Alex Kimani

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• Is $50,000 Bitcoin Possible?

  Published 05 July 2018 | viewed 5,219 times

  They say the key to prognostication is to sound certain even when you know very little. And few markets are capable of confounding both experts…

• The Death Of Diesel Has Sent Platinum Prices Crashing

  Published 04 July 2018 | viewed 7,176 times

  The diesel vehicle is dying, and it’s taking the platinum industry down with it. The price of New York platinum futures plunged more than five…

• What Sparked Gold’s Unexpected Rally?

  Published 03 July 2018 | viewed 5,698 times

  Gold investors have enjoyed one of the best days in recent weeks as gold prices made an unexpected reversal that put a months-long rout on…

• The Stock Market’s Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

  Published 03 July 2018 | viewed 4,522 times

  The second quarter has proven to be an extremely choppy period for U.S. equities, with the Dow just recording its weakest quarterly gain in 12…

• Canada’s Tech Sector Is Booming

  Published 03 July 2018 | viewed 2,347 times

  Canada’s stock market has been giving investors little to cheer about. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has remained in the doghouse for what seems like…

• China’s Capital Markets Roiled By U.S. Trade Dispute

  Published 03 July 2018 | viewed 2,243 times

  China’s formerly high-flying stock markets have taken a severe battering this year, with the Shanghai stock market continuing its deep slide on Monday after slipping…

• Strong U.S. Dollar Attracts Fresh Safe Haven Bids

  Published 02 July 2018 | viewed 2,167 times

  In the midst of all the talk about trade wars, both real and imagined, one slugger has emerged as the unlikely winner—the U.S. dollar. The…

• Alibaba Doubles Down On Tech Services

  Published 01 July 2018 | viewed 2,407 times

  In 2014, China’s ecommerce giant, Alibaba, made history after listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for a record $25 billion, the largest public…

• Cloud Heavyweights Battle For $10B Pentagon Prize

  Published 30 June 2018 | viewed 4,120 times

  For many years, the cloud quadrille of Amazon’s AWS, Microsoft’s Azure, Google Cloud and IBM SmartCloud has been engaging in rounds of fierce price wars…

• How To Make Money in Brazil’s Bear Market

  Published 29 June 2018 | viewed 6,688 times

  In late 2017, popular congressman and Brazilian clown Tiririca made an astonishing announcement that he would not run for re-election after seven years in office.…

• Saudi Arabia, Argentina Poised For Upgrade To ‘Emerging Markets’

  Published 28 June 2018 | viewed 4,203 times

  Investing in the effervescent emerging markets space is about to become even more exciting. MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International), a leading provider of global equity…

• Death Cross Isn’t Death Sentence For Gold

  Published 27 June 2018 | viewed 4,532 times

  The gold bear market shows no signs of relenting even as the yellow metal continues to defy bullish expectations fueled by trade wars and geopolitical…

• The Warren Buffett Of The Crypto-Sphere

  Published 27 June 2018 | viewed 2,563 times

  At a time when many investors have all but given up on crypto, one contrarian investor, and a venture capitalist no less, is planning to…

• Trade War Or Not, These Chinese Tech Unicorns Are Going Public

  Published 26 June 2018 | viewed 5,147 times

  The past few years have witnessed a surge in China’s tech unicorns angling for a public listing. Last year, 137 Chinese firms went public, with…

• Are Investors Too Hungry For High-Risk Loans?

  Published 26 June 2018 | viewed 2,139 times

  About four years ago, analysts at Moody’s warned about the dangers of selling leveraged loans to American retail investors. No one listened. Leveraged loans are…

• Wall Street Banks Fined $500M For Gaming The System

  Published 26 June 2018 | viewed 2,422 times

  Wall Street banks are big, rich and powerful. They are also a pretty scandalous and profligate lot that seems to thrive on greed as if…

• Why Tesla Is Selling Tax Credits To Casinos

  Published 26 June 2018 | viewed 3,530 times

  Tesla is a highly unusual company. From the kind of cars it makes to how it makes them and where it makes them, the EV…

• EU Joins The Trade War With New Tariffs On U.S. Goods

  Published 25 June 2018 | viewed 2,443 times

  The trading week has kicked off on a downbeat note with stock futures markets hammered thanks to a new round of trade hostilities between the…

• Where To Look As Chip Stocks Plummet

  Published 25 June 2018 | viewed 1,988 times

  Semiconductor chip stocks have been red-hot since the beginning of 2016, taking out new all-time highs—until now. While they tend to be cyclical with alternate…

• ICO Startups Now Buying Real World Companies

  Published 23 June 2018 | viewed 2,704 times

  There’s a new and snazzy business model in town helping startups raise billions of dollars in seed capital without having to spend months or years…