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Elon Slams Apple's Farcical "AI" Launch, Says Will Ban Tim Cook's "Creepy Spyware" Devices If They Integrate OpenAI
10.06.2024, 23:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Elon Slams Apple's Farcical "AI" Launch, Says Will Ban Tim Cook's "Creepy Spyware" Devices If They Integrate OpenAI In the end, Apple's 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference proved to be a flop, with the stock sliding 1.9%, its worst WWDC performance since 2010 and the 4th worst in the iPhone era. $AAPL finished down 1.9%. Worst performance since 2010...
Record Plunge In Bullish Brent Wagers Signals Price Rebound Imminent
10.06.2024, 18:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Record Plunge In Bullish Brent Wagers Signals Price Rebound Imminent Oil is sharply higher following a week that was bumpy for crude prices thanks to OPEC+’s forward guidance on the return of some barrels to the market; yet a key reason behind the rebound has nothing to do with fundamentals and everything to do with technicals: as Bloomberg's Alex...
Is There A Financial Crisis Bubbling Under The Surface?
10.06.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is There A Financial Crisis Bubbling Under The Surface? Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, When the Federal Reserve started raising rates, it precipitated a financial crisis. The central bank managed to paper over the problem with a bailout program, but the crisis continues to bubble and percolate under the surface. According to the latest...
Colorado Weed Industry In Free-Fall As Sales Plunge By $700 Million
10.06.2024, 13:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Colorado Weed Industry In Free-Fall As Sales Plunge By $700 Million Colorado's cannabis market is in free-fall, going from peak revenues of $2.2 billion in 2020, to $1.5 billion just three years later. The drop has had a substantial impact on the state's economy - with cannabis tax revenues decreasing more than 30% over the past two years to just $282...
Gold ETFs Globally Report Inflows For First Time In A Year
10.06.2024, 12:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold ETFs Globally Report Inflows For First Time In A Year Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, Gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reported net inflows of gold for the first time in 12 months in May. Funds based in Europe and Asia led the way as total gold holdings by ETFs globally rose by 8.2 tons. ETFs globally now hold 3,087.9 tons of...
10,000 California Fast Food Workers McFired Thanks To $20 Minimum Wage: Report
09.06.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 10,000 California Fast Food Workers McFired Thanks To $20 Minimum Wage: Report Nearly 10,000 California fast food workers have been fired thanks to the state's new $20 minimum wage, according to the California Business and Industrial Alliance (CABIA), which slammed Governor Gavin Newsom for the law which went into effect April 1. 2009 Banksy exhibit...
Commodities And The Boom-Bust Cycle
08.06.2024, 17:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Commodities And The Boom-Bust Cycle Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, It is always interesting when commodity prices rise. The market produces various narratives to suggest why prices will keep growing indefinitely. Such applies to all commodities, from oil to orange juice or cocoa beans. For example, Michael Hartnett of BofA recently...
The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All
08.06.2024, 05:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All Authored by David Vine -Therisa (ISA) Arriola via CounterPunch.org, We need to talk about what bombs do in war. Bombs shred flesh. Bombs shatter bones. Bombs dismember. Bombs cause brains, lungs, and other organs to shake so violently they bleed, rupture, and cease functioning. Bombs injure. Bombs kill...
Visualizing Four Decades Of US Wildfires
08.06.2024, 03:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Visualizing Four Decades Of US Wildfires A complex interplay of factors are leading to North America’s long wildfire season: increasing summer temperatures, erratic precipitation patterns, changing land use, and ironically, fire suppression practices. But what does the data say? Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao visualizes the millions of acres burned...
A Substantial Chance Of A Major Financial Collapse & The End Of Offshored Industrialization
08.06.2024, 03:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Substantial Chance Of A Major Financial Collapse & The End Of Offshored Industrialization Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World, Moving industrialization offshore can look like a good idea at first. But as fossil fuel energy supplies deplete, this strategy works less well. Countries doing the mining and manufacturing may be less interested...
"They Can't Afford To Lose Their Grip On The Levers Of Power..."
07.06.2024, 22:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "They Can't Afford To Lose Their Grip On The Levers Of Power..." Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Time To Jettison The Animals “The old left had intellectual commitments that were false in interesting and theoretically stimulating ways. The new left demands adherence to lurid absurdities so preposterous that merely entertaining...
Presidential Campaigns And Technological Advances
07.06.2024, 19:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Presidential Campaigns And Technological Advances Authored by Adeline Von Drehle via RealClearPolitics, The Biden campaign is looking for a meme manager. We laugh, because it’s outrageous. Yet even a candidate older than the computer itself understands that a changing technological landscape calls for new campaign tactics. It is a tale originally...
California's Latest Tax Idea: Charge Drivers By The Mile
07.06.2024, 18:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California's Latest Tax Idea: Charge Drivers By The Mile Authored by James Breslo via The Epoch Times, California has the highest income tax rate in the country (top tier of 14.4 percent). It has the highest statewide sales tax rate (7.25 percent, plus local sales taxes). It has the highest gas tax rate ($0.78 per gallon). Yet, it ranks third to last...
Malta Is The World's Best Destination For LGBTQ Travelers, Saudi Arabia Not So Much
07.06.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Malta Is The World's Best Destination For LGBTQ Travelers, Saudi Arabia Not So Much In order to help LGBTQ+ tourists travel safely, the German portal Spartacus started publishing the Gay Travel Index in 2012. In the 2024 edition, the ranking compared 213 countries and territories based on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex...
Watch Live: Elon Musk's Starship Mega Rocket Prepares Fourth Launch
06.06.2024, 14:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch Live: Elon Musk's Starship Mega Rocket Prepares Fourth Launch One day after Boeing's long-delayed crewed Starliner space capsule launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, SpaceX is preparing for the fourth test flight of the massive Starship rocket. Hours ago, SpaceX's Elon Musk posted on X that the launch time of Starship...
ECB Preview And Scenario Analysis: The First Rate Cut Since 2019
06.06.2024, 04:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - ECB Preview And Scenario Analysis: The First Rate Cut Since 2019 Hot on the heels of the first G7 central bank rate cut this cycle, when the BOC cut rates by 25bps this morning, tomorrow the ECB is widely expected to follow suit and lower the deposit rate from 4.00% to 3.75% for the first time since September 2019, with markets assigning a 94% chance...
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...
During The Great Depression They Were Called "Hoovervilles", But Today America's Shantytowns Are Called...
05.06.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - During The Great Depression They Were Called "Hoovervilles", But Today America's Shantytowns Are Called... Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, To those at the bottom of America’s economic pyramid, it feels like the economy has already collapsed. When you can’t afford to put a roof over your head and you barely have enough...
Farage: "I Do Know One Thing, A Woman Can't Have A Penis"
05.06.2024, 09:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Farage: "I Do Know One Thing, A Woman Can't Have A Penis" Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Nigel Farage started his campaign to be elected as an MP by making clear his views on gender identity, declaring, “I do know one thing, that a woman can’t have a penis.” The Reform Party leader shocked the political world last weekend by...
Dems Want You To Check Your Brain At The Door
04.06.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Dems Want You To Check Your Brain At The Door Authored by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics, “Do you accept the verdict of the New York jury that found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts?” That will be the question asked of every Republican from now until the presidential election in November, and if Republicans don’t know how to answer, they...
E-Trade May Ban 'Roaring Kitty' From Platform For Market Manipulation
04.06.2024, 01:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - E-Trade May Ban 'Roaring Kitty' From Platform For Market Manipulation ETrade has had enough of the stock shenanigans of meme stock guru Keith Gill, also known as Roaring Kitty, who just happens to be a client of the online brokerage now owned by Morgan Stanley. Gill's non-stop promotion of GameStop on social media, coupled with giant trades, raised...
Stocks Slide, Bonds Bid As Crude Crumbles
03.06.2024, 22:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks Slide, Bonds Bid As Crude Crumbles After a promising start to the overnight session, which saw both Asia and Europe perk up to start the new month alongside a furious surge in GameStop on the latest meme stonk shenanigans by Roaring Kitty, the mood deteriorated rapidly, and after a very ugly, and quite stagflationary Mfg ISM print, which printed...
5 Ways Fed Medicine Is Worse Than The Disease
03.06.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 5 Ways Fed Medicine Is Worse Than The Disease Via SchiffGold.com, Central bank monetary tactics have proven to be a toxic remedy, amplifying rather than curing economic ailments. Like a surgeon whose operation only worsens the patient’s condition, central banks administer policies that do more harm than good. Here are five ways central banks leave...
Making Over $141K, Minneapolis Mayor Thanks Biden For Student Loan Forgiveness
02.06.2024, 22:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Making Over $141K, Minneapolis Mayor Thanks Biden For Student Loan Forgiveness If you weren't already infuriated by Joe Biden's exploitation of the federal student loan program as a means of buying votes and redistributing wealth, this should do the trick. On Wednesday, Minneapolis Mayor Melvin Carter -- who earns makes takes $140,814 a year before...
Strong Indian Purchases Push Asia's Crude Imports To One-Year High
02.06.2024, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Strong Indian Purchases Push Asia's Crude Imports To One-Year High Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Record-high crude imports in India have pushed Asia’s oil arrivals in May to the highest level in a year, per data compiled by LSEG Oil Research and cited by Reuters columnist Clyde Russell. Asia, the key crude oil importing region...
Rate-Cut Hopes Resurrected As 'Hard' Data Slides: Stocks, Gold, Oil, & Crypto Dumped
31.05.2024, 22:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rate-Cut Hopes Resurrected As 'Hard' Data Slides: Stocks, Gold, Oil, & Crypto Dumped A weird week of weak 'hard data, strong 'soft' data (macro), weak micro (ugly hints for software and consumer from earnings), and dovish-and-hawkish FedSpeak... Source: Bloomberg Which prompted a resurgence in rate-cut hopes.... Source: Bloomberg But today's Chicago...
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...
The 3 Layers Of The Technocratic State
31.05.2024, 05:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The 3 Layers Of The Technocratic State Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, There are three layers to the U.S. state that lord it over the American people and the world: deep, middle, and shallow. It’s a typology of how technocracy works in practice. Let’s talk about how it works and how the layers interact. Donald Trump popularized the...
Wall Street Sees Ethereum Hitting $14,000 In 2025
30.05.2024, 20:55 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - Wall Street anticipates Ethereum reaching $14,000 by 2025, as BlackRock’s dominance in cryptocurrency ETFs grows, with Larry Fink shifting focus to tokenizing ether following recent approval of a spot ETF. Just over a week after Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenschein abruptly resigned amid persistent, relentless outflows (thanks to GBTC’s 1...
'Kohllapse': Retailer Routed As Consumer Turnaround Stalls
30.05.2024, 19:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Kohllapse': Retailer Routed As Consumer Turnaround Stalls Shares of Kohl's Corp. crashed during the early morning cash session following a dismal earnings report. Or better yet, let's call it what it is: a 'Kohllapse'... Kohl's slashed guidance for the full year after reporting first-quarter results that missed about every metric. Comparable...
Why It's Time To Stop Taxing Gold & Silver
30.05.2024, 02:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why It's Time To Stop Taxing Gold & Silver By Jesse Colombo, of BullionStar You’d have to be hiding under a rock to be unaware that inflation is one of the most pressing issues of our time. After a shocking 23% increase in the cost of living since 2019, all but the wealthiest of Americans are getting squeezed and seeing their living standards plummet...
Americans Are By Far The World's Biggest Tourism Spenders
29.05.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Americans Are By Far The World's Biggest Tourism Spenders China is yet to fully recover from its pandemic-induced travel slump, with projections forecasting outbound tourism to be back on track by the end of 2025. According to the latest available data from the UN World Tourism Organization, the Asian nation lost its position as the world’s leading...
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...
We Are Entering A New Phase In The War In Ukraine
28.05.2024, 02:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - We Are Entering A New Phase In The War In Ukraine By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Today we will just highlight a few things: Thanks to all my colleagues and everyone who has served, and I want to spend an extra moment to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. If you missed this month’s Around the World, it is an important read as it outlines...
"Holy F**K": US Military Hid Quantico Breach Attempt By Jordanians In Box Truck In Possible Dry-Run
27.05.2024, 20:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Holy F**K": US Military Hid Quantico Breach Attempt By Jordanians In Box Truck In Possible Dry-Run Weeks ago, two individuals in a box truck attempted to breach the gates at Quantico Marine Corps Base in Triangle, Virginia. Armed guards immediately stopped them, and the base's top brass quickly covered up the incident. The reason for burying this...
Yield Hunt in Sub-3% Era Makes Chinese Market More Volatile
27.05.2024, 17:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yield Hunt in Sub-3% Era Makes Chinese Market More Volatile By Charlie Zhu and Helen Sun, Bloomberg markets live reporters and strategists Three things we learned last week: 1. China’s first ultra-long special bonds had a dramatic debut in the exchange market, showcasing retail investors’ thirst for higher yields. The 30-year notes were expected...
CJ Hopkins: Asymmetric Idiocy
25.05.2024, 05:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CJ Hopkins: Asymmetric Idiocy Authored by CJ Hopkins via The Consent Factory, I miss the 1970s sometimes. Not just the music. And the sex. And the drugs. I miss the terrorists. The old-school terrorists. Or, OK, maybe not the terrorists, but the revolutionaries who cheered on the terrorists. I miss the clarity, and the honesty, of that era. Maybe you’re...
Lula's Brazil: A Cautionary Tale For Free Speech In The West
25.05.2024, 02:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Lula's Brazil: A Cautionary Tale For Free Speech In The West Authored by Paulo Figueiredo via The Epoch Times, The notion of censoring political opponents is as old as civilization itself. Throughout history, countless governments have employed this tactic to silence dissent and maintain their grip on power. From ancient Rome to modern-day dictatorships...
No, Artificial Intelligence Will Not Solve All Problems
25.05.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - No, Artificial Intelligence Will Not Solve All Problems Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The famed historian and epidemiologist John M. Barry just threw out a trope that has become unbearably popular today. He predicted that in the future, artificial intelligence (AI) will make it possible to more perfectly enact pandemic lockdowns and...
Twitter Files: CIA - Exposing The Secret Effort By US Intelligence To Seize Control Of Social Media
24.05.2024, 18:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Twitter Files: CIA - Exposing The Secret Effort By US Intelligence To Seize Control Of Social Media While the CIA is strictly prohibited from spying on or running clandestine operations against American citizens on US soil, a bombshell new "Twitter Files" report reveals that a member of the Board of Trustees of InQtel - the CIA's mission-driving venture...
UMich Sentiment & Inflation Expectations Worsen In May (But Bounce From Flash Prints)
24.05.2024, 16:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UMich Sentiment & Inflation Expectations Worsen In May (But Bounce From Flash Prints) Today's final UMich sentiment survey data was expected to confirm the ugly preliminary data, but it seems that - thanks, we suspect, to lower gas prices - sentiment improved intra-month as inflation expectations fell. Inflation expectations did actually rise MoM (from...
Rage Against The Inflation Denialists
24.05.2024, 15:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rage Against The Inflation Denialists Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Such strange times. We are living through the most destructive bout of inflation in 45 years, one that threatens to become worse and perhaps just as ruinous in the long run as the last one. And yet daily and for years, we’ve been told it’s not so bad and that it’s...
China's Rapid Nuclear Expansion Is Threatening US Dominance In The Sector
24.05.2024, 02:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's Rapid Nuclear Expansion Is Threatening US Dominance In The Sector Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, China is quickly becoming the world's leading producer of nuclear energy, raising concerns for US competitiveness. China's plans for floating nuclear plants in the disputed South China Sea create tension with neighboring countries. China...
SEC Approves Spot Ether ETFs In Major Crypto Victory
23.05.2024, 23:59 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - SEC Approves Spot Ether ETFs In Major Crypto Victory What until just a few days ago was viewed as an extremely low-probability event, has just come true, when the highly politicized Securities and Exchange Commission, headed by Liz Warren's soon to be terminated lackey Gary Gensler, has - against its desires - been forced again to approve no less than...
NVDA Tops $2.5 Trillion As Traders Sell Everything Else On 'Good News'
23.05.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NVDA Tops $2.5 Trillion As Traders Sell Everything Else On 'Good News' NVDA smashed earnings and guidance out of the park and shares exploded over 10% higher... ... to make the AI-darling above $2.5 trillion market cap for the first time... Source: Bloomberg With around a 1% decline in US stocks, total US market cap fell by around $500 billion, while...
S&P To Open At All-Time High After Blowout Nvidia Earnings Spike Global Markets
23.05.2024, 14:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - S&P To Open At All-Time High After Blowout Nvidia Earnings Spike Global Markets Global markets rallied and US equity futures are sharply higher, poised to push the S&P to a new all time high, after blowout earnings from Nvidia reassured investors that the global artificial-intelligence juggernaut will keep powering equity markets. As of 7:30am, S&P...
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...
Japanese Stocks Propped By Record Buybacks
23.05.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Japanese Stocks Propped By Record Buybacks By Momoka Yokohama, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist Japan is seeing a record run of stock buybacks that’s supporting investor sentiment after a stalled rally, and accelerated repurchases ahead of upcoming shareholder meetings may provide a fresh tailwind for the market. Topix-listed companies...
San Francisco Remains The Top Startup City On The World
22.05.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - San Francisco Remains The Top Startup City On The World A richly connected network of founders, venture capital firms, and tech talent are some of the key ingredients driving a startup ecosystem. As engines of growth, these tech clusters are evolving on a global scale. While the world’s leading startup cities are concentrated in America, several ecosystems...