Josh Owens

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 21 Mar 2018

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• Trump And Biden: How The Stocks Divvy Up

  Published 30 September 2020 | viewed 7,039 times

  Stocks are just as polarized as people these days. After all, the market is mostly run on sentiment, so it only stands to reason.  Whether…

• Will Air-Based Protein Be Our Future Food?

  Published 15 September 2020 | viewed 10,799 times

  Food waste and the flip side of the problem--food shortages--aren’t recent problems, but it’s only been in the past few years that next-generation startups have…

• Delivery Drones Are Coming Sooner Than You Think

  Published 13 September 2020 | viewed 7,024 times

  The world’s largest retailer, Walmart, just launched a pilot project on delivering select groceries and essential items using automated drones, and the implications are enormous,…

• Today’s Young Adults Aren’t Leaving the Nest

  Published 10 September 2020 | viewed 10,990 times

  The pandemic has given greater impetus to the phenomenon of young adults living with their parents, even post-college, and for once, it doesn’t necessarily mean…

• Half Of America Is Still Afraid Of The Stock Market

  Published 03 September 2020 | viewed 6,158 times

  Will the wild successes of stocks like Tesla, Apple or Amazon create enough FOMO to bring mainstream America into the stock investing world? Maybe, but…

• The Streaming War Has Gone Global

  Published 24 August 2020 | viewed 6,142 times

  With millions of people stuck at home during the pandemic, either under orders or out of cautious fear, streaming services have seen a big surge…

• Dead Malls Could Be Amazon’s Next Target

  Published 10 August 2020 | viewed 8,281 times

  Amazon is reportedly in talks to team up with Simon Property Group, the biggest U.S. mall owner, to convert bankrupt megastores into fulfillment centers. Wall…

• Markets Up On Stimulus Hope

  Published 06 August 2020 | viewed 3,159 times

  Stocks rose for a fifth straight day Thursday, led again by tech, as the Labor Department’s latest report showed that new jobs claims were down…

• Republicans Unveil Stimulus 2.0

  Published 27 July 2020 | viewed 2,638 times

  With $600 weekly unemployment benefits expiring in the U.S. Monday, and with cities embracing for a spate of evictions, the Republicans have now finalized their…

• Global Corporate Debt Soars To $9 Trillion

  Published 13 July 2020 | viewed 6,383 times

  U.S. companies are set to start releasing second-quarter earnings tomorrow, but it’s against the backdrop of $1 trillion in new global debt that will be…

• Chinese Stocks Soar On Bullish Economic Data

  Published 07 July 2020 | viewed 7,348 times

  While Americans have trouble following state orders to wear masks to protect themselves and others, the Chinese were told by the authorities to invest in…

• E-Commerce Explodes As Boomers Go Digital

  Published 28 June 2020 | viewed 4,468 times

  Things like test-driving, touching the fruit before you buy it, or even trying on clothes prior to purchase won’t be so important from here on…

• U.S. Banks Have Seen $2 Trillion In Deposits Since January

  Published 22 June 2020 | viewed 4,178 times

  US banks have managed a historic first: They’ve taken in so much cash this year that it’s breaking all precedents. In April, US banks took…

• The Travel Stock Trap

  Published 10 June 2020 | viewed 3,179 times

  Against all odds, airline stocks enjoyed their best weekly gains in history last week, and even Carnival cruises soared as investors--many of them younger novices…

• Regulators Force Insurance Companies To Offer Discounts

  Published 07 June 2020 | viewed 3,551 times

  Major health insurance companies have started to offer discounts to their customers due to the pandemic, but it wasn’t out of the goodness of their…

• The Trillion Dollar Space Race Crosses Another Milestone

  Published 27 May 2020 | viewed 4,723 times

  On October 3rd, 1942, Germany’s V-2 A4 rocket became the first-ever man-made object to reach space. 15 years and one day later, the Sovie Union…

• The Multi-Billion Dollar Race For A Vaccine

  Published 26 May 2020 | viewed 1,931 times

    The Multi-Billion-Dollar COVID-19 Vaccine Game   A week ago today, investors made a $1.3-billion bet on Moderna (NYSE:MRNA), one of the players in the…

• The Bitcoin Miner That Is Paid To Do Nothing

  Published 25 May 2020 | viewed 16,414 times

  In 2017, bitcoin burst into the global consciousness when it soared from below $1,000 to nearly $20,000. It then just as quickly dropped out of…

• Chinese Investment In The U.S. Has Plunged By 90%

  Published 13 May 2020 | viewed 2,914 times

  Since Trump took office, Chinese investment in the US has plunged nearly 90%, with Chinese direct investment falling last year to its lowest level since…

• Household Debt Tops $14.3 Trillion In The United States

  Published 11 May 2020 | viewed 3,250 times

  Credit card debt is soaring, but banks aren’t attracting anyone to new deals as COVID-19 proves to be less of a boon for creditors than…