Josh Owens

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 21 Mar 2018

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• The Royal Wedding Could Bring Billions Into The UK

  Published 18 May 2018 | viewed 2,521 times

  Saturday’s royal wedding of Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle could end up being a billion-dollar boom for the UK economy as tourists descend on…

• Japan Threatens U.S. With $400M In Tariffs

  Published 17 May 2018 | viewed 2,153 times

  Japan is giving the U.S. something to think about as Beijing begins trade talks in Washington today, with Tokyo saying it is considering over $400…

• Australia Looks To Ban Cash Payments Over $10,000

  Published 15 May 2018 | viewed 2,875 times

  In the fight against terrorist financing, drug trafficking, money-laundering and tax evasion, Australia has moved to ban the use of cash in any transactions over…

• Markets Bounce Back As Trade War Fears Fade

  Published 14 May 2018 | viewed 1,621 times

  Monday, May 14, 2018 Markets briefly rally, but trim gains on Mideast tension. The U.S. and China ratcheted down tough trade talk over the weekend,…

• Could Trump’s Iran Move Jeopardize Saudi Arabia's “Vision 2030?”

  Published 10 May 2018 | viewed 1,906 times

  Saudi Arabia’s main geopolitical goal right now is to cripple Iran’s ability to fight proxy wars in Yemen and Syria, and oil prices are its…

• “Defective At Its Core”: Trump Scraps The Iran Deal

  Published 08 May 2018 | viewed 7,273 times

  Trump has announced that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, calling it “defective at its core”. He has also allegedly vowed…

• Markets Soaring Alongside Oil Prices

  Published 07 May 2018 | viewed 1,788 times

  Monday, May 7, 2018 Oil prices hit 3-year highs as key deadline looms on Iran deal. WTI topped $70 per barrel for the first time…

• China's Mind Reading Technology

  Published 02 May 2018 | viewed 3,923 times

  China continues to roll out the dystopian society high-tech gear, with media now reporting that some companies are monitoring their employees’ brain waves in an…

• The Hottest Investment Sector Of The Year

  Published 30 April 2018 | viewed 2,426 times

  Monday, April 30, 2018 Markets up on earnings, peace talks between North and South Korea. A diplomatic breakthrough on the Korean Peninsula has reduced global…

• Millennial Men Are Looking For A Sugar Mama

  Published 28 April 2018 | viewed 3,092 times

  It may not be love at first sight, but the prospect of finding a wife who can pay off your student debt is tantalizing—at least…

• China's Orwellian Social Media Machine

  Published 25 April 2018 | viewed 8,414 times

  The individuals that make up a society are often their own worst enemies, and social media networks are the weapons that they use against themselves.…

• Was Finland’s Universal Basic Income Program A Failure?

  Published 24 April 2018 | viewed 4,666 times

  While it lasted, Finland’s social experiment that gave 2,000 unemployed people nearly $700 a month with zero strings attached was a decent take home for…

• Markets On Edge As Treasury Yields Spike

  Published 23 April 2018 | viewed 1,947 times

  Monday, April 23, 2018 Markets fear rising bond yields. The bond vigilantes aren’t exactly wreaking havoc on global finance just yet, but yields on 10-year…

• Is London Still The Financial Capital Of The World?

  Published 20 April 2018 | viewed 2,364 times

  The 2018 Global Regulatory Outlook report by Duff & Phelps might continue to keep London at the top of the list of leading global financial…

• Africa’s Fastest Growing Economy

  Published 19 April 2018 | viewed 2,599 times

  Africa is being remade by the Chinese, and there’s no better example than agrarian Ethiopia, which was the poorest country in the world not too…

• How Student Debt Could Cause The Next Real Estate Crisis

  Published 18 April 2018 | viewed 2,477 times

  An astounding 10 percent of all outstanding personal debt in the United States comes from the unbearable $1.4-trillion student debt load—a high-dollar fact that could…

• Five Things To Consider Before Investing In An IPO

  Published 17 April 2018 | viewed 1,813 times

  As the IPO wave hits tsunami proportions, there has probably never been a more exciting time to get in on these offerings. Just thinking about…

• Markets Bounce Back As Geopolitical Fears Subside

  Published 16 April 2018 | viewed 2,027 times

  Monday, April 16, 2018 Oil drops as Syria fears abate. Oil prices spiked last week as the U.S. considered airstrikes against Syria, threatening to further…

• The U.S. Has A $1.4 Trillion Pension Problem

  Published 14 April 2018 | viewed 2,295 times

  U.S. state pension funds need at least $4 trillion to pay benefits they promised government workers and they only have $2.6 trillion, so filling in…

• Markets Rebound As Trump Plays Down Trade War

  Published 09 April 2018 | viewed 2,713 times

  Monday, April 9, 2018 Stocks move higher as trade fears ease. Last week, news surfaced that President Trump was considering an additional $100 billion in…