Alex Kimani

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• Which Banks Pay The Most For Your Cash?

  Published 26 July 2018 | viewed 5,564 times

  Despite the Fed recently hiking interbank lending rates for the 7th time in a row, the consumer is still not getting the rub of the…

• China Pumps $74B Into Banks Amid Credit Crisis

  Published 26 July 2018 | viewed 6,148 times

  Worried about an economic slowdown amid worsening trade relations with the U.S. and a credit crisis sparked by a massive deleveraging drive, China’s central bank,…

• Facebook’s Worst Day Ever Isn't Over Yet

  Published 26 July 2018 | viewed 2,095 times

  Techland is reeling as yet another FANG stock bites the dust—this time, it’s a major Facebook fall from grace. First, it was Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:…

• China’s Debt Bomb Is Finally Detonating

  Published 25 July 2018 | viewed 12,219 times

  When China’s President Xi Jinping launched a supply-side structural reform plan in 2015, financial deleveraging was one of its key goals. The deleveraging campaign was…

• Will This Be The First Ever All-Crypto ETF?

  Published 25 July 2018 | viewed 8,006 times

  Nothing quite captures the imagination of the crypto community like a security that can be traded on ordinary stock exchanges, or even across over-the-counter markets.…

• Brexit Is Killing London’s Housing Boom

  Published 25 July 2018 | viewed 13,750 times

  After running for almost a decade, London’s housing boom may be on its final legs. That is the message being constantly sent by data by…

• Why Central Banks Won’t Bring Down Bitcoin

  Published 24 July 2018 | viewed 5,355 times

  It’s question that the bitcoin and crypto community has pondered over long and hard: “Could the world’s central banks create their own ‘safe’ and centralized…

• China’s Trail Of Unsustainable Debt

  Published 24 July 2018 | viewed 5,971 times

  Since the 1950s, China has been a key player in global programs through which it cooperates with organizations like the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…

• Wall Street Expert Predicts Citi Shares Will Double By 2020

  Published 23 July 2018 | viewed 5,705 times

  U.S. banking stocks have become an enigma. Despite widely held expectations that rising interest rates and tax cuts would lift the industry, stocks in the…

• Insurance Companies Dive Into Crypto Markets

  Published 23 July 2018 | viewed 2,539 times

  The cryptocurrency industry has a reputation for being a bit “Wild West”--a digital marketplace teeming with fraud and investors forced to bear the full brunt…

• Banks Are Falling Out Of Favor With The Wealthy

  Published 23 July 2018 | viewed 3,236 times

  Slowly but surely, cash is moving away from banks as depositors increasingly shift funds to products that pay higher yields. That much has become abundantly…

• Institutional Investors Hold A Lot More Crypto Than You Think

  Published 20 July 2018 | viewed 3,027 times

  For investors who would like to track bitcoin prices but are not keen on the hassles of buying and storing actual bitcoin or investing in…

• U.S. Treasury Yields Could Be About To Break Out

  Published 20 July 2018 | viewed 6,367 times

  The brawny greenback has been halted in its tracks and Treasury yields edged lower after president Trump criticized the Fed over its hawkish policy and,…

• Yuan Rebounds At The Expense Of The U.S. Dollar

  Published 20 July 2018 | viewed 1,908 times

  The yuan is up half a percentage point against the dollar on Friday 1300 hrs ET after enduring a rocky session that sent it tumbling…

• Gold Selloff Continues As Dollar Climbs Higher

  Published 19 July 2018 | viewed 31,725 times

  After a brief period of quiescence, the world’s financial markets are back in full gear. Here’s a brief breakdown of how equities, currencies, commodities and…

• BlackRock Goes Bitcoin

  Published 19 July 2018 | viewed 2,799 times

  Bitcoin prices climbed nearly 10 percent to hit $7,500 in Tuesday trading, a level they last touched nearly six weeks ago, after BlackRock. Inc. announced…

• U.S. Banks See Best Earnings Report In Years

  Published 19 July 2018 | viewed 2,315 times

  The U.S. banking industry is enjoying a banner year, one of its best in decades. The nation’s six banks are set to report a 14-percent…

• What Is Bitcoin Really Supposed To Be?

  Published 18 July 2018 | viewed 5,489 times

  It’s been seven months since bitcoin prices hit a lifetime high. From there, it’s been mostly downhill with occasional spikes such as Tuesday’s nine-percent rally…

• The Surprising Media Giant Taking On Netflix

  Published 18 July 2018 | viewed 3,109 times

  Professional wrestling and its compelling storylines and acts of daring feats might be fake, or scripted, but wrestling profits certainly aren’t. Exploits by World Wrestling…

• Cybersecurity Stocks Are Red-Hot As Election Looms

  Published 18 July 2018 | viewed 9,078 times

  Over the past few years, the digital and tech world has been witnessing an explosion in cyberattacks that take all manner of incarnations-- DDoS (distributed…