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US Lawmaker Condemns Attack On Crimea Beach With American Weapons
25.06.2024, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Lawmaker Condemns Attack On Crimea Beach With American Weapons The Kremlin on Monday called the Sunday strike from Ukraine on a crowded Sevastopol beach "barbaric" and accused the US of "killing Russian children" - given that ATACMS missiles were allegedly used. The attack killed four people, including two children, and injured over 150 more. Foreign...
Supreme Court Ruling Called 'Life-Saving' By Gun Control Advocates, Troubling For Gun Rights Groups
24.06.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Supreme Court Ruling Called 'Life-Saving' By Gun Control Advocates, Troubling For Gun Rights Groups Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Supreme Court’s 8-to-1 ruling on June 21 upholding a federal law barring people under domestic restraining orders from owning guns has been hailed by gun control advocates, while...
Entire UK Establishment Piles On Nigel Farage For Saying 'We Provoked' Ukraine War
24.06.2024, 17:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Entire UK Establishment Piles On Nigel Farage For Saying 'We Provoked' Ukraine War Populist firebrand politician and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is at the center of a storm of criticism and backlash over comments made in a Friday BBC interview wherein he pointed out that it was NATO's constant eastward expansion that's fundamentally to blame for the...
For The First Time Since The Financial Crisis, CMBS Investors Face Europe's First AAA Loss
21.06.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - For The First Time Since The Financial Crisis, CMBS Investors Face Europe's First AAA Loss This wasn't supposed to happen... or rather this wasn't supposed to happen outside of a crisis (and certainly not with stocks at all time highs). Sure, the "impossible" did happen back back in April 2020, just as the world was about to break and the Fed was injecting...
After A Year In "Recovery", The Economy Is Once Again Contracting
20.06.2024, 20:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - After A Year In "Recovery", The Economy Is Once Again Contracting Despite a solid bear steepener today - with Macros selling 10s in what may be an early frontrunning of the Norinchukin liquidation - Nomura's Charlie McElligott writes that the bank's Treasury desk flows have continued to favor Customer buying of both rallies and dips, "particularly with...
A Most Dangerous Assumption: Mining The Future To Spend More Today
20.06.2024, 17:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Most Dangerous Assumption: Mining The Future To Spend More Today Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, What the cheerleaders are actually claiming is the process of adding zeroes to "money" is limitless, but there are limits on the utility of devaluing currency, too. How prosperous would the world be if we hadn't collectively borrowed...
Hegemon Orders Europe: Bet On War & Steal Russia's Money
20.06.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hegemon Orders Europe: Bet On War & Steal Russia's Money Authored by Pepe Escobar, The Swiss “peace” kabuki came and went – and the winner was Vladimir Putin. He didn’t even have to show up... None of the Big Players did. Or in case they sent their emissaries, there was significant refusal to sign the vacuous final declaration – as in BRICS...
Machete-Wielding Ecuadorian Illegal Arrested After Brutal Rape Of 13-Year-Old Girl In NY
18.06.2024, 19:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Machete-Wielding Ecuadorian Illegal Arrested After Brutal Rape Of 13-Year-Old Girl In NY An illegal migrant from Ecuador has been arrested by the NYPD following a broad daylight rape in which police say a man wielding a machete approached two 13-year-olds in a Queens park, a boy and a girl - tied them together by the wrists, and then raped the girl...
AI: "Existential Crisis" Or Excuse For Cronyism?
18.06.2024, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AI: "Existential Crisis" Or Excuse For Cronyism? Authored by Joshua Mawhorter via The Mises Institute, Several months ago, I was on a long car trip with my dad, and we listened to a podcast that gave some commentary on the following headlines from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal: “AI Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry...
Hot On The Campaign Fail: Secret Service Agent Robbed, WH Spox Mocked After Biden Propped
18.06.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hot On The Campaign Fail: Secret Service Agent Robbed, WH Spox Mocked After Biden Propped This weekend wasn't great for the Biden campaign - after a viral video showed the president 'freezing' on stage during a star-studded 'weekend at Biden's' event in LA, and a Secret Service agent getting robbed at gunpoint that same night. Oh, and then Biden had...
Xi Said US Is Trying To 'Goad Beijing' Into Attacking Taiwan
17.06.2024, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Xi Said US Is Trying To 'Goad Beijing' Into Attacking Taiwan China’s President Xi Jinping told European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen that the United States was trying to "goad Beijing into attacking Taiwan," according to officials aware of the exchange, which took place a little over a year ago but is just now being revealed. Xi has also been...
Bitcoin, Black Gold, & Big-Tech Rip To Start The Week
17.06.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin, Black Gold, & Big-Tech Rip To Start The Week A mixed (tending towards awful) night of macro from China was somewhat offset (very modestly) by a better than expected Empire Fed Manufacturing print (but still negative) on a quiet macro day. Bear in mind that Goldman's economists pointed out that the Empire survey has been particularly volatile...
Schumer Seeks Bill To Ban Bump Stocks After Supreme Court Ruling
17.06.2024, 16:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Schumer Seeks Bill To Ban Bump Stocks After Supreme Court Ruling Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called for legislation to outlaw bump stocks after the Supreme Court struck down a President Donald Trump-era ban on the gun accessory. A 6–3 opinion by the high court found that the Bureau...
Futures Flat As European Stocks Stabilize
17.06.2024, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat As European Stocks Stabilize Futures are flat to start the holiday-shortened week (markets are closed Wednesday for Juneteenth). As of 8:00am, S&P futures are unchanged just above 5500, while Nasdaq futures rose 0.2%; France’s CAC 40 benchmark erased most of its opening 1% advance and global stocks ceded most of their early gains sparked...
The Summer Of Living Dangerously
16.06.2024, 13:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Summer Of Living Dangerously Authored by Pepe Escobar, So Le Petit Roi in Paris was predictably crushed in the European polls. He has called parliamentary snap elections, dissolving the Assemblée Nationale in an act of blind, puerile revenge on French citizens, de facto attacking French institutional democracy. That doesn’t mean much anyway,...
G7’s Agrees Using Russian Assets To Fund $50 Billion Ukraine Loan
14.06.2024, 16:21 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - G7 leaders reached an agreement to utilize frozen Russian assets as collateral for a $50 billion loan to Ukraine, with the Biden administration emphasizing that Russia will bear the repayment responsibility. Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) met in Italy on Thursday and decided to provide Ukraine with a loan secured by assets that […] The post...
Macron Has Gambled... And Lost
14.06.2024, 15:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Macron Has Gambled... And Lost By Elwin de Groot, Head of Macro Strategy at Rabobank We still have one more day to go in the European session before the weekend, but the week in review is already showing to be one of quick decisions, where the bond market was ‘saved’ by the US inflation data and where Macron may have asked for a Papal blessing....
Futures Set For New Record High Ahead Of CPI, Fed Double Header
12.06.2024, 14:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Set For New Record High Ahead Of CPI, Fed Double Header Futures are up modestly after another record close on Wall Street heading into today's double whammy of CPI, and FOMC Dot Plot update, with Nasdaq leading and small-caps lagging. As of 8:00am, S&P futures are up 0.1% to 5,390 and set to extend the stretch of record highs as traders position...
The ECB Policy Nightmare And Rate-Cut Mistake
12.06.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The ECB Policy Nightmare And Rate-Cut Mistake Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The ECB decided to cut rates by 25 basis points the same day it elevated its own inflation estimates for 2024 and 2025. You simply cannot make this up. If you wanted unmistakable proof of the lack of independence of central banks, this is it. The ECB only has one mandate, price...
Afghanistan's Taliban Reports $80 Million In Crude Oil Sales In 10 Days
12.06.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Afghanistan's Taliban Reports $80 Million In Crude Oil Sales In 10 Days Authored by Alex Kimani via OilPrice.com, The spokesperson for the Taliban's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum reported that the group had successfully sold $80 million in crude oil. China's CAPEIC’s investment of $49 million in Afghanistan has helped boost the country's daily crude...
Another Chinese Developer Gets Liquidated As Property Bear Market Persists
11.06.2024, 18:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Another Chinese Developer Gets Liquidated As Property Bear Market Persists Asian stocks were mostly red on Tuesday in Hong Kong (Hang Seng -1.04%) and China (CSI300 -.87%) as the Chinese property bear market deepened as Beijing's attempt to stabilize the economy wanes following yet more bad news of developer Dexin China Holdings Co. ordered into...
Failed Leadership Of DC And Fed Has Led Us To A Binary Outcome: Bad Or Worse
11.06.2024, 17:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Failed Leadership Of DC And Fed Has Led Us To A Binary Outcome: Bad Or Worse Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Last week I was interviewed by the great Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity in a wide ranging interview that covered topics like Covid, the economy and the political future of the country. Chris was one of the only people during the onset of...
USDA Recalls More Than 20,000 Pounds Of Frozen Beef Products
11.06.2024, 03:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - USDA Recalls More Than 20,000 Pounds Of Frozen Beef Products Authored by Lorenz Duchamps via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than 20,000 pounds of beef products have been recalled because the meat was improperly inspected when shipped into the United States, according to U.S. regulators. South American Meat Inc. is recalling various frozen raw...
Banking Crisis, Stage Two
10.06.2024, 15:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Banking Crisis, Stage Two Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, I’m sure you recall the banking crisis of March to May 2023. It began with the collapse of the little-known Silvergate Bank on March 8. This was followed the next day by the collapse of the much larger Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 9. SVB had over $120 billion in uninsured...
How Tight Can Credit Spreads Go?
10.06.2024, 14:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Tight Can Credit Spreads Go? By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities This is a piece that we’ve been meaning to get to for the past few weeks, but this weekend seemed like an ideal time: We completed our updated Rate Outlook this week, so it is natural to progress to credit. While Friday’s NFP data (where we are not the only ones pounding the table...
It Leaked From A US-Backed Lab
09.06.2024, 21:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It Leaked From A US-Backed Lab Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, For The New York Times, which started this whole fiasco dating from Feb. 27, 2020, with a podcast designed to drum up disease panic, it’s been a drip, drip, drip of truthiness ever since. A fortnight ago, the paper finally decided to report on vaccine injury from shots...
Aussie Government Fails To Force Elon Musk's X To Censor Content
07.06.2024, 14:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Aussie Government Fails To Force Elon Musk's X To Censor Content Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news. The Australian government has abruptly dropped its efforts to force Elon Musk’s X to remove footage from April of an Islamist violently attacking a Christian Bishop. As we previously highlighted, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...
China Property Stocks Tumble Into Bear Market As Beijing's Bailout Fades
06.06.2024, 15:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Property Stocks Tumble Into Bear Market As Beijing's Bailout Fades Three weeks after Beijing announced "historic" measures, including the central bank providing 1 trillion yuan in extra funding, easing mortgage rules, and local governments planning to purchase apartments to clear excess supply, all in a bid to stabilize the worsening downturn...
Futures Flat As Tech Storms Higher, ECB Rate Cut Looms
06.06.2024, 14:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat As Tech Storms Higher, ECB Rate Cut Looms US equity futures were flat after the S&P 500 notched its 25th closing record on Wednesday, even as global tech shares plowed higher with expectations of more rate cuts adding to the ongoing frenzy around artificial intelligence; With the ECB set to cut rates for the first time since 2019, Nvidia...
Biden Backhands Bibi: 'Every Reason' To Believe Netanyahu Prolonging War For Political Survival
04.06.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Backhands Bibi: 'Every Reason' To Believe Netanyahu Prolonging War For Political Survival There is a bizarre blame-game among close allies the United States and Israel playing out publicly. When Biden on Friday unveiled that the US is fully backing the latest Gaza ceasefire deal on the table, the US president characterized it as an Israeli proposal...
Despite Warnings, Biden Admin Finalizes Rule That Could Cripple Many Offshore Oil Companies
31.05.2024, 13:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Despite Warnings, Biden Admin Finalizes Rule That Could Cripple Many Offshore Oil Companies Authored by Pete McGinnis via RealClearPolicy, In June 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposed a rule that would require stricter financial assurance standards for oil companies operating in the Outer Continental Shelf. This costly rule became final...
Like Biden's Busted Gaza Pier, So Drifts Away Our Economy
30.05.2024, 19:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Like Biden's Busted Gaza Pier, So Drifts Away Our Economy Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Chances are, if you’re reading this blog, you have completely given up on any semblance of fiscal responsibility from the current administration, and perhaps maybe from the nation as a whole, already. But if you’re one of the few still holding on to a shred...
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...
Professor Accuses UCLA Of "Torturing" Pro-Palestinian Protesters
29.05.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Professor Accuses UCLA Of "Torturing" Pro-Palestinian Protesters Authored by Jonathan Turley, UCLA Professor Hannah Appel has accused the school of human rights violations amounting to “torture” in the treatment of pro-Palestinian protesters. The reason is the denial of water and food from being brought into a building being unlawfully occupied...
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...
The Endgame, Part II: How The Conflict In Ukraine Ends
27.05.2024, 04:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Endgame, Part II: How The Conflict In Ukraine Ends By Tuomas Malinen In this piece I present four scenarios for the ‘endgame’ to the Russo-Ukrainian war. They are: The overruling majority (peace). The immovable majority (wider war). Regime change in Russia (risky conflict). World War III (nuclear holocaust). Scenarios concentrate on the drivers...
Extreme Hurricane Season Could Trigger "Carrier Revenge"
25.05.2024, 20:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Extreme Hurricane Season Could Trigger "Carrier Revenge" By Craig Fuller, CEO of FreightWaves For the past two years, shippers have had enormous leverage in the freight market, as excess capacity has kept rates under significant pressure. Shippers, who suffered under the weight of sizable market stress during COVID have inflicted “shippers revenge”...
Biden Admin Is Hiring A 'Meme Manager'; Hilarity Ensues...
24.05.2024, 21:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Admin Is Hiring A 'Meme Manager'; Hilarity Ensues... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Biden campaign has posted a job listing seeking a ‘meme manager’ prompting many to submit examples of their finest Biden meme manager memes. The listing, seeking a ‘Partner Manager, Content and Meme Pages’, was posted on Daybook. It states...
Reality Check Looms For Rosy European Growth Expectations
24.05.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Reality Check Looms For Rosy European Growth Expectations By Michael Msika, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and analyst After a massive wave of optimism on European markets, the expected economic improvement that has buoyed stocks now has to be delivered. The uptrend is still intact for the Stoxx 600 but signs of overheating have cooled markets, especially...
Last Hope Against Biden-Bucks - House Passes Bill Blocking The Fed From Issuing A CBDC
24.05.2024, 02:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Last Hope Against Biden-Bucks - House Passes Bill Blocking The Fed From Issuing A CBDC The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act passed the United States House of Representatives on a largely partisan vote on May 23. As CoinTelgraph's Derek Andersen reports, the bill, which must still face a vote in the Senate, amends the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 to prohibit...
The Great Pandemic Walkback
23.05.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Great Pandemic Walkback Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The pattern is now clearly established. Major figures in and around the pandemic response are slowly walking back all the major claims surrounding the global compulsory regime that ruled life for two and a half years. And each statement is pointing to the same reality. The critics...
Massie Taunts AIPAC After Demolishing Primary Challengers
22.05.2024, 14:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Massie Taunts AIPAC After Demolishing Primary Challengers Despite having been targeted by the most powerful, pro-Israel political organization operating in America, libertarian-minded Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie stomped his two Republican primary challengers on Tuesday -- and then used social media to mock his Israel-first detractors. Massie...
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...
California Governor Escalates War On Gasoline Impacting Neighboring States
21.05.2024, 20:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California Governor Escalates War On Gasoline Impacting Neighboring States Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Prepare to pay another $1 per gallon in California with higher prices in Nevada and Arizona too. The War on Gasoline a Gift to Trump The Wall Street Journal says Gavin Newsom’s War on Gasoline Is a Gift to Donald Trump. California’s...
Benchmarking Your Portfolio May Have More Risk Than You Think
21.05.2024, 17:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Benchmarking Your Portfolio May Have More Risk Than You Think Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentdvice.com, During ripping bull markets, investors often start benchmarking. That is comparing their portfolio’s performance against a major index—most often, the S&P 500 index. While that activity is heavily encouraged by Wall Street and the...
Wall Street's Biggest Bear, Mike Wilson, Finally Capitulates
21.05.2024, 05:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wall Street's Biggest Bear, Mike Wilson, Finally Capitulates Almost one thousand points higher and almost a year after he said to short the S&P at 3,900 in December 2022, Mike Wilson - who along with JPM's Marko Kolanovic was the most steadfast bear on Wall Street - has finally capitulated. Recall that last October, just around the time we and a handful...
ICC Unveils Arrest Warrants For Israeli Leaders In Historic First: 'Crimes Against Humanity'
20.05.2024, 14:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - ICC Unveils Arrest Warrants For Israeli Leaders In Historic First: 'Crimes Against Humanity' The International Criminal Court (ICC) has pulled the trigger on issuing its controversial arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after months of speculation it may not go through with it amid a Washington pressure campaign. Its chief...
Futures Rise, Commodities Soar After Iran's President Dies In Helicopter Crash
20.05.2024, 13:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise, Commodities Soar After Iran's President Dies In Helicopter Crash Futures are higher across the board as investors shift their focus from macro to micro, following a rollercoaster week that saw stocks slide then reverse higher after a soggy CPI and retail sales print, to close at an all time high and the Dow above 40,000. AI is in focus...
Morgan Stanley On Japan In Rome
20.05.2024, 04:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Morgan Stanley On Japan In Rome By Seth Carpenter, Managing Director and Chief Global Economist at Morgan Stanley, and Matthew Hornbach, Global Head of Macro Strategy at Morgan Stanley Japan in Rome Last month at our annual Fixed Income CIO conference, one of the liveliest sessions was on Japan’s reflation. The BoJ ending negative rates and normalizing...