Fred Dunkley

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• American Education Continues To Fall Behind China

  Published 13 August 2019 | viewed 5,116 times

  Billionaires know what American education should focus on: It’s a four-letter acronym that is set to determine the future of the economy, but America is…

• The Road To Recession Is Paved By Tariffs

  Published 06 August 2019 | viewed 3,031 times

  With Trump declaring another 10 percent tariff on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese goods by September, and with China retaliating through currency and agriculture,…

• Ten Extravagant Food Items For The Wealthy Only

  Published 14 July 2019 | viewed 5,490 times

  Most people don't mind paying for an expensive perfectly prepared steak or gourmet lobster dinner, but how about an $11,000 bunch of grapes--or just one,…

• Many Americans Will Never Stop Working

  Published 10 July 2019 | viewed 5,218 times

  The word “retirement” used to describe the well-deserved free time that one earned after a long and productive work life. Not anymore.   Today, 23 percent…

• Erdogan Fires Central Bank Head As Desperation Grows

  Published 08 July 2019 | viewed 9,796 times

  The Turkish president is getting desperate. Not only does he have a rival for the first time in many years after his party lost elections…

• The Price Of Independence: Billions Spent On Beer, Fireworks, Food, And Tanks

  Published 04 July 2019 | viewed 3,262 times

  Americans spend billions each year on food, beer and fireworks, and President Trump is looking to take the holiday spending one step further Breaking with…

• Markets On Edge As Trump Doubles Down On Anti-Powell Rhetoric

  Published 27 June 2019 | viewed 4,397 times

  Trump “made” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, the president claims in his most recent public lashing out at the central bank head. In fact, Trump…

• Will The Stock Market Really Crash If Trump Isn’t Re-Elected?

  Published 17 June 2019 | viewed 4,964 times

  Trump’s latest 2020 campaign ploy is a threat that the stock market will crash if he’s not elected, despite the fact that a stock market…

• Disney Heiress Asks “Is There Such A Thing As Too Much?”

  Published 22 May 2019 | viewed 4,609 times

  In a slowing brewing debate about the nature of American capitalism, the heiress of Disney is now chiming in--from the sidelines--to address CEO salaries and…

• Executive Order Targets Huawei Over Espionage

  Published 17 May 2019 | viewed 5,441 times

  Everything’s a national security concern these days, but while auto tariffs might have squeaked through on that rule are a bit shaky, Trump’s executive order…

• Beijing Backlash: Stocks Slammed, Gold Boosted

  Published 13 May 2019 | viewed 6,116 times

  In a classic flight-to-safety trade, U.S. equities have opened sharply in the red while gold has gained in early morning trade on Monday after Beijing…

• Soaring Healthcare Costs Jeopardize Retirement In America

  Published 24 April 2019 | viewed 8,333 times

  Retirement means something quite different in America today: Increasingly, it is being redefined as “laboring in old age”. In fact, the Baby Boomers that are…

• Trump Blames Fed For 10,000-Point Stock Market Loss

  Published 15 April 2019 | viewed 5,137 times

  While the Fed has reversed its interest rate hike path, Trump still has the agency in his sites, now blaming it for shaving as much…

• The Biggest Problem In The Cashless Revolution

  Published 04 April 2019 | viewed 15,937 times

  Cash is cumbersome, dirty and increasingly too tangible for our digital desires. And while we’ve already given it up to a fair extent for the…

• The World Of Apple Just Got A Lot Bigger

  Published 26 March 2019 | viewed 7,596 times

  Apple is no longer about iPhones, and while iPhone sales figures have stubbornly continued to shape investor sentiment, the plan was always a monumental shifting…

• Saudis Eye Billions As Stocks Get Emerging Market Boost

  Published 20 March 2019 | viewed 11,288 times

  Saudi Arabia is now hoping to see billions of dollars pour into their stocks as they are finally added to emerging markets indexes this week,…

• Homeowners Experiment With Risky New Investment Trend

  Published 18 March 2019 | viewed 3,310 times

  With economists predicting the rise of mortgage rates in 2019, and with the U.S. housing market looking less than spectacular as of the first quarter…

• Hollywood Agency Returns $400M Investment To Saudi Wealth Fund

  Published 13 March 2019 | viewed 2,198 times

  California-based Endeavor talent agency is putting its money where its geopolitical mouth is, returning a $400-million investment from Saudi Arabia by way of protesting the…

• The Kremlin Moves To Control The Internet

  Published 11 March 2019 | viewed 2,608 times

  In a thinly veiled attempt to gain control of the internet, the Russian State Duma has passed two bills designed to do two things: ostensibly…

• U.S. Homebuilding Tumbles To Two-Year Low

  Published 27 February 2019 | viewed 1,856 times

  According to a report from the Commerce Department (it’s a month late thanks to the federal government shutdown), housing construction dropped 11.2 percent to a…