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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...
Chicago PMI Unexpectedly Craters To Depression Levels
31.05.2024, 16:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chicago PMI Unexpectedly Craters To Depression Levels After unexpectedly slumping last month to 37.9, the Chicago PMI index cratered even more unexpectedly in May, when it defied hopes of a rebound to 41.5, and instead tumbled even more, sliding to a cycle low of 35.4 which was not only below the lowest estimate, but was staggeringly low. To get a sense...
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...
The State Of World Hunger
31.05.2024, 09:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The State Of World Hunger At least 735 million people were affected by hunger in 2022, according to the most recent report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). And as Statista's Martin Armstrong reports, nowhere does the problem have a larger scale than on the African continent. According to FAO, about 61 percent...
Canada's Oil Resurgence Is Doomed Without Younger Workers
30.05.2024, 21:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Canada's Oil Resurgence Is Doomed Without Younger Workers By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Canada's oil industry is booming, but companies in its top oil-producing province, Alberta, are struggling to hire and retain skilled talent to seize the opportunity of greater market access that the expanded Trans Mountain oil pipeline provides. Canadian...
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...
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...
Masks Found To Be Ineffective After First Omicron Wave: New Study
30.05.2024, 11:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Masks Found To Be Ineffective After First Omicron Wave: New Study Authored by Megan Redshaw, J.D. via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks were a recommended public health measure to prevent transmission of the virus. Yet new research suggests masks were ineffective at reducing the risk of infection when Omicron...
Bond Yields Soar As Rate-Cut Hopes Plunge; Stocks, Oil, & Gold All Sold
29.05.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bond Yields Soar As Rate-Cut Hopes Plunge; Stocks, Oil, & Gold All Sold A quiet macro day in the US - mixed bag of regional Fed survey data (Richmond Manufacturing good, Richmond Biz Conditions bad, Dallas Services bad) and plunging mortgage apps) - followed a hotter than expected inflation print in Germany, which sparked a further hawkish shift lower...
Trouble In Paradise: Zelensky Insults Biden Over Absence At Peace Summit
29.05.2024, 21:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trouble In Paradise: Zelensky Insults Biden Over Absence At Peace Summit Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has increasingly of late lashed out publicly at the proverbial hand that feeds him. He and his top officials have long complained that the billions in approved Western defense aid and shipments have been much too slow to reach Ukraine, giving...
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...
US 'Looking Closely' At Vaccinating Workers Exposed To Bird Flu: Official
29.05.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US 'Looking Closely' At Vaccinating Workers Exposed To Bird Flu: Official Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Officials in the United States, Canada, and Europe are considering the vaccination of workers and others against the highly pathogenic avian influenza. A dairy farmer herding cows in Carrying Place, Ontario, Canada...
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...
Supreme Court Rejects Lawyer Michael Avenatti's Bid To Overturn Conviction
28.05.2024, 20:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Supreme Court Rejects Lawyer Michael Avenatti's Bid To Overturn Conviction Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Supreme Court on May 28 said it was rejecting a bid by lawyer Michael Avenatti, known for representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels, to overturn his conviction in a Nike-related case. Attorney Michael...
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...
Key Events This Holiday-Shortened Week: PCE, GDP And More Fed Speakers
28.05.2024, 16:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Holiday-Shortened Week: PCE, GDP And More Fed Speakers All roads this week point towards the April US core PCE print on Friday which in MoM terms is expected to edge down from +0.32% to +0.26%, which would be the lowest monthly increase of 2024. As DB's Jim Reid notes, you don't need an economist to tell you how well scrutinized this...
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...
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...
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...
Yields Will Stay Higher For Longer With Commodities
27.05.2024, 15:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yields Will Stay Higher For Longer With Commodities By Garfield Reynolds, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Surging commodity prices are threatening to bring inflation back through a door that investors thought central banks had slammed shut. That’s bringing yields higher, but the structural boost to fiscal spending that is helping drive...
'Mises Caucus Just Exploded': Libertarian Party Nominates Left-Winger Chase Oliver
27.05.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Mises Caucus Just Exploded': Libertarian Party Nominates Left-Winger Chase Oliver After seven rounds of balloting stretching over seven hours -- and coming close to nominating nobody -- the Libertarian Party gave its presidential nomination to the decidedly left-leaning Chase Oliver on Sunday night in Washington DC. The result was a devastating upset...
Why Are They Drugging The Students?
26.05.2024, 19:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Are They Drugging The Students? Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The last few years have blown wide open a scandal that has long existed but is not that well known aside from specialists. The problem is the collaboration between pharmaceutical companies, government regulators, and the medical industry. The problem...
NATO Country Says Goal Should Be Breakup Of The Russian Federation
26.05.2024, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NATO Country Says Goal Should Be Breakup Of The Russian Federation Last week, Russian media took note of the latest provocative statements by Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. She has led Russia's tiny Baltic neighbor into a firm hawkish anti-Moscow position. The country was part of the wave of eastern European nations to join NATO in the mid-2000s...
Would Returning To The Gold Standard Resolve Our Most Pressing Monetary Problems?
26.05.2024, 15:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Would Returning To The Gold Standard Resolve Our Most Pressing Monetary Problems? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, We all know the problem with fiat currency: the temptation to print more currency is irresistible, but ultimately destructive. Money in all its forms attracts quasi-religious beliefs and convictions. This makes it difficult...
WATCH: Living Fiat Free – #SolutionsWatch
25.05.2024, 11:26 Uhr. OffGuardian - https: - On the latest edition of #SolutionsWatch, James Corbett is joined by Aaron Day, a liberty activist who hasn’t used fiat currency since 2019. James and Aaron discuss the biggest threat to human liberty and the Manhattan Project that Aaron is proposing to come up with a solution for those looking to escape the coming CBDC …...
They Want To Scare You With Myths Of "Unhampered Capitalism"
25.05.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - They Want To Scare You With Myths Of "Unhampered Capitalism" Authored by George Fo4rd Smith via The Mises Institute, Bad ideas are sometimes the hardest to dethrone. It’s probably accurate to say most people think of money as the paper currency printed by governments. And it is money in the sense that it functions as a medium of exchange, but is...
House Republicans Take Aim At Biden Energy Policies, Vow To Install "Different Vision" In 2025
25.05.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Republicans Take Aim At Biden Energy Policies, Vow To Install "Different Vision" In 2025 Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times, The Republican-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee staged its 15th review in the last 15 months of the Biden administration’s energy policies during a two-hour May 23 hearing that Democrats say was...
DARPA And DoD-Backed AI Chip Company Seeks To Raise $70 Million
25.05.2024, 00:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - DARPA And DoD-Backed AI Chip Company Seeks To Raise $70 Million It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that DARPA is hurriedly throwing in with the ongoing AI trend... In fact, Bloomberg reported this week that the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for an additional $70 million to help further its "quest to develop an ultra-efficient...
Schiff: Silver has New Support At $30
24.05.2024, 19:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Schiff: Silver has New Support At $30 Via SchiffGold.com, In this episode, Peter recounts silver’s notable rise above $30/oz and addresses the latest FOMC minutes that were released this week, in which the Fed signaled that rate cuts could be delayed even further. Peter also calls out the SchiffGold Silver Breakout Sale to celebrate the metal’s...
Rand Paul: Fauci And NIH Emails "Sound Like The Mob Talking"
24.05.2024, 17:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rand Paul: Fauci And NIH Emails "Sound Like The Mob Talking" Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, GOP Senator Rand Paul earlier this week charged that newly released emails dating from the pandemic exchanged between COVID era health officials working with Anthony Fauci provide evidence of an “extensive cover up.” The communications were...
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...
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...
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...
In Blow To China, Argentina's Milei Looking To US For Defense Cooperation
24.05.2024, 04:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - In Blow To China, Argentina's Milei Looking To US For Defense Cooperation Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Over the past decade China’s security footprint in Argentina has grown considerably, but analysts say recent indicators demonstrate President Javier Milei may be shifting defense cooperation back towards the...
Bitcoin & The Wrong Lessons From Pizza Day
24.05.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin & The Wrong Lessons From Pizza Day Authored by Jimmy Song via BitcoinMagazine.com, The following is an excerpt on Bitcoin Pizza Day from "Fiat Ruins Everything" by Jimmy Song. Visit the Bitcoin Magazine Store to order a print, digital or audio copy of the book. Pizza Day is often viewed with a sense of regret. The well-known story goes...
Ranking Trump's Vice-Presidential Options
23.05.2024, 18:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ranking Trump's Vice-Presidential Options Authored by Sean Trende via RealClearPolitics, Playing the Veepstakes guessing game is often a losing one for analysts. Vice-presidential selection is ultimately a highly personal choice, and it is simply too difficult to venture into the mind of one individual and mimic their thought process. Perhaps more importantly...
The Copper Bull: Speculation Vs. Fundamentals
23.05.2024, 14:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Copper Bull: Speculation Vs. Fundamentals Via SchiffGold.com, Copper has gone mad: Liquidated shorts from a flood of speculators, an AI bubble, a supply crisis, and a renewable energy craze have all combined with high global inflation to recently send it to historic all-time highs. While I believe there will be major corrections as some of these...
The "Old Money" Secret To Wealth
23.05.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The "Old Money" Secret To Wealth Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, I believe that we’re heading for another liquidity crisis or financial crisis. That doesn’t mean it’ll happen tomorrow, but there are disturbing signs that it might not be too far off. It doesn’t mean the world’s going to end. But investors who aren’t prepared...
Trump In The Bronx: Thousands Expected To Show Up For Massive Rally Tomorrow
23.05.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump In The Bronx: Thousands Expected To Show Up For Massive Rally Tomorrow With Donald Trump stuck in New York for his 'hush money' trial, which now rests in the hands of the jury (while having imploded in the court of public opinion), the former president is holding what's expected to be a massive rally on Thursday in the Bronx amid huge gains in...
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...
US House Passes FIT21 Crypto Bill With Bipartisan Support, Biden Does Not Threaten Veto
23.05.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US House Passes FIT21 Crypto Bill With Bipartisan Support, Biden Does Not Threaten Veto A majority of US House of Representatives members voted in favor of legislation to establish regulatory clarity over digital assets, CoinTelegraph reports. In a 279 to 136 vote on May 22, House lawmakers approved H.R.4763, or the Financial Innovation and Technology...
Concerns Grow Over The Increasing Abilities Of AI
23.05.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Concerns Grow Over The Increasing Abilities Of AI Authored by Raven Wu and Cindy Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Big tech companies’ full commitment to developing artificial intelligence (AI), even enabling AI to “see” and “speak” to the human world, has led to a growing concern over humans being controlled by technology. (Andrey Suslov/Shutterstock)...
China's Stock Rally Still Misses One Crucial Piece
22.05.2024, 23:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's Stock Rally Still Misses One Crucial Piece By Henry Ren, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist Chinese stocks have rebounded yet local retail traders are still holding back. That’s bad news for a rally that’s looking increasingly stretched. In Hong Kong, aggressive buying by foreign funds has lifted the Hang Seng Index by 18%...
Nvidia Explodes Higher After Blowing Away Estimates, Guiding Sharply Higher, Unveils 10:1 Stock Split
22.05.2024, 22:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nvidia Explodes Higher After Blowing Away Estimates, Guiding Sharply Higher, Unveils 10:1 Stock Split As discussed in our preview, Nvidia has been called the mother of all earnings -- the single most important stock on the planet according to Goldman - and for good reason: it accounts for 5% of the S&P. This morning, Mizuho’s desk analyst said “they...
It's Eerily Calm Out There Before Nvidia Earnings
22.05.2024, 14:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's Eerily Calm Out There Before Nvidia Earnings By Michael Msika, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Falling volumes, crushed volatilities and record highs, equity markets seem to price nothing but a rosy outlook. While much has gone right for investors this year, some risks can’t be ignored and deserve attention. It seems no one wants...
Target Shares Tumble After Retailer Reports 'Caution' About Weak Consumer
22.05.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Target Shares Tumble After Retailer Reports 'Caution' About Weak Consumer Target's shares slumped in premarket trading in New York after the retailer's comparable sales missed Wall Street's consensus estimates for the quarter that ended May 4. This comes as Goldman analysts have warned about faltering low-income consumers in the era of failed Bidenomics...
Another Sanction Failure: The US Blacklisted Xiaomi Three Years Ago Now it Makes EVs
22.05.2024, 11:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Another Sanction Failure: The US Blacklisted Xiaomi Three Years Ago Now it Makes EVs Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Just three years ago, the Chinese company Xiaomi decided to build cars. It succeeded where Apple failed. The Wall Street Journal reports A Chinese Phone Maker Did Something Apple Couldn’t: Make an EV Xiaomi is a Chinese...
Where It's Most & Least Common To Be LGBT+
22.05.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Where It's Most & Least Common To Be LGBT+ Around seven percent of adults identify as LGBT+, according to a survey conducted online in 43 countries between April 2023 and March 2024 by Statista Consumer Insights. But, as Statista's Anna Fleck shows in the following chart, there’s notable variation between countries. You will find more infographics...
Republicans Call For Drug Testing Ahead Of Presidential Debates
22.05.2024, 03:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Republicans Call For Drug Testing Ahead Of Presidential Debates Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Several Republicans are calling for Joe Biden to undergo drug testing before taking part in the presidential debates with Donald Trump scheduled for June and September. South Carolina Senator Tom Scott was asked to comment on the issue on Fox...