David Craggen

Staff Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• Is This The End Of Social Media?

  Published 26 March 2018 | viewed 2,937 times

  For better or worse, social media is a weapon of mass persuasion--but in its meteoric rise, it’s gone from conventional to nuclear and while it…

• China Says It Doesn’t Fear Trade War

  Published 23 March 2018 | viewed 7,521 times

  The trade war looms large, but it’s not a done deal—yet. China’s response to Trump’s orders on Thursday to start making a list of Chinese…

• Dow Gains Despite Fed’s Rate Hike

  Published 21 March 2018 | viewed 2,009 times

  The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter-point—or 25 basis points--in a move widely expected by the market, despite the fact that it…

• China’s Soft Power Grab May Be Bad News For Emerging Economies

  Published 21 March 2018 | viewed 2,248 times

  China’s soft power is now of legendary proportions, and as it buys its way into key natural resource venues, the rest of the world should…

• Zuckerberg Dodges A Bullet As Facebook Loses Billions

  Published 20 March 2018 | viewed 9,297 times

  Facebook shares are still dropping after its worst one-day decline since 2012 yesterday, as data breaches affecting over 50 million uses makes things political and…

• Trump's Trade War Nears Boiling Point

  Published 19 March 2018 | viewed 2,567 times

  Monday, March 19, 2018 U.S. business pleads with Trump to avoid trade war with China. In the next round of the brewing trade war, the…

• Gold: The Religion Of Currency

  Published 18 March 2018 | viewed 5,513 times

  It’s been said that Bitcoin has no true value. Fair enough. But neither does cash—and neither does gold. In fact, nothing in this world has…

• Snap Shares Tank Over ‘Slap Rihanna’ Campaign

  Published 16 March 2018 | viewed 2,382 times

  As Snapchat tries to take on Instagram for celebrity user market share, a ‘Slap Rihanna’ advertising scheme prompted blowback from Rihanna that sent Snap shares…

• Morgan Stanley’s Top 10 Short-Term Stock Picks

  Published 15 March 2018 | viewed 4,673 times

  As the market toys with whether it wants to end its bull run or keep it going, and as trade war fears and inflation jitters…

• Bitcoin Is Winning Over The Housing Market

  Published 15 March 2018 | viewed 2,560 times

  Wild volatility isn’t doing anything to dampen the real estate industry’s interest in cryptocurrencies, and it’s not just about luxury properties whose buyers made windfalls…

• Why Bitcoin Isn’t Plunging On Google Ad Pull

  Published 14 March 2018 | viewed 2,210 times

  The past 12 hours have been a psychological rollercoaster for bitcoin sentiment, with a comprehensive Google ad ban threatening to spark a sell-off, but major…

• Why The White House Killed This $140 Billion Tech Deal

  Published 13 March 2018 | viewed 2,403 times

  A massive Singapore chipmaker tried a $140-billion hostile takeover of its American semiconductor rival, Qualcomm, and failed when Trump killed the deal over national security…

• Billionaires Only: The Most Exclusive Hotels In The World

  Published 12 March 2018 | viewed 14,522 times

  You might think the most expensive hotel, and the most sought after in the world, is somewhere princes reside—where dropping $150,000 is simply ‘breakfast’. Somewhere…

• Amazon’s Bid For A Monopoly On Everything

  Published 12 March 2018 | viewed 3,570 times

  First it was retail. Now it’s banking, and soon enough it might be tourism, too. Amazon started in e-commerce, but where it will end seems…

• World's 'Most Hated CEO' Gets 7 Years In Prison

  Published 09 March 2018 | viewed 11,544 times

  Martin Shkreli isn’t challenging the government any longer. The ‘Pharma Bro’ fraudster convicted of misleading investors to the tune of $10.4 million—has just been sentenced…

• PayPal Gets A Boost From Its Crypto Patent

  Published 08 March 2018 | viewed 2,771 times

  PayPal’s stock is up over 3.7 percent in the past week after the digital transactions giant hinted that it’s ready to leap into the cryptocurrency…

• Flying Homes And Floating Cities: How Billionaires Travel

  Published 07 March 2018 | viewed 9,154 times

  In the early 1900s, John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV was thought to be among the richest people in the world, with a net worth of…

• Trade War Fears Rattle Wall Street After Cohn Exit

  Published 07 March 2018 | viewed 2,947 times

  For anyone celebrating the higher close of the Dow on Tuesday—the elation was short-lived. The sudden, after-hours resignation of Trump’s economic advisor and the key…

• U.S. Crypto Exchange Faces Insider Trading Charges

  Published 06 March 2018 | viewed 3,084 times

  Only minutes after Coinbase made the sudden announcement that it would start trading Bitcoin Cash (BCH) on 19 December 2017. The price of the coin…

• How Are Corporations Using Their Tax Savings?

  Published 06 March 2018 | viewed 3,842 times

  Money saved from taxes this year is going to share buybacks, with J.P. Morgan expecting companies to spend up to $800 billion on their own…