Josh Owens

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 21 Mar 2018

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• Italy Launches New Welfare Experiment

  Published 12 March 2019 | viewed 1,898 times

  Italy has launched its so-called “citizens' income” welfare program designed to reduce poverty, and the new  anti-establishment government is clearly hoping to fund the populist…

• Trade Talks Dominate Market Sentiment

  Published 18 February 2019 | viewed 4,533 times

  Monday, February 18, 2019 Choppy trading ahead of busy week. Global stocks were shaky on Monday as U.S.-China trade talks head into a crucial week.…

• Medical Bankruptcy Is Killing The American Middle Class

  Published 13 February 2019 | viewed 7,529 times

  A new study has found that a horrifying 530,000 families turn to bankruptcy each year due to medical bills they can’t pay. In the end,…

• Markets Turn Bullish After Bad Fourth Quarter

  Published 11 February 2019 | viewed 1,939 times

  Monday, February 11, 2019 Stocks up at start of week. U.S. and European equities were up at the start of trading on Monday on hopes…

• Investors Anxious Ahead Of Big Week

  Published 28 January 2019 | viewed 5,123 times

  Monday, January 28, 2019 Markets down at start of big week. U.S. stocks opened up in the red on Monday due to investor anxiety over…

• Markets Downbeat On China Trade Data

  Published 21 January 2019 | viewed 4,251 times

  Monday, January 21, 2019 Stocks fall at start of the week. Stocks opened down on Monday on news that China’s GDP rate fell to a…

• Dissecting Europe's Massive Tennis Match-Fixing Scandal

  Published 17 January 2019 | viewed 2,159 times

  Tennis apparently doesn’t pay, unless you’re at the level of one of the Williams sisters, or Federer. For the rest of them, it’s a massively…

• China’s Souring Economy Drags Down Global Equities

  Published 14 January 2019 | viewed 2,146 times

  Monday, January 14, 2019 Stocks fall on China data. China released new data that suggests the economy is sliding deeper into a slowdown. The data…

• Cautious Optimism Returns On Trade Thaw And Fed Hesitation

  Published 07 January 2019 | viewed 2,019 times

  Markets open up on trade optimism. Global markets posted strong gains on Monday on hopes that the U.S. and China are making headway on their…

• Is Disney Becoming Inaccessible For Everyone But The Rich?

  Published 05 January 2019 | viewed 8,798 times

  Disney Parks and Resorts brought in a whopping $4.5 billion in operating profits for fiscal 2018, rewarding its visitors with two price increases in the…

• Bad News Builds For Global Markets

  Published 17 December 2018 | viewed 3,198 times

  Monday, December 17, 2018 Markets down slightly ahead of busy week. U.S. stocks were down at the opening on Monday. The dollar slipped ahead of…

• Markets Hit By Economic Fears, Political Turmoil in U.S. And Europe

  Published 10 December 2018 | viewed 1,825 times

  Monday, December 10, 2018 Market turmoil continues. Global stocks were hit hard at the end of last week, and the selloff continued on Monday. The…

• Cautious Optimism As South Africa Snaps Out Of Recession

  Published 05 December 2018 | viewed 2,176 times

  For South Africa, the third quarter of this year marked the end of a surprise recession, with 2.2-percent annualized GDP growth thanks largely to the…

• Trade War Truce Sends Markets Soaring

  Published 03 December 2018 | viewed 2,119 times

  Monday, December 3, 2018 Trade war truce. The U.S. and China declared a truce in the trade war, sending global markets shooting up. Commodity prices…

• Elite Santas Earn More Than You Think

  Published 30 November 2018 | viewed 2,304 times

  If you thought Santa was just a random, down-on-his-luck and possibly drunk old man your nearest mall pulled off the street for some cheap help…

• Can Zuckerberg Survive Facebook’s Stock Selloff?

  Published 28 November 2018 | viewed 6,167 times

  After losing $200 billion in value since its peak in July, with stock plummeting 40 percent in only four months, Mark Zuckerberg’s longevity as Facebook’s…

• Fears Of An Economic Slowdown Grow

  Published 26 November 2018 | viewed 3,140 times

  Negative economic signals. The WTO said that trade momentum slowed in the third quarter and is likely to continue to slow in the last three…

• Italy’s Budget Defiance Sends Bond Yields Soaring

  Published 15 November 2018 | viewed 2,226 times

  Italy had until Tuesday this week to respond to the European Commission’s demands over its outsized budget, and it hasn’t disappointed its new populist-leaning voters:…

• Dollar Rally Drags Down Commodities

  Published 12 November 2018 | viewed 1,947 times

  Monday, November 12, 2018 Markets down to start the week. Global stocks saw a sea of red ink on Monday as the dollar strengthened to…

• Asia Turmoil Shakes Up Equities Markets Ahead Of Mid-Terms

  Published 05 November 2018 | viewed 1,942 times

  Monday, November 5, 2018 Stocks flat after Asia volatility and big political week in U.S. U.S. and European stocks opened flat on Monday after a…