Alex Kimani

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• Investors Are Spooked As Negative Bond Yields Hit $12 Trillion

  Published 20 June 2019 | viewed 1,943 times

  The universe of government debt with yields below zero has continued to swell to alarming proportions, raising the specter of a market starved of safe…

• The World’s $100-Billion-Club Now Has Three Members

  Published 19 June 2019 | viewed 1,668 times

  French luxury goods titan and Europe’s richest person, Bernard Arnault, has just joined the rarefied world of the extravagantly wealthy. Arnault, 70, has become the…

• Will Facebook’s Crypto ‘Libra’ Challenge Bitcoin?

  Published 18 June 2019 | viewed 5,202 times

  The world’s leading social media company says it’s ready to challenge bitcoin’s hegemony as the pre-eminent digital currency. Facebook, Inc. has just confirmed that it…

• For American Businesses, The Fairy Tale Is Already Over

  Published 17 June 2019 | viewed 2,021 times

  Last week, business leaders from more than 600 American companies and trade associations including Costco, Walmart, Levi Strauss, GAP, Foot Locker and Target descended on…

• Would You Give Up Your Privacy For A Few Bucks From Facebook?

  Published 16 June 2019 | viewed 3,469 times

  Picture this: You are on Facebook chatting away with your friend about your next holiday destination or your broken washing machine when ads for the…

• Colorado Rakes In $1 Billion In Pot Revenue

  Published 14 June 2019 | viewed 17,657 times

  Marijuana might still be illegal under federal law--but that’s hardly stopping federal governments from collecting billions of dollars in fees and taxes on the burgeoning…

• Google Just Killed One Of Crypto’s Biggest News Sites

  Published 11 June 2019 | viewed 9,240 times

  What Google gives, Google can take back. Bearing some fiendish undertones eerily reminiscent of the Google ad-blocking conspiracy theories of a few years back, Google…

• The Stock Market Bulls Still Have Room To Run

  Published 10 June 2019 | viewed 4,383 times

  The U.S. stock market went through a pretty brutal period in May, correcting nearly 10 percent and looking in danger of suffering a fatal crash…

• Nothing Will Break China’s Giants: Not Even A Trade War

  Published 10 June 2019 | viewed 2,818 times

  There’s no denying that the U.S.-China tariff war has taken a severe toll on financial markets. The U.S. stock market benchmark, the S&P 500 Index…

• The World’s Wealthiest Are Dumping Cash Into Zero-Profit Businesses

  Published 09 June 2019 | viewed 1,902 times

  The world’s wealthiest have more cash than they can reasonably burn. In a past article, we highlighted how the super-rich are now hoarding unreasonably high…

• Has Bitcoin Become A Bona Fide Safe Haven?

  Published 06 June 2019 | viewed 5,351 times

  Has bitcoin officially earned its stripes as the new safe haven from economic and financial crises? After all, the leading cryptocurrency, often heralded as the…

• EV Sales Are Set To Soar 540%

  Published 05 June 2019 | viewed 3,817 times

  The United States’ electric vehicle market is amped up and surging ahead full throttle. While EVs have truly revolutionized the global automotive sector since their…

• $1 Trillion: The Cost Of Climate Change For Corporations

  Published 05 June 2019 | viewed 3,591 times

  The United States is poised to take a powerful economic hit with the real cost of a disturbed climate beginning to become abundantly clear. Rising…

• Tech Crackdown Creates $120 Billion Bloodbath

  Published 04 June 2019 | viewed 2,645 times

  The equity bloodbath is getting worse at every turn - almost as if President Trump’s administration is trying its best to put the final nail…

• Is This A Turning Point For Gold?

  Published 03 June 2019 | viewed 4,285 times

  Former British statesman Sir Winston Churchill once admonished to never allow a good crisis go to waste. Today’s crisis is escalating at an impressive rate…

• A Mentality Problem? Many Americans Can’t Afford An Extra $400 Expense

  Published 01 June 2019 | viewed 1,760 times

  The latest Federal Reserve survey has shockingly found that four in 10 American adults would find themselves in a bit of trouble if they had…

• American Farmers Hit With Triple Whammy

  Published 31 May 2019 | viewed 7,566 times

  It’s not really a “good time to be a farmer”, despite President Trump’s desperate PR plea amid the unveiling of a $16-billion bailout for farmers…

• Wall Street Is Finally Getting Behind Pot Stocks

  Published 30 May 2019 | viewed 2,297 times

  Despite enjoying general public acceptance, pot companies have had to endure more than their fair share of criticism, distrust and rejection by the top brass…

• China’s Plan To Influence Global Commodity Pricing

  Published 30 May 2019 | viewed 6,194 times

  For foreign investors, playing in the lucrative Chinese financial markets has been anything but easy or straightforward. Fortunately, this has been rapidly changing over the…

• Short Sellers Are Ripping Uber Apart

  Published 29 May 2019 | viewed 8,075 times

  When Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) ended years of speculation by holding its hotly anticipated initial public offering on May 11, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tried to appease…