Fred Dunkley

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• Amazon Bails On NYC

  Published 14 February 2019 | viewed 1,832 times

  After months of intoxicating build-up, Amazon has pulled the plug on plans to build an HQ2 corporate campus in New York City, after failing to…

• Billion Dollar Bust Proves The World Still Has A Drug Problem

  Published 06 February 2019 | viewed 2,521 times

  At the bare minimum, well over $1 billion was at stake this weekend when authorities seized almost 10 tons of cocaine from the cargo hold…

• How Big Pharma Is Profiting On The Opiate Problem They Created

  Published 31 January 2019 | viewed 7,473 times

  Being threatened lately on numerous fronts, opioids have witnessed a dramatic decline in sales, but it’s a monster that’s created another monster, so when opioid…

• Temporary Shutdown Deal Comes Just In Time To Pay Taxes

  Published 27 January 2019 | viewed 1,834 times

  The federal government isn’t working, so why should be paying them? That’s controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore’s simple solution to the government shutdown. It’s pure…

• Is Gold Heading To $1,500?

  Published 25 January 2019 | viewed 3,583 times

  Gold prices fell Wednesday as investors started to renew hunger for risk and started pulling out of safe-have assets, but my midday they were holding…

• Union Membership Hits Historic Low As Wage Gap Looms

  Published 22 January 2019 | viewed 6,443 times

  Membership in labor unions fell to just 10.5 percent last year to arrive at a figure that is the lowest since 1983, when the Bureau…

• Palladium Surpasses Gold As Demand Continues To Rise

  Published 18 January 2019 | viewed 3,717 times

  With supply fantastically tight in the face of increasing demand and Chinese policy moves that will boost demand further, palladium—the essential auto-catalyst metal—is now doing…

• How Advertisers Are Forced Into Politics

  Published 15 January 2019 | viewed 3,058 times

  Are liberal opponents conspiring to silence Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight show by getting advertisers to boycott, or are advertisers jumping ship because they don’t…

• Eat At Your Own Risk: FDA Not Inspecting Food

  Published 10 January 2019 | viewed 2,960 times

  Now might be a good time to take a break from eating dairy, seafood and fruits and vegetables entirely unless you own your own farm…

• Trump Fires Back As Big Pharma Hikes Drug Prices

  Published 08 January 2019 | viewed 3,302 times

  The announcement last week that Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire drugmaker Celgene in a $74-billion deal is a big bet on a line-up of cancer drugs…

• Is It Time To Buy The Stock Market Dip?

  Published 03 January 2019 | viewed 3,257 times

  In December, stock prices plunged as investors panicked, so is now the prime time to start buying? Some strategists think so. In a note to…

• Millennials Turn To Credit, Crypto This Holiday Season

  Published 24 December 2018 | viewed 2,458 times

  Millennials appear to be living out a Nietzsche style crisis these days—battling with contradictions of both Dionysian and Apollonian extremes. It’s the hunt for the…

• The Midwest’s Top Talent Is Looking For Greener Pastures

  Published 06 December 2018 | viewed 3,530 times

  If you have a set of specific set of skills, look no further than the Midwest for your next job. With lower unemployment and higher…

• Traders Euphoric After “Extraordinary” G20 Meeting

  Published 03 December 2018 | viewed 2,048 times

  The G20 went off better than most expected, with Trump reportedly playing an innocuous role as an actual diplomat; but the coup de grace for…

• U.S. Trade Deficit Reaches A Record High

  Published 29 November 2018 | viewed 2,318 times

  Despite—or because of—all the tariffs and the intensifying trade war, the U.S. goods trade deficit reached a record high in October, hitting $77.2 billion, based…

• Trump Takes Aim At General Motors

  Published 28 November 2018 | viewed 1,873 times

  A trade war that has sent steel prices soaring, a slowdown in new car sales and a miscalculated bet on smaller vehicles have pushed General…

• Online Shopping Just Got More Expensive

  Published 26 November 2018 | viewed 2,861 times

  While online retail businesses used to have to pay sales tax only in states where they had a physical presence, a June Supreme Court ruling…

• The Real Estate Reality Of America’s New Boom Cities

  Published 18 November 2018 | viewed 4,076 times

  The American coasts are draining thanks to the high cost of living and rising mortgage rates, feeding a migration of people that is poised to…

• NATO Hits Up Startups For Tech Evolution

  Published 15 November 2018 | viewed 2,202 times

  NATO has been suffering from an existential crisis since the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, and while the reemergence of a…

• Trump Lashes Out As Stocks Slip

  Published 12 November 2018 | viewed 2,133 times

  Democrats took control of the House of Representatives last week, and their first order of business is purportedly to take down the stock market by…