar Companies Started As Side Gigs

  Published 08 August 2018 | viewed 3,008 times

  Unbeknownst to many people, some of the world’s biggest and most famous companies were born out of a wonderful mix of happy accidents that turned…

• ICE's New Bitcoin Exchange Leverages Microsoft Cloud

  Published 08 August 2018 | viewed 5,764 times

  The bitcoin futures market is about to heat up. Whether that is good or bad for bitcoin prices is a moot point. On August 3,…

• The World’s Largest Cybercrime Empire

  Published 08 August 2018 | viewed 12,837 times

  When you hear of state-sponsored cybercrime, you probably conjure up images of cybercriminals linked with the Russian government outwitting sophisticated infosec systems and stealing mountains…

• The Real Cost Of Hoarding Cash

  Published 07 August 2018 | viewed 4,883 times

  When it comes to the savings habits of Americans, you are more likely to hear one side of the story--that they are not doing nearly…

• Fintech Startup Gives China’s Banking Industry A Run For Its Money

  Published 07 August 2018 | viewed 6,672 times

  There's a fintech revolution happening in China’s payments space, and one mobile startup is giving the banking industry endless nightmares. Its sheer size is mind-boggling—the…

• The Australian Dollar: An Unlikely Trade War Casualty

  Published 07 August 2018 | viewed 11,996 times

  The Australian dollar has been the worst performer among the world’s major currencies this year, dropping like a rock against most other currencies apart from…

• Wells Fargo Rocked By Another Major Scandal

  Published 07 August 2018 | viewed 10,781 times

  The banking industry sighed a collective sigh of relief when president Trump agreed to a new set of legislation in March that eased oversight on…

• Big Money Asset Managers Split Over Next Financial Crisis

  Published 06 August 2018 | viewed 7,015 times

  They say, the more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s a decade since the last financial crisis and some observers are growing…

• Are Valuations Finally Catching Up To Tech Stocks?

  Published 06 August 2018 | viewed 5,130 times

  Tech stocks have come under pressure over the past couple of weeks, and a section of Wall Street is now warning investors that it might…

• Bitcoin vs. Gold: Which Is Better Off As Trade Wars Escalate?

  Published 05 August 2018 | viewed 9,248 times

  The world's two biggest economies are at loggerheads, and it just keeps getting worse. The U.S. is reportedly now considering imposing 25 percent tariffs on…

• U.S. Shuts Down Foreign Software Testing

  Published 04 August 2018 | viewed 11,017 times

  U.S. Congress is hell-bent on making sure that foreign companies do not in any way infiltrate government software programs. And now tech companies could soon…

• 5 Stocks That Surprised Investors In The Second Quarter

  Published 03 August 2018 | viewed 2,218 times

  Earnings season remains underway, with 65 percent of S&P 500 companies having reported. So far, companies have beat earnings expectations at a record rate and…

• Gold Bloodbath Has Created A Buying Opportunity

  Published 02 August 2018 | viewed 12,681 times

  It’s tough being a gold investor right now. Gold is going through a brutal period, having lost eight percent over the past three months alone…

• The World’s First Trillion Dollar Public Company

  Published 02 August 2018 | viewed 2,164 times

  It’s been a long time coming, but the wait has been well worth it. On Thursday July 2, 2018 at precisely 13.01hrs ET, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)…

• Credit Card Giant Caught Swindling Customers

  Published 01 August 2018 | viewed 2,389 times

  Modern banks seem to be living by the age-old mantra, “If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying”, and there is rarely a breather between bank…

• The High Cost Of Chinese Currency Manipulation

  Published 31 July 2018 | viewed 5,950 times

  Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin has told CNBC that he’s closely monitoring the continuing weakening of the Chinese currency, the yuan. Mnuchin’s latest comments echo similar…

• The Winner Of The Music Streaming Battle

  Published 30 July 2018 | viewed 9,635 times

  Stock market newbie Spotify Technology SA (NYSE:SPOT) has presented its second earnings report since going public in April, and despite some results that missed the…

• Steel Stocks Struggle Following Trump’s EU Tariff Concession

  Published 30 July 2018 | viewed 25,331 times

  Stocks of major steel producers fell after president Trump suggested that he would backpedal on tariffs that had sent steel prices soaring. The president made…

• Amazon Sees Largest Quarterly Profit In History

  Published 29 July 2018 | viewed 2,948 times

  Hitherto, the FAANG group of media and internet stocks had been a monolith of performance, and trying to pick your favorite was like asking a…

• China Pulls Approval For New Facebook Venture

  Published 28 July 2018 | viewed 8,283 times

  It’s going to take some time for investors to come to terms with the latest Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) shocker and the fact that the company…