Josh Owens

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 21 Mar 2018

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• What Will Post-Coronavirus Education Look Like?

  Published 05 May 2020 | viewed 2,641 times

  America has been in the throes of an educational crisis for a long time, with skyrocketing tuition that has made many rethink the value and…

• Pandemic Puts Final Nail In Brick-And-Mortar Coffin

  Published 27 April 2020 | viewed 4,621 times

  American brick-and-mortar retail has been having a tough time for the past three years, and the pandemic might just finish it off altogether, turning physical…

• 6 Obnoxious COVID-19 Spends For The Rich

  Published 22 April 2020 | viewed 5,047 times

  In the American economic shutdown, the poor are suffering loss of jobs because they’re not benefitting from wealthy spending sprees amid COVID-19, while the rich…

• Your Job May Be Pointless After COVID-19

  Published 19 April 2020 | viewed 6,230 times

  Not so long ago, milkmen, gas station attendants, and movie theater projectionists, for instance, were common professions; but then at some point in our technological…

• It’s State vs Fed As Economy Faces 18 Months Of Shutdown

  Published 15 April 2020 | viewed 4,577 times

  Now that the number of new cases of coronavirus has declined over two consecutive days, the U.S. administration sees a window of opportunity to argue…

• The Chinese Billionaires Defying COVID Losses

  Published 09 April 2020 | viewed 4,631 times

  Since the beginning of 2020 and the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s richest 500 people have lost $1.3 trillion, or about 22% of…

• Renters Are Striking As COVID Reshapes Real Estate

  Published 08 April 2020 | viewed 3,743 times

  Millions of Americans are under the “Stay-at-home” order, but they’re also probably wondering right now whether they will be able to keep the home in…

• Gold Is Still A Safe Haven, But Not Very Alluring

  Published 05 April 2020 | viewed 8,986 times

  Gold bugs were likely counting on the coronavirus leading to a major rally for gold, but it’s not happening. We may see gold gain some…

• America Has Shed 500,000 Millionaires Since The Coronavirus Lockdown Began

  Published 31 March 2020 | viewed 3,674 times

  More than 3 million Americans lost their jobs in the single week ending on March 21st, as the economy went into full-on lockdown due to…

• Bidet Bonanza: Defying The Toilet Paper Shortage

  Published 26 March 2020 | viewed 2,507 times

  After a month of fabulous sales, could the toilet paper industry now be facing a threat it had not anticipated? This and many other lifestyle…

• 5 Ways To Beat The Coronavirus Quarantine Doldrums

  Published 19 March 2020 | viewed 3,551 times

  In many ways, the suddenly strict social-distancing measures that we are all forced to take as we do our part to both keep ourselves and…

• 32 Million Americans Could Be Out Of A Job Soon

  Published 18 March 2020 | viewed 5,460 times

  A new poll shows nearly 19% of Americans have been laid off from their jobs or have experienced a reduction in their work hours as…

• Nothing Like A Pandemic For A Spur Of Creative Capitalism

  Published 12 March 2020 | viewed 5,139 times

  Times like these--when a virus is highly threatening but law and order haven’t broken down--can often bring out the good in people. But it also…

• Market Takes Deep Breath After Fed Cut, Biden Win

  Published 04 March 2020 | viewed 3,261 times

  The Fed spooked the markets further on Tuesday with an emergency rate cut, while JP Morgan let everyone know it was considering a coronavirus-induced plan…

• Dow Posts Record Gains Despite Robinhood Meltdown

  Published 02 March 2020 | viewed 3,052 times

  The market oversell is already well past the point of rationality, and that’s when the vultures start swarming, feeding the panic and making the selloff…

• The Markets And The Media Have Overhyped Coronavirus

  Published 02 March 2020 | viewed 2,918 times

  In my last article, Are Oil Markets Overreacting To The Coronavirus?, I warned of the power of media hype when it comes to epidemics. The…

• Fighting For Survival In The Streaming War

  Published 20 February 2020 | viewed 4,265 times

  The streaming war is getting more intense, people are cutting their cable cords in record numbers, and that means merger mania ... Rival TV providers…

• Coronavirus: Much Ado About Nothing?

  Published 09 February 2020 | viewed 3,535 times

  In a world that has been reshaped by Twitter, 24-hour news networks and an endless war between media outlets for your attention and the ad…

• The American Dream Is Turning Into A Nightmare For Millennials

  Published 06 February 2020 | viewed 4,920 times

  Recent studies are showing that more and more Americans would rather choose to rent than buy a home due to the high cost and financial…

• These Millionaires Are Looking To Close The Income Gap

  Published 28 January 2020 | viewed 5,235 times

  Disney will probably not be making a movie any time soon about “Patriotic Millionaires,” an interesting group of some 200 members who are fighting their…