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Military Draft Coming? House Passes Measure To Automatically Register Men For Selective Service
15.06.2024, 18:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Military Draft Coming? House Passes Measure To Automatically Register Men For Selective Service The House of Representatives on Friday approved its version of the annual defense policy bill, effectively clearing the $883.7 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to move forward in a 217-199 vote which largely fell along party lines. Only...
Grant: Rates Are Going Much Higher. Is He Right?
14.06.2024, 16:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Grant: Rates Are Going Much Higher. Is He Right? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Recently, James Grant, editor of the Interest Rate Observer, was asked about his outlook for interest rates. He sees interest rates moving in a cyclical pattern, potentially rising for another multi-decade period. Grant bases his view on historical...
What Is The Median Pay Of 'Magnificent Seven' Companies?
14.06.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Is The Median Pay Of 'Magnificent Seven' Companies? The Magnificent Seven are lifting the stock market to new highs, led by Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, and Alphabet in particular. In May alone, these tech giants added $1.4 trillion in market capitalization to the S&P 500 - surpassing the combined gains of 296 other stocks during the same period....
The Inflation Pain Persists
13.06.2024, 20:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Inflation Pain Persists Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The newest inflation data is out, with a familiar spin. Once again, we are told that it is easing, cooling, settling down, and generally less worrisome. So just relax. Once again, the reality is different from the spin. So much common language in economics is metaphorical and...
World Economic Forum Says, 'Let Them Eat Fake Meat!'
12.06.2024, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - World Economic Forum Says, 'Let Them Eat Fake Meat!' Authored by Eric Utter via AmericanThinker.com, The globalist elites at the World Economic Forum (WEF) are calling on governments to promote fake meat and other alternative proteins in a coordinated effort to change consumers’ behavior. Shocking, I know. The authors of a white paper entitled...
Are The Jobs Drying Up?
12.06.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Are The Jobs Drying Up? Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Part of the difficulty in reading economic statistics to discern where we are in the cycle is the huge crater of 2020. A full shutdown like this had never happened before. All data just went nuts, seesawing one way down and then the other way up. Everyone is looking...
It's Not 2000... But There Are Similarities
11.06.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's Not 2000... But There Are Similarities Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, More than a few individuals were active in the markets in 1999-2000, but many participants today were not. I remember looking at charts and writing about the craziness in markets as the fears of “Y2K” and the boom of “internet” filled media headlines...
Inside The Most Ridiculous Jobs Report In Years
07.06.2024, 17:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Inside The Most Ridiculous Jobs Report In Years On the surface, it was a blockbuster jobs report, certainly one which nobody expected, with the two largest US banks - JPMorgan and JPM - both expecting a below-consensus print at 150K and 165K (well we did, and we said that the number "will beat" moments before it was published) Goldman (165K) and JPM...
Renters And Owners Live In Separate Economies
06.06.2024, 03:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Renters And Owners Live In Separate Economies Commentary by Peter St Onge via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Rashevskyi Viacheslav/Shutterstock) It turns out renters and homeowners are living in two entirely different economies, at least according to a new study by the Federal Reserve—which, ironically enough, made it happen. In short, renters...
Porsche Taycan's Values Plunge; Mercedes, Stellantis Pause EV Battery Factory On Sliding Demand
05.06.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Porsche Taycan's Values Plunge; Mercedes, Stellantis Pause EV Battery Factory On Sliding Demand Troubling news for the electric vehicle market emerged from Europe on Tuesday. The first was the collapse of Porsche Taycan prices, and second, a battery plant owned by Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz halted development. All of this signifies sliding EV...
Stocks Love ISM, But Payrolls Is Now Bad For Bonds
04.06.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks Love ISM, But Payrolls Is Now Bad For Bonds By Simon White, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist Bond yields typically rise after the major data releases of payrolls, ISM and CPI, but in recent years they have risen more after payrolls. Stocks display less bias than bonds after data releases, except after the ISM, which has been consistently...
US Futures Slide As Oil Extends Plunge, India Stocks Tumble
04.06.2024, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Slide As Oil Extends Plunge, India Stocks Tumble US stock futures are lower with tech and small-caps underperforming as oil extends its recent rout, bond yields are slightly lower and the USD catches a bid. As of 7:45am, S&P and Nasdaq futures are down 0.4%, as investors weigh concerns about America’s economic health against optimism...
OPEC+ Meeting Shows Persistent Demand Weakness
03.06.2024, 18:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - OPEC+ Meeting Shows Persistent Demand Weakness Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The latest OPEC meeting conclusions show that the global economy is not as strong as headlines suggest and that industries all over the world are struggling to recover. Indeed, many manufacturing PMIs (purchasing managers’ indexes) continue to signal contraction. Oil prices...
OpenAI And Political Bias In Silicon Valley
02.06.2024, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - OpenAI And Political Bias In Silicon Valley Authored by Kalev Leetaru via RealClearPolitics, AI-powered image generators were back in the news earlier this year, this time for their propensity to create historically inaccurate and ethically questionable imagery. These recent missteps reinforced that, far from being the independent thinking machines...
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...
Goldman Says Buy China Stock Dip After Rally Stalls
29.05.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Goldman Says Buy China Stock Dip After Rally Stalls By Ye Xie, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist China’s stock rally has lost a bit of momentum. But Goldman Sachs, one of the most vocal bulls, says the pullback creates buying opportunities. The CSI 300 benchmark has retreated about 3% since reaching a seven-month high on May 20, while...
Ugly Beige Book: "Negligible Job Gains", "Lower Discretionary Spending", "More Pessimistic Outlook"
29.05.2024, 20:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ugly Beige Book: "Negligible Job Gains", "Lower Discretionary Spending", "More Pessimistic Outlook" Extending the dismal pace of US economy growth (if not outright contraction) observed in last month's Beige Book, which was validated by the sharp drop in Q1 GDP growth which tumbled to just 1.6% from more than 3% in Q4 and is expected to slide further...
An Older, Anxious, Mildly Paranoid Analyst
29.05.2024, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - An Older, Anxious, Mildly Paranoid Analyst By Michael Every of Rabobank An older, anxious, mildly paranoid analyst US Treasury yields spiked higher yesterday after strong consumer confidence data and weak bond auctions, pushing the dollar up. The Fed’s Kashkari said the FOMC hasn’t entirely ruled out further rate hikes, but the odds are “quite...
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...
EVs Twice As Likely To Hit Pedestrians As Gasoline Vehicles
27.05.2024, 12:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EVs Twice As Likely To Hit Pedestrians As Gasoline Vehicles Authored by Alex Kimani via OilPrice.com, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has found that pedestrians are twice as likely to be hit by an electric or hybrid car than by a gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicle. The scientists have hypothesized that the relatively quiet operations...
Obnoxious Weeds Team Up To Fight Cancer–New Review
27.05.2024, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Obnoxious Weeds Team Up To Fight Cancer–New Review Authored by Alexandra Roach via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Recently, I gave a presentation about edible plants at my local library. Kitchen herbs, in fact, that double as medicinals, which people can easily grow in their gardens or on window sills. While preparing my presentation, I was reminded...
Hidden Food Threat: Experts Warn Of Dangers Of RNAi Crops
26.05.2024, 04:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hidden Food Threat: Experts Warn Of Dangers Of RNAi Crops Authored by Sayer Ji via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Imagine a technology that could genetically rewire organisms in real-time, silencing critical genes across entire ecosystems with unknown effects. Sounds like science fiction? It’s not. It’s the reality of a new class of pesticides...
Exceptionally Strong PBoC And Chinese Private Sector Buying Continues To Boost Gold Price
25.05.2024, 21:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Exceptionally Strong PBoC And Chinese Private Sector Buying Continues To Boost Gold Price By Jan Nieuwenhuijs of Gainesville Coins Chinese private sector gold imports accounted for 543 tonnes in the first quarter, while the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) added 189 tonnes to its reserves over this time horizon. Most of the PBoC’s purchases are “unreported...
The Doom Of The Total State
24.05.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Doom Of The Total State Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, We’ve been waiting for the big thoughts on the meaning of it all. Where does the crisis of our times fit into the historical trajectory? What does it all imply for how we should think about politics, culture, society, our lives, and our futures? A frustrating part of current...
Futures Rebound After Thursday Rout As Rate Cut Expectations Fade
24.05.2024, 13:57 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound After Thursday Rout As Rate Cut Expectations Fade After Thursday's rout, which saw the overbought S&P first hit an all time high before traders suddenly dumped everything (following hotter than expected PMI and Initial claims reports has further delayed expectations for the Fed's first rate hike ostensibly to December) to buy Nvidia...
Red Or Blue, Rich Or Poor — Recessions Don't Care
23.05.2024, 15:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Red Or Blue, Rich Or Poor — Recessions Don't Care Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Political affiliation and wealth, it’s speculated, are making a recession look more likely than it really is by introducing systematic bias into the economic data. But this is a distraction. For the data that matters most in gauging the likelihood...
From COVID To Campus Protests: How The Police-State Muzzles Free-Speech
23.05.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - From COVID To Campus Protests: How The Police-State Muzzles Free-Speech Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Politicians of both parties want to use the power of government to silence their foes. Some in the university community seek to drive it from their campuses. And an entire generation of Americans is being taught...
Bean Used In Instant Coffee Soars The Most Since 2011
23.05.2024, 02:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bean Used In Instant Coffee Soars The Most Since 2011 Futures for robusta, the cheaper coffee bean grown at lower altitudes and requiring less care than more expensive arabica, jumped the most in London on Tuesday since 2011 as concerns increased over shrinking supplies from top grower Vietnam. Robusta bean prices in London closed up 6.72% on Tuesday...
Cracks In The Armour Of The Resilient Consumer
22.05.2024, 19:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cracks In The Armour Of The Resilient Consumer Authored by Robert Burrows via BondVigilantes.com, Consumption spending accounts for approximately two-thirds of the US economy. It is vital that we understand the dynamics of the consumer because if the consumer falters, so does the US economy, which has far-reaching consequences. The surprising resilience...
Streaming Wars: Netflix Winning On Subscribers, Amazon Prime Winning On Revenue
22.05.2024, 18:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Streaming Wars: Netflix Winning On Subscribers, Amazon Prime Winning On Revenue In the world of content streaming, Netflix and Amazon Prime are two of the largest heavyweights in the arena. And a new look into both businesses by Invezz reveals that while Netflix may be winning in subscriber numbers, Amazon Prime has a leg up in revenue generation. ...
Russia Blasts As 'Fake News' Fresh Pentagon Charge Of Anti-Satellite Weapon In Space
22.05.2024, 17:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Blasts As 'Fake News' Fresh Pentagon Charge Of Anti-Satellite Weapon In Space At a moment nuclear tensions are soaring due to Russia launching tactical nuclear military drills in its southern district near Ukraine this week, Washington and Moscow are trading barbs over allegations of banned weapons in space. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov asserted...
Futures Drop, Yields Jump On Red-Hot UK Inflation, Nvidia Earnings On Deck
22.05.2024, 13:58 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Drop, Yields Jump On Red-Hot UK Inflation, Nvidia Earnings On Deck US futures are lower on Nvidia day; with the stock down 56bps in premarket trading, while Mag7 and semis are also all lower pre-mkt. As of 7:20am, S&P futures are down 0.1%, just off session lows amid signs of sticky inflation that dampened bets on early interest-rate cuts; Nasdaq...
China Slaps Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon With Sanctions Over Arms Sales To Taiwan
22.05.2024, 13:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Slaps Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon With Sanctions Over Arms Sales To Taiwan It has been a turbulent week for Sino-US relations. Beijing criticized US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over his support for Taiwan's new president, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) imposed sanctions on US defense firms over Taiwan support. President...
Election 2024: A Political Renaissance For America Or The Path To Totalitarianism
22.05.2024, 05:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Election 2024: A Political Renaissance For America Or The Path To Totalitarianism Authored by James E. Fanell and Bradley A. Thayer via American Greatness, It has been decades in the making, but the country is now on the precipice between its traditional ideology of political liberalism and a path that will lead, far sooner than Americans might think...
Hatch Act Enforcement Tightens With New Guidelines Targeting Political Activities Of Federal Employees
21.05.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hatch Act Enforcement Tightens With New Guidelines Targeting Political Activities Of Federal Employees Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In an update to enforcement of the Hatch Act, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) on May 20 issued new guidelines aimed at clarifying and tightening the rules governing political activities...
Trump Highlights 2nd Amendment As Vital Amid Illegal Immigration Crisis
20.05.2024, 23:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Highlights 2nd Amendment As Vital Amid Illegal Immigration Crisis Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Second Amendment is vital for enabling Americans to protect themselves from the wave of criminals, drugs, and the mentally ill that are flooding across the U.S. southern border, former President Donald Trump told...
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein Steps Down Amid Relentless ETF Outflows
20.05.2024, 19:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein Steps Down Amid Relentless ETF Outflows Michael Sonnenshein has stepped down from his role as the CEO of Grayscale Investments, the WSJ reported. “I would like to thank Barry Silbert for his vision and partnership and for entrusting me to lead Grayscale’s business. The crypto asset class is at an important inflection...
These Are The 10 US States With The Lowest Real GDP Growth
20.05.2024, 03:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The 10 US States With The Lowest Real GDP Growth While the U.S. economy defied expectations in 2023, posting 2.5% in real GDP growth, several states lagged behind. Last year, oil-producing states led the pack in terms of real GDP growth across America, while the lowest growth was seen in states that were more sensitive to the impact of...
Too Narrowly Focused?
20.05.2024, 01:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Too Narrowly Focused? By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Too Narrowly Focused? The Citi Economic Surprise Index continues to deteriorate (worst levels in a year). Bond yields have declined (the 10-year Treasury got to 4.31% on Thursday, basically the bottom of our 4.3% to 4.5% range, and crept higher the rest of the week). Bonds in part moved on economic...
America's Nuclear Zeitenwende
17.05.2024, 00:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - America's Nuclear Zeitenwende Authored by Charles Bell via RealClear Wire, Overshadowed by Hamas’s attack on Israel, the release of the congressionally mandated Strategic Posture Commission (SPC) report heralded the arrival of an American nuclear Zeitenwende – a sea change setting us on a new course. By issuing consensus recommendations for significant...
Commodity Index Hits Highest In Year As Sticky Inflation Becomes Nightmare For Fed
16.05.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Commodity Index Hits Highest In Year As Sticky Inflation Becomes Nightmare For Fed About a month ago, HSBC Global Research noted a forecast for a "weak" bull market in commodities. New data shows that the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April rose by .3% from the previous month and by 3.4% year-over-year. Although inflation is still increasing,...
Clearing Demand
14.05.2024, 20:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Clearing Demand By Ahmed Bin Sulayem Since its establishment in 2005, the Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC) has been the central counterparty for clearing and settlement services to the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX). Emerging as the largest clearing house in the MENA region by volume, DCCC is now poised to play a far more multinational...
Copper Scrappers Target Tesla Superchargers As Metal Prices Soar
14.05.2024, 19:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Copper Scrappers Target Tesla Superchargers As Metal Prices Soar In the early 1950s, a notorious bank robber, one of the first fugitives on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, was asked after his capture: Why did you rob banks? William Sutton's response: "Because that's where the money is." Fast-forward to today. Thieves are targeting electric vehicle...
Dietary Choices Have 'Profound' Impact On Brain Health: Study
13.05.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Dietary Choices Have 'Profound' Impact On Brain Health: Study Authored by Mary West via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A study from the UK published in Nature Mental Health (NMH) on April 1, found that a healthy, balanced diet links to superior cognitive function, mental well-being, and brain health. It even increases gray matter, an effect associated...
Bidenomics Implodes: Consumer Sentiment Unexpectedly Craters In Biggest Miss On Record
10.05.2024, 16:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bidenomics Implodes: Consumer Sentiment Unexpectedly Craters In Biggest Miss On Record Moments ago the University of Michigan released the latest "report card" on Bidenomics, and to nobody's surprise - except perhaps a certainl senile resident of the White House, it was a total disaster as Sentiment unexpectedly plunged from 77.2 to 67.4, the 9.8 point...
Actual Collusion? Missouri AG Accuses Biden DOJ Of Coordinating With Trump Prosecutors
10.05.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Actual Collusion? Missouri AG Accuses Biden DOJ Of Coordinating With Trump Prosecutors Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on Thursday as part of a probe into whether the Biden DOJ coordinated with Trump prosecutors. "The investigations and subsequent prosecutions of former President Donald J. Trump...
Chinese Stock Rally Likely To Stall Without Robust Earnings
10.05.2024, 04:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chinese Stock Rally Likely To Stall Without Robust Earnings By Henry Ren, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Earnings for China Inc. are looking somewhat better, though likely not enough to keep fueling the recent stock market rally. Strategists say the bounce spurred by low valuations needs a full-blown earnings recovery to continue. Remember...
Is China's Oil Demand Set For A Major Bounce Back?
10.05.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is China's Oil Demand Set For A Major Bounce Back? By Simon Watkins of OilPrice.com Since the mid-1990s, China’s extraordinary economic expansion almost singlehandedly drove a supercycle in key commodities prices it required to power such growth, including oil and gas. In 2013, it became the world’s largest net importer of total petroleum and other...
"Is Consumer Travel Spending Easing?" - BofA Identifies New Trend As Travel Companies Miss Earnings
09.05.2024, 03:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Is Consumer Travel Spending Easing?" - BofA Identifies New Trend As Travel Companies Miss Earnings One theme we've spotted this earnings season has been an increasing number of companies warning about low-income consumers. From McDonald's to Starbucks to Tyson Foods, executives on earnings calls have warned about mounting headwinds hitting the...