Alex Kimani

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• The Real Winners Of The Real Estate Business

  Published 17 July 2018 | viewed 4,803 times

  America has become a renter nation, and Wall Street is loving it. More households are renting than at any point in 50 years, thanks mostly…

• 3 Reasons Small-Cap Stocks Are Booming

  Published 17 July 2018 | viewed 1,714 times

  Small-cap stocks have surged again this year, taking out new all-time highs in the month of June. The benchmark S&P Small Cap 600 Index has…

• Chinese IPO Fervor Slows As Xiaomi Disappoints

  Published 17 July 2018 | viewed 1,559 times

  The Chinese IPO space has really been perking up, with 137 Chinese companies going public in 2017 and raising a collective $32.2 billion, according to…

• Chinese Police Bust $1.5B Crypto Gambling Scheme

  Published 16 July 2018 | viewed 3,814 times

  Police in Guangdong, China, on Thursday shuttered a giant online gambling ring and seized more than 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) in World Cup bets…

• UK Stocks Bounce Back From Worst Selloff In Years

  Published 16 July 2018 | viewed 1,988 times

  U.K .stocks rebounded on Thursday trading, with the FTSE 100 Index rallying 1.6 percent from one of its worst selloffs in recent memory after prime…

• The Biggest Winners Of Q2 Earnings Season

  Published 15 July 2018 | viewed 1,994 times

  The Q2 2018 earning season is well and truly underway, with a total of 36 companies having delivered their scorecard. Of those, 30 have met…

• Experts Suggest A Gold Shortage May Be Looming

  Published 14 July 2018 | viewed 7,574 times

  Last May, the head of one of the largest gold mining companies declared that we had found all the gold that is to be found.…

• The First Bitcoin ETF Might Be Just Months Away

  Published 13 July 2018 | viewed 8,467 times

  In March 2017, the SEC dealt a blow to the bitcoin community when it rejected a proposed bitcoin ETF by the Winklevoss twins. Crypto bugs…

• U.S. Rent Costs Hit All-Time High

  Published 13 July 2018 | viewed 2,484 times

  Diogenes the Cynic was once asked by one of his students whether a man should buy or rent. His reply was typical Diogenes, but still…

• Is This The Answer To The Looming U.S. Healthcare Crisis?

  Published 12 July 2018 | viewed 2,746 times

  America has a big, big problem on its hands. Healthcare costs are rising at astronomical and unsustainable rates, and the country’s leader seems powerless to…

• Ex-Goldman Banker Caught In A Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal

  Published 12 July 2018 | viewed 6,179 times

  Every so often, embarrassing and alarming exposés unravel the extent of dodgy financial dealings and moral vacuum that exist in the banking sector. Big investment…

• Life Returns To S&P 500 Ahead Of Earnings Report

  Published 11 July 2018 | viewed 1,878 times

  After remaining dormant in the month of June, the S&P 500 has roared back to life in July. The market benchmark is up a cool…

• Beware Of These 3 Bitcoin Scams

  Published 10 July 2018 | viewed 3,129 times

  When it comes to cryptocurrency scams, ICOs usually hog the limelight—and for good reason. In January, multinational professional services firm Ernst & Young estimated that…

• Netflix Struggles To Take Off In Asia

  Published 10 July 2018 | viewed 1,632 times

  Bingeing on Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX)  is the new norm in many parts of the world. Netflix subscribers collectively watch more than a billion hours of…

• The 5 Worst S&P 500 Performers Of The Year

  Published 09 July 2018 | viewed 2,500 times

  We are at the mid-point of the year, and a good time for investors to take stock of their portfolios and review market performance in…

• Can Gold Prices Be Manipulated?

  Published 09 July 2018 | viewed 9,666 times

  Is gold price manipulation a real thing or just another of those myths that have gained popularity in financial and investment circles? Manipulation in this…

• How Will Gold Respond To Escalating Tariff Wars?

  Published 08 July 2018 | viewed 4,122 times

  Gold prices have kicked off Friday trading on a sour note, dropping $3.11 (0.25 percent) at 11:30 am EST, just hours after the U.S. made…

• A Strange New Twist In The Satoshi Nakamoto Saga

  Published 07 July 2018 | viewed 11,210 times

  The truth can sometimes be stranger than fiction. At least that’s the case when it comes to unraveling the identity of bitcoin’s fabled founder, Satoshi…

• The Dow Is Delirious

  Published 06 July 2018 | viewed 2,887 times

  Created in 1896 and widely considered as the barometer of America's stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has a long and rich history as…

• Banks Team Up To Rival Fintech Giant

  Published 05 July 2018 | viewed 5,301 times

  A rivalry is brewing in the financial space, and it looks set to transform how cross-border payments and trade are handled for decades to come.…