Charles Benavidez

Staff Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 27 Feb 2018

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• How Climate Change Is Impacting Global Hunger

  Published 19 September 2018 | viewed 552 times

  For the third consecutive year, global hunger has gotten worse, and this year the numbers have hit their highest since 2009, with the United Nations…

• Coca-Cola Hints At Cannabis Product

  Published 18 September 2018 | viewed 535 times

  Less than a month away from the official launch of legalized recreational marijuana in Canada, some of the biggest names in beverages are scrambling to…

• $2.7 Billion In Assets To Be Auctioned Following Anti-Corruption Crackdown

  Published 17 September 2018 | viewed 980 times

  Detained Saudi billionaire Maan al-Sanea of the Saad Group will see his real estate auctioned off to cover unpaid debts after his company defaulted in…

• Morgan Stanley: The Emerging Market Meltdown Has Just Begun

  Published 05 September 2018 | viewed 2,037 times

  Emerging markets have been red-hot in the Jan 2016-Jan 2018 period, as evidenced by the large emerging markets-tracking ETF EEM, which managed to nearly double…

• What Does Capitalism Look Like In North Korea?

  Published 28 August 2018 | viewed 483 times

  A bit of capitalism flows in any society, even North Korea. It’s a natural offshoot of the human condition—that drive to survive self-sufficiently; that uncontrollable…

• Investors Grow Weary Of Chinese Tech ETFs

  Published 27 August 2018 | viewed 591 times

  The latest volleys in the U.S.-China trade war are taking a toll on Chinese tech stocks, and the most important ETF, iShares China Large-Cap (FXI),…

• Investors Flee Emerging Markets Amid Lira Crisis

  Published 13 August 2018 | viewed 529 times

  Turkey’s stock exchange closed down today, with the benchmark BIST 100 index losing 2.4 percent, taking financial stocks for a harsh ride as the lira…

• Trump Administration Offers Alternative To ‘One Belt, One Road’

  Published 01 August 2018 | viewed 1,179 times

  The Trump administration has announced a plan to offer Asian countries an alternative to China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative, which could have been subdued…

• World’s Largest Asset Manager Cuts Exposure To Emerging Markets

  Published 30 July 2018 | viewed 2,380 times

  Emerging markets have suffered a lot of pain in the past two quarters, and even though July saw them pare some losses, key elections are…

• Merger Mania Takes Hold In Middle East

  Published 23 July 2018 | viewed 657 times

  Corporate tie-ups are all the rage right now. Global M&A activity reached an all-time high in 2017, with more than 50,000 deals worth more than…

• Which States Will Lose In The Trade War?

  Published 09 July 2018 | viewed 496 times

  As the trade war has officially kicked off, Citi analysts warn Trump that tariffs will bite hardest in those states that overwhelmingly voted for him…

• Americans Leaving Their Jobs At Fastest Rate In 17 Years

  Published 05 July 2018 | viewed 1,088 times

  Is it a sign of economic high times when there are more jobs than there are U.S. workers who are interested in filling them? And…

• Three Key Takeaways From Mexico’s Elections

  Published 02 July 2018 | viewed 476 times

  Mexican elections have just ushered in the most powerful president in three decades, and he’s pursuing a leftist agenda of change buoyed by a public…

• Tech Employees Turn Activist Over Trump Immigration Policy

  Published 29 June 2018 | viewed 703 times

  Trump’s aggressive immigration measures that separated thousands of children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border crossing has sparked a round of protests from within…

• JPMorgan: Emerging Markets Heading Into Bear Territory

  Published 27 June 2018 | viewed 715 times

  Emerging market stocks have dropped three consecutive days as the bears take control and currencies take another hit, led by a very nervous Chinese yuan…

• U.S. Money Market Funds Post Highest Outflows Since 2011

  Published 22 June 2018 | viewed 943 times

  U.S. Money market funds have just posted record cash outflows for the week ended Wednesday. Net outflows for the week clocked in at $51 billion,…

• IMF Warns Of Doom And Gloom After G7 Circus

  Published 12 June 2018 | viewed 2,831 times

  Following a ‘doctrine’ best defined by a White House official as “We’re America, Bitch”, Trump has engaged in egotistical trade battle that has even drawn…

• Trade War Tensions Heat Up Following G7 Summit

  Published 11 June 2018 | viewed 529 times

  A photograph shared by German chancellor Angela Merkel largely sums up the disintegration of the G7, which turned into a juvenile sparring match that now…

• Facebook Looks To Fox, CNN To Combat Fake News

  Published 07 June 2018 | viewed 502 times

  Facebook is keen to turn its video ad business into another key revenue-generating platform, but to make it work, it’s going to have to deal…

• Citibank, DB To Fight Possible ‘Criminal Cartel’ Charges In Australia

  Published 04 June 2018 | viewed 1,962 times

  Amid an ongoing investigation in Australian banks, insurers, financial service providers and pensions funds for everything from rate-rigging to mistreating customers and questionable consumer lending…