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It's Time To Investigate The Virginia Retirement System
09.06.2024, 23:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's Time To Investigate The Virginia Retirement System Authored by Thomas Jones via RealClear Wire, Documents obtained by the American Accountability Foundation have revealed that Virginia retirees’ pension funds are being used to implement a far-left agenda. This is an outrageous betrayal. Pension fund managers should be focused on maximizing returns...
"A First Victory Against Big Tech!" - Belgian Lawmaker Awarded €27k From Meta For Unfair Facebook 'Shadowban'
08.06.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "A First Victory Against Big Tech!" - Belgian Lawmaker Awarded €27k From Meta For Unfair Facebook 'Shadowban' Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been ordered to pay damages in the sum of €27,000 to a Belgian right-wing lawmaker for unfairly limiting his reach on the social media platform, otherwise...
Die Qual der Wahl
08.06.2024, 11:01 Uhr. tkp.at - https: - Die anstehende Europawahl wirkt derzeit, als könne man an diesem Beispiel Wahlmanipulation in Echtzeit beobachten. Passend vor der Wahl am 09. 06. 2024 trat Ende Februar 2024 das EU-Zensurgesetz „zum Schutz der Meinungsfreiheit“ [1] in Kraft. Im Rahmen der aktuellen Europawahl wird nun massiv zensiert, Meta und Microsoft sind über sogenannte „election...
Israeli Government Funded Covert Influence Campaign Targeting US Lawmakers: NYT
07.06.2024, 16:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israeli Government Funded Covert Influence Campaign Targeting US Lawmakers: NYT Authored by Edward Carver via Common Dreams, Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs organized and paid for a digital campaign to influence US lawmakers, especially Democrats who are Black, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The ministry allotted $2 million to the...
Nvidia Carries The World (& The S&P 500) On Its Shoulders
05.06.2024, 18:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nvidia Carries The World (& The S&P 500) On Its Shoulders Following a strong start to the year and a brief setback in April, the stock market returned to form in May, with the S&P 500 returning almost 5 percent last month. Overall, the index returned 11.3 percent in the first five months of 2024, bringing the 12-month return of the index to 28.2 percent...
This Is What Hedge And Mutual Funds Did In Q1: Goldman's HF and MF Monitors
23.05.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - This Is What Hedge And Mutual Funds Did In Q1: Goldman's HF and MF Monitors Today Goldman published two of the bank's most widely read periodic reports: the Hedge Fund Trend Monitor (available to pro subs here) and Mutual Fundamentals (also available here), which summarize the quarterly activity and flows of hedge and mutual funds, respectively. Both...
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)...
Mainstream Finally Gets It... The AI Investment Play Isn't Tech, It's Energy
21.05.2024, 16:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mainstream Finally Gets It... The AI Investment Play Isn't Tech, It's Energy Almost two months ago, we highlighted what we called at the time 'The Next AI Trade' - that in fact it is not the tech itself, but the electrical power required to run the tech that is the limiting factor on the growth of AI (and Data Center) expansion. These pages have been...
Fears Mount Of Undersea Cable Sabotage By Chinese Repair Ships, Report Says
19.05.2024, 18:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fears Mount Of Undersea Cable Sabotage By Chinese Repair Ships, Report Says State Department officials told a team of Wall Street Journal reporters about the increasing risks that undersea telecommunications cables could be susceptible to espionage. The officials became concerned when a state-controlled Chinese firm that repairs undersea cables...
Die digitale Tyrannei mit der eID lässt auch jede Form von Zensur und Manipulation zu. Die EU erpresst entsprechend Facebook.
17.05.2024, 22:25 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - Die CIA-nahe Datenkrake Facebook will selbstverständlich weiter nach eigenen Vorstellungen manipulieren und zensieren. Das passt der EU nicht – schliesslich führt man die digitale Tyrannei mit der eID nicht ein, damit US-Amerikaner diese Macht haben. EU-Kommissar Thierry Breton macht entsprechend Druck:We open formal proceedings against Meta. We...
Former Facebook And Nike DEI Manager Gets 5 Years For Embezzling $5 Million To Fund Luxury Lifestyle
17.05.2024, 20:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Former Facebook And Nike DEI Manager Gets 5 Years For Embezzling $5 Million To Fund Luxury Lifestyle A former diversity program manager at Facebook and Nike has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing more than $5 million from Facebook and Nike while working as a DEI executive. Barbara Furlow-Smiles has been accused of " an elaborate...
Futures Flat In Quiet End To Torrid Week
17.05.2024, 12:53 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat In Quiet End To Torrid Week US equity futures are flat to end a torrid week which saw all indexes hit a fresh all-time high while the terminally anachronistic Dow Jones briefly topped 40,000. Pre-market, MegaCap Tech are mixed: AMZN +20bp, MSFT +20bp, META -22bp, GOOGL -18bp. WMT is down 27bps pre-mkt, after its +7.0% rally post-earnings...
"We've Had A Hell Of A Run": Stanley Druckenmiller Sells 441,000 Shares Of Nvidia
16.05.2024, 21:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "We've Had A Hell Of A Run": Stanley Druckenmiller Sells 441,000 Shares Of Nvidia Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller, head of the Duquesne Family Office, sees the artificial intelligence bubble as overextended. He has slashed some of his holdings in "Magnificent Seven" technology stocks, including Nvidia. He's not alone. Other notable fund...
RFK Jr. And AV24 Super PAC Sue Meta, Alleging Election Interference
15.05.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - RFK Jr. And AV24 Super PAC Sue Meta, Alleging Election Interference Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and the super PAC backing him have filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc., for election interference after it allegedly shadow banned the documentary “Who is Bobby...
Nvidia Rivals Gold As Shield Against Inflation
13.05.2024, 14:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nvidia Rivals Gold As Shield Against Inflation Authored by Edward Harrison via Bloomberg, The biggest US tech stocks are not only a bet on innovation but also a possible hedge against inflation, according to some respondents in the latest Bloomberg Markets Live Pulse survey. Gold, the haven of choice for decades, is still seen as the best safeguard...
The TikTok Ban Is The Next Patriot Act
10.05.2024, 05:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The TikTok Ban Is The Next Patriot Act Authored by Aaron Sobczak via The Mises Institute, HR 7521, called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, is a recent development in American politics. TikTok has been in the news for the past few years, after the public became aware of its connections to China. The popular...
The Militia Used As An FBI Front Group In 2020 Is Again Proliferating On Facebook
06.05.2024, 23:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Militia Used As An FBI Front Group In 2020 Is Again Proliferating On Facebook Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, The tech publication Wired reported Thursday that the Three Percenter, or III%er, militia is again proliferating on Facebook ahead of the 2024 presidential election. A car passes Facebook's new Meta logo on a sign at the company...
Change Of S&P Leadership Suggests Bottom Is Near
05.05.2024, 20:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Change Of S&P Leadership Suggests Bottom Is Near Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, A change in sector leadership in US stocks suggests the correction might soon be over and a bottom is not too far away. The tech sector has led the recent advance in the US stock-market (i.e. the sector with the highest three-month return on a three-month...
These Are The Best US Companies To Work For (According To LinkedIn)
03.05.2024, 13:59 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The Best US Companies To Work For (According To LinkedIn) In this graphic, Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti lists the 15 best U.S. companies to work for in 2024, according to LinkedIn data. LinkedIn ranked companies based on eight pillars: ability to advance, skills growth, company stability, external opportunity, company affinity, gender...
Apple Soars After iPhone, China Sales Drop Less Than Feared; Unveils Record-Breaking $110 Billion Buyback
03.05.2024, 01:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Apple Soars After iPhone, China Sales Drop Less Than Feared; Unveils Record-Breaking $110 Billion Buyback With most of the megatechs having already released earnings, all eyes were on the last Mag7 to report during the heart of earnings season (there is still Nvidia, but due to a calendar quirk that's not for a month) which is also the company which...
Gold Flowers Amid April 'Stagflation' Showers; Stocks, Bonds, & Crypto Crushed
30.04.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Flowers Amid April 'Stagflation' Showers; Stocks, Bonds, & Crypto Crushed The final day of April was really ugly: ECI way hotter than expected (spooked markets), Case-Shiller home prices soared far more than expected (spooked markets more), Chicago PMI puked (while prices paid increased), Consumer Confidence crashed, and Dallas Fed Services slumped...
Rabobank: Biden's Dire Rating On His Handling Of The Economy Is Remarkable
29.04.2024, 17:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rabobank: Biden's Dire Rating On His Handling Of The Economy Is Remarkable By Benjamin Picton, senior strategist at Rabobank The S Word Last week the data caught up with the public mood. Annualized US GDP for Q1 was +1.6%, well below the 2.5% consensus estimate and even below the most pessimistic estimate of +1.7% in the Bloomberg survey. Meanwhile...
Is 10% The New 1%
29.04.2024, 00:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is 10% The New 1% By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities I’ve been thinking a lot about one of the first lessons I was taught as a junior trader. We were warned that when something happens, say a piece of economic data comes out, and the market doesn’t respond as you expected, to cut positions and be very careful. It is a sign that “something”...
Micro Trumps Macro As Stocks Shrug Off Week Of Higher Inflation, Higher Rates, & Lower Growth
26.04.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Micro Trumps Macro As Stocks Shrug Off Week Of Higher Inflation, Higher Rates, & Lower Growth It was an ugly macro week... Source: Bloomberg ...and worse still, 'growth' surprises disappointed significantly while 'inflation' surprises surprised to the upside significantly... Source: Bloomberg Soaring inflation expectations sent rate-cut expectations...
Futures Jump As Tech Giants Soar, Yen Plummets After BOJ Refuses To Prop Up Crashing Currency
26.04.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Jump As Tech Giants Soar, Yen Plummets After BOJ Refuses To Prop Up Crashing Currency In a rollercoaster 48 hours to close the week, yesterday's early market slump (after the disappointing Meta guidance) has been fully reversed and stock futures are now pointing sharply higher after blockbuster earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet with attention...
Google Soars To Record After Smashing Estimates, Launches $70 Billion Buyback And Starts Paying Dividend
25.04.2024, 22:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Google Soars To Record After Smashing Estimates, Launches $70 Billion Buyback And Starts Paying Dividend After the first two Mag7 companies were a study in market paradoxes, when TSLA missed across the board and soared (after guiding much better than expected) and META beat across the board but plunged (after guiding weaker than expected while boosting...
Stagflation Signal Slams Stocks & Bonds; Bullion & Black Gold Bid
25.04.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stagflation Signal Slams Stocks & Bonds; Bullion & Black Gold Bid Overall, US macro data has suddenly started to disappoint (not the least of which was today's ugly GDP print)... Source: Bloomberg But, while 'bad news' for the economy has recently been 'good news' for stocks (enables an easier Fed), today's data 'punched that narrative in the face'...
Aussie Prime Minister Calls For Ban On Memes
25.04.2024, 19:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Aussie Prime Minister Calls For Ban On Memes Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Australian Prime Minister appeared to call for a ban on memes on social media Wednesday, as his government continues a full on assault on freedom of speech online. During a press appearance, Anthony Albanese seemed to lump in memes making fun of him with “misinformation”...
US Futures Tumble After Facebook Implodes; GDP Data On Deck
25.04.2024, 14:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Tumble After Facebook Implodes; GDP Data On Deck The three-day rebound from last week's rout ended with a thud after the close yesterday when Meta imploded, plunging as much as 17% and losing $200 billion in market cap, after the company revealed disappointing revenue guidance coupled with higher capex projections. The report sent US futures...
Meta Craters 13% After Revenue Forecast Disappoints
24.04.2024, 22:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Meta Craters 13% After Revenue Forecast Disappoints After yesterday's eruption by the first Mag7 member Tesla, which missed across the board but gave an extremely cheerful outlook where Musk vowed he would release a lower-priced EV as soon as this year, moments ago the second, and far bigger, Mag7 member - and who really cares about Mag7 any more, it's...
Aussie Senator Says Elon Musk Should "Be In Jail And The Key Be Thrown Away"
24.04.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Aussie Senator Says Elon Musk Should "Be In Jail And The Key Be Thrown Away" Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, An Australian Senator has called for X owner Elon Musk to be jailed for life for refusing to adhere to the Australian government’s demands to remove a video of the brutal attack on a Christian Bishop in Sydney last week by an apparent...
Futures Rise For Third Day As Tesla, Texas Instruments Surge Boosts Tech Stocks
24.04.2024, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise For Third Day As Tesla, Texas Instruments Surge Boosts Tech Stocks Equity futures rose for the third day in a row - last week's brutal drubbing a distant memory - with tech outperforming as Tesla soars premarket after Elon Musk vowed to launch less-expensive vehicles as soon as late this year while Texas Instruments jumped 7% after...
Wave Goodbye To Another Set Of Freedoms With The New Digital ID
24.04.2024, 01:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wave Goodbye To Another Set Of Freedoms With The New Digital ID Authored by Graham Young via The Epoch Times, “Papers please” used to be the ostinato of totalitarian systems, at least in the movies. With the passing of the government’s Digital ID bills, Australians will have to become used to the digital equivalent - so what does that say about...
It's All About Mag 7 Earnings: Without Them S&P Profit Growth Is Negative
23.04.2024, 21:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's All About Mag 7 Earnings: Without Them S&P Profit Growth Is Negative After what has been a boring start to the week, where the biggest event so far was yesterday's start of corporate buyback frontrunning (as we first detailed and bottom ticked the market, which is now 100 points higher since our comment), investors are bracing for some serious...
Futures Extend Rebound Into Second Day Ahead Of Tesla Earnings Despite Rising Yields
23.04.2024, 14:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Extend Rebound Into Second Day Ahead Of Tesla Earnings Despite Rising Yields US equity futures are higher for the second day, even as small-caps underperform after bond yields rise about +4bps and trade near session highs. As of 7:40am S&P and Nasdaq futures were 0.3% higher after Wall Street’s rebound from a $2 trillion selloff; European...
iPhone Sales In China Tumble 19% In Worst Quarter Since 2020
23.04.2024, 13:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - iPhone Sales In China Tumble 19% In Worst Quarter Since 2020 Apple shares are marginally lower in premarket trading in New York following a report that first-quarter iPhone sales in China had been the worst since early Covid. This comes ahead of an earnings report from the world's most valuable company next week and other souring reports from independent...
"Not About Freedom Of Expression": Aussie Politicians Unite Against Elon Musk's X
23.04.2024, 03:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Not About Freedom Of Expression": Aussie Politicians Unite Against Elon Musk's X Authored by Monica O'Shea via The Epoch Times, Elon Musk’s X is facing strong criticism from both the centre-left Labor Party and the centre-right Liberal-National Coalition in Australia amid a legal challenge against the country’s online content tsar. Mr. Musk labelled...
Facebooks neuer KI-Chatbot genauso ideologisch voreingenommen wie andere Tools
23.04.2024, 00:06 Uhr. Transition News - https: - Mark Zuckerbergs neuer Chatbot mit künstlicher Intelligenz wurde wegen politischer Voreingenommenheit angeprangert, nachdem das Tool unter anderem ein umstrittenes Ranking der australischen Premierminister erstellt hatte. Dies berichtet Sky News Australia. Die Australier seien schockiert gewesen über die ideologische Voreingenommenheit des neuen Chatbots...
Stocks Surge In Massive Squeeze As Traders Frontrun End of Buyback Blackout Period
22.04.2024, 20:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks Surge In Massive Squeeze As Traders Frontrun End of Buyback Blackout Period After the worst week for stocks since the March 2023 bank crisis, and after 6 consecutive weeks of Nasdaq declines, not to mention dealer gamma collapsing and CTAs still facing billions in forced selling, market sentiment was near-apocalyptic... at least until we reminded...
Key Events This Week: PCE, GDP, Fed Blackout And Earnings Gallore
22.04.2024, 16:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: PCE, GDP, Fed Blackout And Earnings Gallore Hot on the heels of last week's tech and momentum rout, shaken traders will have to wait until Friday for the main macro event namely the US core PCE print within the income and spending report. Economists expect the core PCE deflator to come in at +0.30% vs. +0.26% last month. This would...
China Orders Apple To Remove WhatsApp From App Store
19.04.2024, 21:38 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - Bloomberg has reported that the Chinese Cyberspace Administration has ordered Apple to remove WhatsApp and Threads from the App Store, citing national security concerns. In response to national security concerns, the Chinese Cyberspace Administration has requested Apple to remove Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese App Store...
How Big Tech Is Consuming America's Electricity And Water
19.04.2024, 21:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Big Tech Is Consuming America's Electricity And Water Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As federal net-zero policies attempt to shift transportation, heating, and other essentials onto the electric grid, one of the hottest growth sectors of America’s economy is poised to increase electricity demand exponentially,...
A Very Ugly Week For The Nasdaq, A Terrible Week For Semiconductors
19.04.2024, 17:53 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Very Ugly Week For The Nasdaq, A Terrible Week For Semiconductors It's been a very ugly week for momentum names, but since these days that really means AI and/or mega tech, we can just saw this has been a very ugly week for the Nasdaq. And sure enough, with the QQQs down 0.4%, the Nasdaq is now pacing for its worst week in over a year - and is down...
Futures Reverse All Losses, Oil Slides After Iran Plays Down Israeli Attacks, Signals No Retaliation
19.04.2024, 14:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Reverse All Losses, Oil Slides After Iran Plays Down Israeli Attacks, Signals No Retaliation While US futures are still modestly in the red, they are not only well off the worst overnight levels, but they are almost unchanged since yesterday's close following a performative Israeli retaliation. which followed a performative Iranian attack, which...
Albanian "King Of Instagram" Used Platform To Tell Followers How To Sneak Into Britain, Join The Drug Trade
19.04.2024, 11:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Albanian "King Of Instagram" Used Platform To Tell Followers How To Sneak Into Britain, Join The Drug Trade While we're sure social media sites are busy moderating "misinformation" once again ahead of the all-important 2024 election, one influencer is using Instagram to give his followers tips on sneaking into Britain and making £6,000 a month working...
Demokratie in Gefahr: Meta schränkt Reichweite für „politische Inhalte“ ein
18.04.2024, 17:09 Uhr. reitschuster.de - https: - Facebook, Instagram und Co wollen ein „wertvolles Erlebnis“ sein. Deshalb sollen Nutzer jetzt vor „falschen“ Posts geschützt werden. Was im Mantel der Fürsorge daher kommt, entpuppt sich als digitaler Rotstift. Von Kai Rebmann. Der Beitrag Demokratie in Gefahr: Meta schränkt Reichweite für „politische Inhalte“ ein erschien zuerst auf...
Federal Judge Clears Facebook's Zuckerberg Of Personal Liability In 25 'Social Media Addiction' Cases
17.04.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Federal Judge Clears Facebook's Zuckerberg Of Personal Liability In 25 'Social Media Addiction' Cases Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has ruled Meta Platforms, Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg will not face personal liability in 25 legal complaints alleging his social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, have harmed children...
"No Clear Trend What Happens Next": Stocks Are Displaying Bearish Features Last Seen In 2022
17.04.2024, 14:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "No Clear Trend What Happens Next": Stocks Are Displaying Bearish Features Last Seen In 2022 By Tatiana Darie, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist The stocks selloff is displaying features that were often seen back when shares plunged in 2022, which is a warning for equities now. The S&P 500 has fallen for seven of the past 11 trading sessions...
Earnings Season Has Started: Here Is The Emerging Picture
16.04.2024, 04:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Earnings Season Has Started: Here Is The Emerging Picture Banks kicked off Q1 earnings last Friday with a painful start: XLF fell 1.3% on Friday alone led by a 6% plunge in JPM stock, and dropped even more on Monday despite strong results from Goldman. While JPM earnings beat (most) expectations, and left 2024 Net Interest Income guidance unchanged...