Neueste Heute 01.06.2024 31.05.2024
Global Cocoa Shortage Much Worse Than Previously Forecasted As Prices Surge
02.06.2024, 00:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Global Cocoa Shortage Much Worse Than Previously Forecasted As Prices Surge The International Cocoa Organization has admitted that the global cocoa shortage will be significantly larger than previously forecasted. Cocoa prices in New York have rebounded in recent weeks, inching above the $9,330 per ton mark to close the week. First reported by Bloomberg...
Bubble Symmetry: Could The NASDAQ Drop 60% And Round-Trip To 2,500?
01.06.2024, 21:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bubble Symmetry: Could The NASDAQ Drop 60% And Round-Trip To 2,500? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The prospect of a 60% or 80% decline in the NASDAQ index is only horrifying if we stay invested in the index all the way down. Speculative bubbles are interesting because they're never bubbles in real time; they're only recognized...
General Dynamics' New 155-Millimeter Shell Factory Opens As War Cycle Kicks Into Higher Gear
01.06.2024, 20:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - General Dynamics' New 155-Millimeter Shell Factory Opens As War Cycle Kicks Into Higher Gear General Dynamics' new 155-millimeter artillery shell factory in Mesquite, Texas, is set to produce 30,000 shells per month, according to a New York Times report. This will provide crucial support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the first and second lines...
Electricity Demand May Cure Debt Concerns
01.06.2024, 17:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Electricity Demand May Cure Debt Concerns Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The future of electricity demand for everything from electric cars to Bitcoin mining to artificial intelligence may also be the cure for our debt concerns. Before you dismiss that statement, let me explain. One of the bears’ primary arguments against...
Louisiana Reaffirms Gold And Silver As Legal Tender
01.06.2024, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Louisiana Reaffirms Gold And Silver As Legal Tender Via Money Metals, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a new law reaffirming gold and silver as legal tender, making a symbolic statement in favor of sound money principles. Senate Bill 232, sponsored by Sen. Mark Abraham, marks the sixth pro-sound money bill passed by a state this year, underscoring...
Escobar: The West Is Hell-Bent On Provoking Russia Into Hot War
01.06.2024, 13:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Escobar: The West Is Hell-Bent On Provoking Russia Into Hot War Authored by Pepe Escobar, The warning by President Putin could not be starker: “In the event of the use of long-range weapons, the Russian Armed Forces will again have to make decisions about expanding the sanitary zone further (…) Do they want global conflict? It seemed they wanted...
France Foils Planned Attack On Paris Olympics; Israel's Mossad Warns Of Terrorism Ahead Of Games
01.06.2024, 02:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - France Foils Planned Attack On Paris Olympics; Israel's Mossad Warns Of Terrorism Ahead Of Games Radical progressive leaders across the Western world, along with leftist non-governmental organizations, are continuing to facilitate an unprecedented migrant invasion into Europe and the US. This poses a significant national security risk as terror...
Fed F**kery Turns $98BN (NSA) Large Bank Deposit Outflow Into $2BN Inflow
31.05.2024, 22:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fed F**kery Turns $98BN (NSA) Large Bank Deposit Outflow Into $2BN Inflow After a small inflow last week, total US bank deposits dropped a modest $4.7BN last week on a seasonally-adjusted basis... Source: Bloomberg But, on a non-seasonally-adjusted basis, US total bank deposits tumbled almost $110BN... Source: Bloomberg This decline happened as money...
Time To Pay Satan: Canadian Asset Manager Blocks Cash Distributions On Private Credit Funds
31.05.2024, 21:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Time To Pay Satan: Canadian Asset Manager Blocks Cash Distributions On Private Credit Funds Just one day after JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said private credit could spark turmoil if when the opaque sector of financial markets weakens, warning that "there could be hell to pay," and adding that he has "seen a couple of these deals that were rated by a rating...
How A US Retail Giant Conquered Inflation
31.05.2024, 19:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How A US Retail Giant Conquered Inflation Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock, Getty Images) In an economic climate of high inflation, Walmart has emerged as the retail victor, offering cheap goods to cost-conscious consumers. As millions of shoppers grapple with rising prices...
Beware The Embrace Of TradFi Firms Now Entering Crypto
31.05.2024, 15:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Beware The Embrace Of TradFi Firms Now Entering Crypto Authored by Omid Malekan, News that a bank or payment provider is doing something in crypto used to be a big deal. When I first entered crypto a decade ago, it was often the biggest deal. One of the first major spikes in the price of ETH was triggered by the launch of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance...
Sequoia's Shaun Maguire: "I Just Donated $300k To Trump"
31.05.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sequoia's Shaun Maguire: "I Just Donated $300k To Trump" Authored by Shaun Maguire via X (republished with permission), I just donated $300k to Trump. I’m prepared to lose friends. Here’s why. Back in 2016 I had drunk the media Kool-Aid and was scared out of my mind about Trump. As such I donated to Hilary Clinton’s campaign and voted for her...
Market Goes Into PCE With Almost Everyone Neutral Bonds
31.05.2024, 14:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Market Goes Into PCE With Almost Everyone Neutral Bonds By Simon White, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist Positioning across most indicators shows investors are fairly neutral USTs going into today’s PCE release. The market is still slightly short, however, which points to more downside risk for yields should PCE come in lower than expectations...
Nvidia Dumps On Reports Of US Gov't Restricting AI Chip Sales To Middle East
30.05.2024, 21:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nvidia Dumps On Reports Of US Gov't Restricting AI Chip Sales To Middle East Shares of Nvidia fell late in the cash session Thursday after a Bloomberg report said the US government "slowed the issuing of licenses to chipmakers such as Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc." for "large-scale" AI accelerators, otherwise known as deep learning processors...
Yellen Pivot Is Fading: Liquidity Drains From The System As Treasury Issues Fewer Bills
30.05.2024, 20:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yellen Pivot Is Fading: Liquidity Drains From The System As Treasury Issues Fewer Bills By Simon White, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Risk assets will face a less-easy ride as Treasury bill issuance falls and coupon (notes and bonds) issuance rises, weighing on central-bank reserves. Nothing lasts forever. The Treasury tilted issuance...
Boston On The Brink As Millennial Mayor Pushes Decriminalization
30.05.2024, 17:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Boston On The Brink As Millennial Mayor Pushes Decriminalization Boston's 39-year-old Mayor, Michelle Wu, wants to follow in the footsteps of San Francisco, Philadelphia, Seattle, Denver, New York, and other liberal strongholds - where property crimes, including grand larceny and motor vehicle theft, have seen a sharp increase in recent years. Boston's...
Beware Of A Market Trading At All-Time Highs
30.05.2024, 16:18 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Beware Of A Market Trading At All-Time Highs Authored by Jan-Patrick Barnert via Bloomberg, The tricky thing about markets at all-time highs is that they can easily flip. And what currently looks like a bit of a sideways consolidation has all the ingredients to make things messy in the next few weeks. Take the seemingly endless risk appetite for all...
Bitcoin: A New Hope For Innovators In Corrupt Economies
30.05.2024, 04:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin: A New Hope For Innovators In Corrupt Economies Authored by Win Ko Ko Aung via BitcoinMagazine.com, In a world where "talent is everywhere, opportunity is not," the existing fiat monetary system perpetuates the divide between those with access and resources those without. Even in democratic societies, which have their own flaws, people generally...
When Will Gold & Silver Miners Start Believing In Their Product?
29.05.2024, 19:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - When Will Gold & Silver Miners Start Believing In Their Product? Authored by Stefan Gleason via Money Metals, Miners spend billions of dollars every year pulling precious metals out of the ground. They toil mightily for years on end to produce these stores of value – but then they turn right around and sell all their gold and silver immediately in...
BlackRock Adds Own Bitcoin ETF To Income And Bond Funds
29.05.2024, 15:14 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - BlackRock Adds Own Bitcoin ETF To Income And Bond Funds By Brayden Lindrea of CoinTelegraph BlackRock’s income and bond-focused funds have bought shares of the asset manager’s own spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the first quarter, regulatory filings show. BlackRock’s Strategic Income Opportunities Fund (BSIIX) snapped up $3.56 million...
Is The Federal Reserve Just Winging It?
29.05.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is The Federal Reserve Just Winging It? Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, Are the central bankers at the Federal Reserve just winging it? It sure seems that way if you step back and take a long view of their decision-making. Fed officials project this aura of authority. You might imagine them as hyper-intelligent experts in the field of...
Healthcare Company Semler Soars After Adopting Bitcoin As Primary Treasury Asset
29.05.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Healthcare Company Semler Soars After Adopting Bitcoin As Primary Treasury Asset Healthcare company Semler Scientific (SMLR), known for pursuing remedies to chronic diseases, announced a major shift in its treasury strategy. The company's board of directors adopted Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset, alongside a substantial purchase of 581...
Illinois School District Set To Produce Next $8 Million Superintendent Pensioner
29.05.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Illinois School District Set To Produce Next $8 Million Superintendent Pensioner By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of Wirepoints New Trier Township HS District 203’s Superintendent Paul Sally is set to retire next year and he can count on lifetime pension benefits of nearly $8 million. When he does retire, he’ll join the ranks of the Teachers Retirement...
Today Markets Switch To "T+1" Settlement: Here's All You Need To Know
28.05.2024, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Today Markets Switch To "T+1" Settlement: Here's All You Need To Know In a witty turn of the phrase, Bloomberg writes today that "the US stock market is finally as fast as it was about a hundred years ago" and it's true: it's been about one century since share trades in New York settled in a single day, as they will from Tuesday under new SEC rules...
No, Corporate Greed Is Not The Cause Of Inflation
28.05.2024, 21:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - No, Corporate Greed Is Not The Cause Of Inflation Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Corporate greed is not causing inflation, despite the claims of many on the political left who failed to understand the very basics of economic supply and demand. “If you take a look at what people have, they have the money to spend. It angers...
Wheat Jumps To Nine-Month High On Fears Of Dwindling Global Stockpiles
28.05.2024, 19:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wheat Jumps To Nine-Month High On Fears Of Dwindling Global Stockpiles During the Memorial Day holiday break, food inflation was certainly on the minds of those who had to purchase beef patties and other BBQ-related items for outdoor parties. The Biden administration has deflected rampant food inflation on 'greedy' corporations, but more likely due...
Hedge Funds Split Over Stocks' Move From Here
28.05.2024, 16:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hedge Funds Split Over Stocks' Move From Here Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, CTAs are getting shorter the stock market while long/short equity funds have been getting longer. The last time this happened, in November, long/short funds were positioned correctly, with the market rallying over the next five months. CTAs, or managed...
Mt. Gox Moves $9.6 Billion Worth Of Bitcoin - Are Creditors Finally Being Repaid?
28.05.2024, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mt. Gox Moves $9.6 Billion Worth Of Bitcoin - Are Creditors Finally Being Repaid? Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox moved $9.62 billion worth of Bitcoin into a new wallet, raising hopes among creditors. As Zoltan Vardai reporets at CoinTelegraph.com, the 141,686 Bitcoin was consolidated into wallet “1Jbez" from several other cold wallets associated...
Futures Rise On Apple China Sales Rebound As Attention Turns Back To Inflation
28.05.2024, 14:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise On Apple China Sales Rebound As Attention Turns Back To Inflation Stocks traded in a narrow range as markets reopened in the US and Europe with investors putting (a stronger than expected) Q1 earnings season in the history books, and looking to Friday's core PCE print prints and central bank speakers for hints on the timing of interest-rate...
Elon Musk's xAI Raises $6 Billion To Accelerate AI Race Against OpenAI
28.05.2024, 13:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Elon Musk's xAI Raises $6 Billion To Accelerate AI Race Against OpenAI Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, announced early Monday morning that it had raised $6 billion from investors in a Series B fundraising round. This funding will accelerate its artificial intelligence development as the AI tech war with OpenAI intensifies. Some key investors were Valor Equity...
A Final Indignity To The Arsenal Of Democracy?
28.05.2024, 05:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Final Indignity To The Arsenal Of Democracy? Authored by Thaddeus McCotter via American Greatness, It is Memorial Day weekend. A time for us to commemorate and reflect upon the ultimate sacrifices given by our fallen citizen-soldiers and the enduring grief of their families and loved ones, which were and are selflessly borne in the defense of their...
David Stockman On The Continual Rise In The Cost Of Living... And Why The Fed Has No Shame
27.05.2024, 19:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - David Stockman On The Continual Rise In The Cost Of Living... And Why The Fed Has No Shame Authored by David Stockman via InternationalMan.com, Jay Powell did it again assuring the 1% that he has their back. Markets recovered their poise over the last 24 hours, as investors were relieved after Fed Chair Powell stuck to his recent views on the economic...
Traders Turn Cautious With Hopeful Momentum Tiring
27.05.2024, 16:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Traders Turn Cautious With Hopeful Momentum Tiring By Vincent Cignarella, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Markets on Friday latched onto positive news from the University of Michigan sentiment survey. US consumers tempered inflation expectations in the second half of May, compared with earlier in the month, though high prices continue...
Elon Musk Reportedly Building 'Gigafactory Of Compute' For AI
27.05.2024, 14:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Elon Musk Reportedly Building 'Gigafactory Of Compute' For AI Authored by Tristan Greene via CoinTelegraph.com, Billionaire mogul Elon Musk’s xAI has plans to build a supercomputer in partnership with Oracle to power the next version of its “Grok” artificial intelligence (AI) large language model. According to a report from The Information, citing a...
Judge Approves Class-Action Lawsuit Against American Airlines Over ESG Pension Investments
27.05.2024, 03:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Judge Approves Class-Action Lawsuit Against American Airlines Over ESG Pension Investments Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),A district judge has granted a pilot’s request for a class-action lawsuit against American Airlines for allegedly investing pension funds into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) funds. An...
Regular Cannabis Users Exceeds Drinkers For First Time Ever
27.05.2024, 01:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Regular Cannabis Users Exceeds Drinkers For First Time Ever For the first time, a nationwide study providing current data on tobacco, alcohol, and drug use, mental health, and other health-related issues has found that the number of people smoking cannabis daily has surpassed those drinking beer or vodka daily. This development coincides with the...
Poland's New "Russian Influence Commission" Aims To Influence The Next Presidential Election
26.05.2024, 13:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Poland's New "Russian Influence Commission" Aims To Influence The Next Presidential Election Submitted by Andrew Korybko The reality is that Russian influence is non-existent in Poland due to the legacy of its former conservative-nationalist government. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared that he’s establishing a “Russian influence commission”...
Putin Signs Decree Allowing Seizure Of US Assets To Compensate Stolen Russian Funds & Properties
25.05.2024, 21:46 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on Thursday enabling the government to confiscate American assets in Russia, encompassing real estate and belongings. This is in response to potential US seizures of Russian assets. Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, signed an order on Thursday that allows the government to legally seize any American...
52% Of Top US Hedge Funds Own Bitcoin ETFs
25.05.2024, 19:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 52% Of Top US Hedge Funds Own Bitcoin ETFs 534 institutions with over $1 billion in assets now hold Bitcoin ETFs, according to bitcoin app River. In a blog post published this week, River noted that over 534 entities, each managing assets exceeding $1 billion, have now incorporated Bitcoin ETFs into their portfolios. The diverse group of owners includes...
Supreme Court Faces Historic Finish To Eventful Term
25.05.2024, 17:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Supreme Court Faces Historic Finish To Eventful Term Authored by John Malcolm via The Epoch Times, Oral arguments are over at the Supreme Court for this term. Although the rallies and protesters have dispersed (for now, anyway), the justices remain frantically at work on the numerous opinions they have yet to hand down. With several closely watched...
Putin Decree Allows Seizure Of US Property & Assets If Russian Funds Taken By West
25.05.2024, 13:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Putin Decree Allows Seizure Of US Property & Assets If Russian Funds Taken By West On Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree which paves the way for the government to conduct legal seizure of any US assets in Russia, including property and real estate. This in retaliation and in order to compensate for any Russian assets that are...
EPA Awards $50 Million To Group That Says Palestine Is A "Climate Justice Issue"
24.05.2024, 19:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EPA Awards $50 Million To Group That Says Palestine Is A "Climate Justice Issue" Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The Inflation Reduction Act strikes again. The beneficiary is a group of radical nut cases. The loser is you, the taxpayer. The Wall Street Journal comments on The Radicals Getting Your Tax Money The Biden Administration is showering...
UCLA Med School Prioritized Racial Diveristy, Leading To "Shocking Decline" In Medical Knowledge; Report
24.05.2024, 18:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UCLA Med School Prioritized Racial Diveristy, Leading To "Shocking Decline" In Medical Knowledge; Report Via The College Fix, The University of California Los Angeles medical school is admitting underqualified racial minorities in the interest of diversity, according to a report in The Washington Free Beacon. The report, published today, is based...
Ukraine Enforces Desperate Conscription Laws As Russian Troops Close In On Kharkiv
24.05.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukraine Enforces Desperate Conscription Laws As Russian Troops Close In On Kharkiv Ukraine is now enforcing a new mobilization law which is being called 'divisive' among many Ukrainian citizens and some political leaders. The law requires men ages 18-60 to carry their military paperwork at all times to be presented to authorities on demand. It lowers...
Ukraine: You Break It, We Take It
24.05.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukraine: You Break It, We Take It Authored by Citizen Soldier via RealClearDefense, All Aboard! Here comes the latest Postwar Gravy Train, laden with massive government spending, lax oversight and other goodies for cunning contractors and economic opportunists seeking to benefit from the near-destruction of Ukraine. Last week, the State Department announced...
'I Did Delete All Of Peter's Emails Relating To Origin': COVID Cabal Conspired To Destroy Evidence To Evade FOIA Requests
23.05.2024, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'I Did Delete All Of Peter's Emails Relating To Origin': COVID Cabal Conspired To Destroy Evidence To Evade FOIA Requests A new trove of emails released by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic reveal that top researchers involved in manipulating bat coronaviruses to better-infect humans then conspired to delete email evidence of...
SEC Ethereum ETF Discussions Underway, S-1 Approval Expected Within Hours
23.05.2024, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - SEC Ethereum ETF Discussions Underway, S-1 Approval Expected Within Hours Authored by Josh O'Sullivan via CoinTelegraph.com, The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began discussions with potential issuers of Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on May 22, leading some to anticipate an imminent approval. Journalist Eleanor Terrett noted that...
This Is What Hedge And Mutual Funds Did In Q1: Goldman's HF and MF Monitors
23.05.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - This Is What Hedge And Mutual Funds Did In Q1: Goldman's HF and MF Monitors Today Goldman published two of the bank's most widely read periodic reports: the Hedge Fund Trend Monitor (available to pro subs here) and Mutual Fundamentals (also available here), which summarize the quarterly activity and flows of hedge and mutual funds, respectively. Both...
Is This A Joke? Baltimore City Declares Toxic Inner Harbor "Swimmable"
23.05.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is This A Joke? Baltimore City Declares Toxic Inner Harbor "Swimmable" No, this is not a joke. The Waterfront Partnership, led by Laurie Schwartz for nearly two decades, and Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott have announced that the water in the Inner Harbor—a long-standing industrial port city on the East Coast known for its history of industry...