Fred Dunkley

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• The Meme Stock Craze Could Lose Out to Crypto

  Published 17 January 2022 | viewed 10,037 times

  Last year, we witnessed a brand new, digital-powered pump-and-dump scheme emerge in the U.S. stock markets whereby retail investors regularly gathered on popular digital discussion…

• China’s Road To Tech Independence

  Published 11 January 2022 | viewed 11,798 times

  Two years ago, at the height of the U.S.-China trade war, a simple visit to an obscure factory by Chinese President Xi Jinping was all…

• Another Banner Year for Billionaires

  Published 03 January 2022 | viewed 5,408 times

  Unsurprisingly, last year was very fruitful for the wealthy. In 2021, the top 10 richest people added $402 billion to their wealth, according to Bloomberg’s…

• Airlines Want The Government To Ditch Emergency Testing For Covid-19

  Published 21 December 2021 | viewed 4,117 times

  Nowadays, the travel industry never seems to catch a proper break. After enduring extended downtime last year and early this year due to global lockdowns…

• The Service Robot Industry Is Booming

  Published 20 December 2021 | viewed 10,534 times

  Picture this: on a hot Saturday afternoon, a customer walks up to a Robofusion kiosk and orders ice cream. They choose what they want on…

• Fintech Valuations Have Grown Red-Hot

  Published 13 December 2021 | viewed 6,648 times

  On December 8, 2021, one of the most anticipated U.S.-listed initial public offerings from a fintech company took place. The Brazilian startup Nu Holdings Ltd…

• Stocks Tumble After Moderna Chief Warns Existing Vaccines Could Be Less Effectiv

  Published 30 November 2021 | viewed 5,977 times

  A couple of weeks ago, Morgan Stanley became the latest analyst to join the Wall Street bear club, predicting that the U.S.stock market bull run…

• U.S.-China Trade War Has Under Biden

  Published 26 November 2021 | viewed 5,141 times

  When former U.S. President Donald Trump ascended into the Oval Office in January 2017, he kicked off his presidency by investigating unfair trade practices in…

• The Cryptic Squid Strikes, Netting Scammers Nearly $4M

  Published 05 November 2021 | viewed 6,544 times

  The Squid game series was good for Netflix’ financial results, Halloween costume sellers and … even cryptocurrency scammers who have amassed a small fortune by…

• October Jobs Impress but Inflation Threatens Recovery

  Published 05 November 2021 | viewed 6,630 times

  The US economy added 531,000 jobs in October, beating economists’ predictions by more than 80,000 and making up for a more disappointing September.   Overall, an…

• 2021’s Black Friday Bummer

  Published 03 November 2021 | viewed 5,138 times

  In order to keep their children's Christmas spirit, parents are facing an odd challenge for this holiday season: how to explain Santa’s low inventory caused…

• Buy-Now-Pay-Later Is A Huge Threat to Credit Cards

  Published 01 November 2021 | viewed 10,521 times

  Fintech may be storing all its cash in conventional banks, but make no mistake, companies like Square, PayPal and others are revolutionizing money, and there’s…

• Microsoft Passes Apple As World’s Most Valuable Company Amid Stellar Earnings

  Published 29 October 2021 | viewed 5,280 times

  Earnings season is here with us once again, with nearly a quarter of S&P 500 companies having reported third-quarter 2021 earnings. According to the latest…

• 3 IPOs from Big to Small Coming Our Way

  Published 28 October 2021 | viewed 4,172 times

  This year’s IPO market is breaking new records and the year isn’t even over yet.  Renaissance Capital expected 375 deals to close out the year,…

• $12M Seized in Massive US-Dubai Money-Laundering Raid

  Published 26 October 2021 | viewed 4,948 times

  In the era when people are busy reading about ransomware and cyber and crypto crime, old-fashioned money-laundering ends up being neglected, but it’s alive, and…

• Apple Capitalizes On Upward Momentum Ahead Of Earnings

  Published 18 October 2021 | viewed 3,156 times

  Shedding gains since September, and with a global chip shortage still threatening tech stocks, Apple’s upcoming quarterly earnings results are coming into clearer focus, but…

• The Cannabis Industry Is Looking To Fill The Employment Gap

  Published 18 October 2021 | viewed 4,460 times

  What do you want to be when you grow up … a dentist, an engineer, or a “budtender”? The cannabis industry is absorbing a significant…

• Is Crypto Finally Ready To Pay The Piper?

  Published 12 October 2021 | viewed 6,750 times

  Last December, the outgoing Trump administration said it was preparing a few measures that would, among other things, strip anonymity from cryptocurrency. However, the Biden…

• Even The Mafia Has A Millennial Problem

  Published 08 October 2021 | viewed 4,790 times

  Generation warfare goes back to the Greek ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and can be found in the strangest of places, including the mafia.  It is…

• US Retail Has A Major Supply Chain Problem

  Published 04 October 2021 | viewed 4,167 times

  KFC is out of chicken, and Burger King is short on fries, while Starbucks is bemoaning a coffee crunch, and toilet paper is once again…