• 383 days Could Crypto Overtake Traditional Investment?
  • 388 days Americans Still Quitting Jobs At Record Pace
  • 390 days FinTech Startups Tapping VC Money for ‘Immigrant Banking’
  • 393 days Is The Dollar Too Strong?
  • 393 days Big Tech Disappoints Investors on Earnings Calls
  • 394 days Fear And Celebration On Twitter as Musk Takes The Reins
  • 396 days China Is Quietly Trying To Distance Itself From Russia
  • 396 days Tech and Internet Giants’ Earnings In Focus After Netflix’s Stinker
  • 400 days Crypto Investors Won Big In 2021
  • 400 days The ‘Metaverse’ Economy Could be Worth $13 Trillion By 2030
  • 401 days Food Prices Are Skyrocketing As Putin’s War Persists
  • 404 days Pentagon Resignations Illustrate Our ‘Commercial’ Defense Dilemma
  • 404 days US Banks Shrug off Nearly $15 Billion In Russian Write-Offs
  • 407 days Cannabis Stocks in Holding Pattern Despite Positive Momentum
  • 408 days Is Musk A Bastion Of Free Speech Or Will His Absolutist Stance Backfire?
  • 408 days Two ETFs That Could Hedge Against Extreme Market Volatility
  • 410 days Are NFTs About To Take Over Gaming?
  • 411 days Europe’s Economy Is On The Brink As Putin’s War Escalates
  • 414 days What’s Causing Inflation In The United States?
  • 415 days Intel Joins Russian Exodus as Chip Shortage Digs In

Markets / Economy

Alt Text

Can Domestic Tourism Bolster Emerging Economies?

May 26, 2020 at 16:00

The global economic landscape is changing, and since 1994 OBG has been at the frontier of mapping new waves of emerging economies. OBG now operates in many of the world's…

Alt Text

Africa Turns To Innovation Amid The Global Pandemic

May 26, 2020 at 11:00

The Covid-19 pandemic, while treacherous for economies, inspires self-reliance and innovation in Africa, particularly around food production

Alt Text

Will Government COVID Intervention Cause Inflation?

May 26, 2020 at 09:00

Economists and parts of the media are openly debating whether the massive financial support that is being injected into the economy and the resulting unprecedented levels of debt governments are…

Alt Text

Capital Gain vs. Capital Consumption

May 25, 2020 at 13:00

There is an important difference between when the price of an asset rises due to an increase in value vs when it rises due to a drop in the interest…

Alt Text

Social Security Could Dry Up In Less Than A Decade

May 21, 2020 at 11:00

Options for Social Security are extremely limited

Alt Text

Europe On The Brink Of Economic Crisis

May 20, 2020 at 17:00

France, heartbeat of the European social ideal, is facing an existential crisis caused by the impact of the lockdown of its economy, and it's not alone

Alt Text

Mining Industry Loses $6.9 Billion In Production

May 01, 2020 at 10:00

Covid-19 has impacted the mining industry across the globe as governments enforce lockdowns and quarantines and companies halt operations because workers and contractors can’t get on-site due to restrictions.

Alt Text

The Origins Of Globalization

Apr 28, 2020 at 12:00

The year 1000 marked the first time that many regional trade routes connected and ideas began circling the globe

Alt Text

Loans From China: A Private Political Hot Potato

Apr 26, 2020 at 18:00

As of mid-2016, Donald Trump, real estate developer and television celebrity, had investments in or owned 500 companies in at least 20 countries.

Alt Text

Will The Fed Bail Out Big Oil?

Apr 25, 2020 at 12:00

The Department of Treasury may set up a lending fund for oil companies, Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Bloomberg this week

Sign Up For The Safehaven Newsletter