Charles Benavidez

Staff Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 27 Feb 2018

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• As Competition Heats Up, Cable TV Mega-Merger Revived

  Published 12 January 2022 | viewed 2,559 times

  The modern-day Montague and Capulet saga involving DirecTV and Dish Network is back, but this time the two satellite-TV giants think they have a chance…

• Foreign Syndicates May Have Stolen Up To $400B In COVID Benefits

  Published 24 August 2021 | viewed 9,523 times

  The now infamous “Nigerian Prince” was never a “prince” and was never royalty of any kind. Instead, he was a suspended advisor to the local…

• Jobs Report Has Big Numbers, But Still Big Problems

  Published 05 July 2021 | viewed 5,613 times

  Global stock markets moved higher across the board following positive US jobs data, with Wall Street stocks hitting new records. Beating economists' expectations, 850,000 non-farm…

• Cannabis Has A Major Cash Problem

  Published 27 May 2021 | viewed 3,021 times

  Due to lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, as well as legalization adoption, the US cannabis industry hit a record $17.5 billion in sales last year, a…

• Travel Might Get Another Supersonic Disruption

  Published 20 May 2021 | viewed 3,563 times

  With air travel down 60% last year, and airline industry losses topping $370 billion, this is the hardest hit sector from the pandemic. And the…

• Military Coups Are Big Business

  Published 14 May 2021 | viewed 2,345 times

  Military coups are rarely altruistic and the available data around this February Myanmar military coup confirms that rather loudly. This is business, more than anything. …

• No Jab, No Job: The New Hardline Policy of U.S. Employers

  Published 03 May 2021 | viewed 4,109 times

  The Biden administration has rolled out one of the most extensive vaccination programs on the planet, with the government hitting its latest target of 200…

• Immigration Will Go Bust Without $1.2B Bailout

  Published 02 July 2020 | viewed 5,507 times

  With the Trump administration on a continued anti-immigration tear as a campaign-hedge for November 2020 elections, and as the COVID-19 pandemic rampages on, the American…

• Foreclosure Moratorium Extended, But Only for Some

  Published 21 June 2020 | viewed 3,488 times

  Phased reopening in U.S. states doesn’t necessarily mean that all Americans are suddenly back on their financial feet with enough funds to pay their mortgages--a…

• Fraud Hits New HIgh Amid Pandemic

  Published 17 June 2020 | viewed 3,381 times

  Any time the world is thrown off balance by a major, sustained event or incident, it’s an opportunity for some of our most creative minds…

• Demand For Life Insurance Soars Despite Dropping Sales

  Published 09 June 2020 | viewed 3,104 times

  Cancer loves sugar, so it’s only appropriate that a 7-Eleven--a key purveyor of sugary substances such as the famous Big Gulp--would be selling life insurance,…

• No Shirt, No Shoes, No Mask, No Service

  Published 23 May 2020 | viewed 2,221 times

  Despite the #inthistogether and #alonetogether campaigns, not to mention the nearly 94,000 lives lost to COVID-19 nationally, Americans are hardly on the same page, with…

• The $30 Trillion Mega-Trend To Watch As Markets Bounce Back

  Published 18 May 2020 | viewed 4,051 times

  The economy is reopening, stock markets are already bouncing back in a hedge on the future, and we’re about to see the biggest shift in…

• How To Play The Next Big Rally In Gold

  Published 14 May 2020 | viewed 5,193 times

  The pandemic lockdown is killing the global economy, and while stocks are rebounding on the slim hope that everything will eventually go back to normal,…

• Magic Mushrooms Could Be the Next Investment Trend

  Published 06 May 2020 | viewed 1,914 times

  With the market surging back to life, investors are poised to pounce on the next trend...And if you missed out on the cannabis boom then…

• COVID: Part II Of The US-China Cold War

  Published 06 May 2020 | viewed 2,644 times

  Against the reservations of medical experts and intelligence agencies, US President Donald Trump refuses to back down from his claim that coronavirus originated in a…

• 5 Biotech Stocks To Follow In 2020

  Published 04 May 2020 | viewed 1,426 times

  The stock crash of 2020 has produced a lot of losers. But it’s also forged some winners. One of the industries that is most likely…

• One Biotech Stock For 2020

  Published 03 May 2020 | viewed 1,771 times

  A new medical development is sweeping the country…Some may see it as controversial - but the studies don’t lie.It’s effective. So effective, in fact, that…

• How COVID-19 Is Impacting The U.S. Housing Market

  Published 29 April 2020 | viewed 3,133 times

  With 97% of the US population currently under a stay-at-home or shelter-in-place order, this could be the best time for spring cleaning and small renovation…

• The Billionaires Funding COVID-19 Relief

  Published 23 April 2020 | viewed 8,844 times

  There’s been a fair amount of frustration over the activities of America’s celebrities, billionaires and big businesses during a time of crisis, whether it’s their…