Josh Owens

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 21 Mar 2018

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• New UK Tax Plan Targets Tech Giants

  Published 31 October 2018 | viewed 6,922 times

  Silicon Valley tech giants could be hit by a new plan in the UK that would tax their locally-generated revenues for the first time and…

• Stocks Mixed On Italy Turmoil, China Rebound

  Published 22 October 2018 | viewed 2,204 times

  Monday, October 22, 2018 Stocks continue to slide. The Italian Prime Minister tried to reassure the markets, vowing not to leave the Eurozone. Italy is…

• Chinese E-Commerce Giant Eyes Aggressive Expansion

  Published 20 October 2018 | viewed 12,140 times

  China’s No. 2 e-commerce giant, JD.com, will be opening its digital doors on Google platforms by the end of this year in a bid to…

• Stocks Continue To Slide As Economic Fears Fester

  Published 15 October 2018 | viewed 5,359 times

  Monday, October 15, 2018 Stocks continue to slide. Global equities continued on their downward trajectory at the start of the week, as trade tensions and…

• China Scrambles To Inject Liquidity Into Markets

  Published 08 October 2018 | viewed 3,550 times

  Monday, October 8, 2018 Global equities down on market uncertainty. Chinese authorities are clearly worried about their slowing economic growth. In recent months, China has…

• Fiscal Disaster In The Time of Populism

  Published 05 October 2018 | viewed 10,057 times

  This rise of populism is creating murky financial waters for both emerging and developed markets. Case in point, Italy, where the new populist government is…

• America's Trillion Dollar Credit Card Crisis

  Published 04 October 2018 | viewed 4,929 times

  There are only two reasons you should ever use a credit card if your goal is to someday be rich: cash-back rewards and convenience. That…

• Markets Near Record Highs Following NAFTA Deal

  Published 01 October 2018 | viewed 3,668 times

  NAFTA breakthrough lifts markets. The breakthrough in the NAFTA renegotiations lifted stocks on the first day of the fourth quarter, removing at least one of…

• Trump Escalates Tensions With China Through Weapons Deal

  Published 25 September 2018 | viewed 3,813 times

  While Washington slaps another $200 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese goods with one hand, it is offering a $330-million weapons deal to Taiwan with…

• Markets Uneasy As Tariffs Take Effect

  Published 24 September 2018 | viewed 2,741 times

  Monday, September 24, 2018 Markets down on economic fears. U.S. stocks dipped at the start of the week as trade tariffs took effect and Brent…

• The New King In Cannabis Markets

  Published 21 September 2018 | viewed 15,324 times

  Up until recently, short-sellers have been having a field day with cannabis stocks, but it’s now becoming a prohibitively expensive and extremely volatile game as…

• Bear-Market Risks At Highest In Nearly 50 Years

  Published 10 September 2018 | viewed 2,868 times

  Markets steady, U.S. economy strong, but risks ahead. Financial markets started out the week on solid footing awaiting key U.S. economic data. On Friday, another…

• Cost Of Living In The UK Is Out Of Control

  Published 04 September 2018 | viewed 3,791 times

  A new study has revealed that the rising cost of living is leaving millions of Britons with less than $9 a day to get by…

• Emerging Market Currency Crisis Raises Red Flags

  Published 03 September 2018 | viewed 3,393 times

  Monday, September 3, 2018 NAFTA, U.S.-China Trade war, emerging market turmoil. There are a handful of high-profile problems on the agenda this week. The last-minute…

• Stocks Move Higher As Fed Defends Gradual Rate Hikes

  Published 27 August 2018 | viewed 2,256 times

  Monday, August 27, 2018 Stocks rise on Fed outlook. Fed Chair Jerome Powell defended his policy of gradual rate tightening on Friday in Jackson Hole,…

• Wall Street Confident In Trade War Breakthrough

  Published 20 August 2018 | viewed 2,190 times

  Monday, August 20, 2018 Stocks up on positive trade sentiment. Wall Street started the week on an up note with investors feeling a bit less…

• Turkey’s Currency Crisis Raises Fears Of Contagion

  Published 13 August 2018 | viewed 2,038 times

  Monday, August 13, 2018 Week opens with market volatility. Stock markets started the week down on financial volatility. The currency turmoil in Turkey has led…

• China Is Ready For Trade War Escalation

  Published 06 August 2018 | viewed 2,106 times

  Monday, August 6, 2018 Stocks mixed, dollar rises on trade tensions. The U.S. dollar gained at the start of the week after China said it…

• Trade War Reports Send Markets Spinning

  Published 01 August 2018 | viewed 3,011 times

  Nothing moves markets these days like tariff battles, so reports Tuesday that the U.S. and China are actually holding private talks to prevent a full-blown…

• Have Markets Hit A Ceiling?

  Published 30 July 2018 | viewed 5,117 times

  Monday, July 30, 2018 S&P 500 nears record. The S&P 500 broke an all-time high in January, and the markets have seen a lot of…