Josh Owens

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 21 Mar 2018

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• Two ETFs That Could Hedge Against Extreme Market Volatility

  Published 14 April 2022 | viewed 19,121 times

  Soaring inflation, Russia’s war on Ukraine, sanctions, uncertainty over global economic contraction and a pandemic that still hasn’t disappeared have investors playing a dubious guessing…

• World’s Richest Have Taken A $400B Wealth Cut Amid Ukraine Crisis

  Published 07 April 2022 | viewed 5,783 times

  Earlier in the year, news that the 10 richest men in the world had seen their global wealth double to $1.5tn since the beginning of…

• Another Strong Jobs Report, But Is It Enough?

  Published 04 March 2022 | viewed 9,781 times

  Just released, the February jobs report beat expectations in new payrolls and unemployment but failed to meet economists’ predictions with regard to higher wages. The…

• Is The Real Estate Boom On Its Last Legs?

  Published 02 March 2022 | viewed 6,954 times

  A super hot real estate market is about to get a reality check with rising mortgage rates. Rising mortgage rates in the U.S. in recent…

• China Still Rules the Counterfeit World, but It’s Not Alone

  Published 23 February 2022 | viewed 4,724 times

  Online shopping juggernaut, Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), is as daring as they come, but knows a lost cause when it sees one. After nearly two decades…

• Mega Deals Now Paint the Semiconductor Landscape

  Published 15 February 2022 | viewed 5,903 times

  Global semiconductor industry sales reached a record $555.9 billion last year, up 26% year on year, the highest ever annual total for the industry. The…

• VR Industry Boomed During Holiday Season

  Published 05 January 2022 | viewed 6,493 times

  After a disappointing Thanksgiving, the U.S. retail sector has roared back to life with holiday sales taking out new records. A fresh report by Mastercard…

• U.S. Cargo Theft Spikes Amid Huge Supply Chain Snarl Ups

  Published 18 November 2021 | viewed 3,737 times

  Sir Winston Chruchill once admonished leaders to never let a good crisis go to waste. Whereas the Covid-19 pandemic brought the majority of businesses to…

• ‘Unicorns’ Are Now Small Fry in the Era of ‘Decacorns’

  Published 23 October 2021 | viewed 3,501 times

  Private startups with $1-billion valuations were coined “unicorns” in 2013, and they’ve shocked and awed the markets. But it’s not about unicorns anymore. The new…

• Did Big Bank Earnings Just Signal ‘Real’ Economic Recovery?

  Published 19 October 2021 | viewed 3,391 times

  The Dow was up nearly 300 points early Friday on big bank earnings across the board that indicates to investors a truly recovering economy.  Earlier…

• US Airline Stocks Take A Beating On New EU Restrictions

  Published 04 September 2021 | viewed 3,771 times

  U.S. airline stocks just can’t catch a break, taking a hit on Monday as the European Union recommended its member states reinstate COVID-related travel restrictions…

• El Salvador’s Surprise Bitcoin Move

  Published 14 June 2021 | viewed 5,672 times

  Following a tough month, Bitcoin surged above $37,000 as the authorities of the Central American nation of El Salvador passed a law to adopt bitcoin…

• Elon Musk’s SpaceX Scores Big Win Over Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin

  Published 19 April 2021 | viewed 4,094 times

  The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space has been spearheaded by two tech moguls who view space as the next…

• Are Bots Responsible For GameStop’s Massive Runup? 

  Published 02 March 2021 | viewed 4,999 times

  In late January, in a short battle with Wall Street, an army of small investors on social media employed a classic Wall Street move to…

• JP Morgan Says Fintech Will Steal The Disruptor Show

  Published 24 February 2021 | viewed 5,412 times

  Despite the fact that bitcoin’s market value topped $1 trillion for the first time last week, and the cryptocurrency is up 94% year-to-date, JPMorgan thinks…

• Could This Simple Solution Make Every American A Millionaire?

  Published 07 December 2020 | viewed 5,609 times

  In order to make every retiree in the U.S. rich, while saving capitalism in the process, the U.S. government should give every American a stock…

• Did Amazon Just Democratize Prescription Drugs?

  Published 18 November 2020 | viewed 6,045 times

  Amazon has dominated nearly every ecommerce market niche it’s taken on. Now, it’s taking on online pharmacy. Will it dominate again? Not necessarily.  With a…

• UK Bookies Report Largest-Ever Political Bet Ahead Of Election Results

  Published 03 November 2020 | viewed 8,428 times

  As Americans practice the new art of patience in awaiting election results, which could take days, hundreds of scenarios are being tossed around and the…

• Banks Are Getting Rich On Pandemic Overdrafts

  Published 13 October 2020 | viewed 7,468 times

  America’s big banks make more than $11 billion worth of overdraft and related fees every year, and 2020 could break even more records due to…

• Waymo Set To Roll Out Fully Self-Driving Vehicles

  Published 11 October 2020 | viewed 8,517 times

  Waymo just announced its plans to deploy vehicles without backup safety drivers, making a major milestone in a sector that has witnessed many ups and…