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Germany Is A Naive Pawn Of The USA With No Power To Turn Things Around
10.06.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany Is A Naive Pawn Of The USA With No Power To Turn Things Around By Peter Hansler, author of Voice From Russia Disorientated, erratic, weak: Franz Halder – Olaf Scholz Introduction In Germany, Orwellian conditions prevail in terms of domestic politics and the Germans are being led into the abyss by a bunch of dilettantes in terms of economic...
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...
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...
Right-Wing Tsunami: Nationalists Ascendant In Euro Parliament Vote, Le Pen Crushes Macron; Germany's SPD Suffers Record Rout
09.06.2024, 20:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Right-Wing Tsunami: Nationalists Ascendant In Euro Parliament Vote, Le Pen Crushes Macron; Germany's SPD Suffers Record Rout As we await the results from the European Parliament vote (previewed here), the exit polls from Germany are already in and they are a disaster for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats which crashed to their worst-ever...
"Damage Control Underway": Cargo Ship Hit By Missile In Gulf Of Aden In Suspected Attack By Houthi Rebels
09.06.2024, 15:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Damage Control Underway": Cargo Ship Hit By Missile In Gulf Of Aden In Suspected Attack By Houthi Rebels More than six months since the Biden administration launched Operation Prosperity Guardian to defend the critical maritime chokepoint Bab al-Mandab Strait from Iran-backed Houthis and ensure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, we're witnessing...
Betting Big That Bitcoin Mining Won't Exist In Five Years...?
09.06.2024, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Betting Big That Bitcoin Mining Won't Exist In Five Years...? Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, Long Bitcoin / Short Miners Is The Mid-Curve Trade of the Year I’ve never understood the hedgies’ penchant for pair trades: long this / short that is supposed to be some kind of big brain move that either outperforms something or hedges...
US Ambassador Slams Hungary For Relying On Russian Energy, But US Remains Huge Buyer Of Russian Uranium
09.06.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Ambassador Slams Hungary For Relying On Russian Energy, But US Remains Huge Buyer Of Russian Uranium Authored by Denes Albert via ReMix News, Taking his cue from Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó’s recent visit to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman used the occasion...
Copper Breaks Trend Line As Trafigura Questions Spike, Hedge Funds Bet Big
09.06.2024, 03:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Copper Breaks Trend Line As Trafigura Questions Spike, Hedge Funds Bet Big Tight supplies from copper mines and the looming threat of a worsening global deficit rocketed copper prices from February to June, and the AI trade, which drove momentum from speculative traders, pushed prices even higher. But in recent weeks, prices have tumbled, breaking...
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...
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...
Dennis Kucinich Challenges GOP Congressional Opponent To ZeroHedge Debate Over Israel, Warrantless Spying
07.06.2024, 17:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Dennis Kucinich Challenges GOP Congressional Opponent To ZeroHedge Debate Over Israel, Warrantless Spying Former Democrat Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio) is running for Congress again as an independent, and has publicly challenged his incumbent opponent, Republican Rep. Max Miller, to a ZeroHedge debate. "I believe it is essential that you be challenged...
Biden's Top Antitrust Enforcer To 'Urgently' Scrutinize AI Sector For Monopoly Risks
07.06.2024, 16:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's Top Antitrust Enforcer To 'Urgently' Scrutinize AI Sector For Monopoly Risks The top US anti-trust enforcer warned in an interview with the Financial Times about the "monopoly choke points and the competitive landscape" in the artificial intelligence space. He pointed out critical areas of concern, ranging from computing power and the data...
Global Rally Sputters With US Futures Flat Ahead Of Payrolls
07.06.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Global Rally Sputters With US Futures Flat Ahead Of Payrolls The global stock rally faltered as US equity futures were unchanged for the second day in a row this morning and trading right on top of the "gamma gravity" level of 5350, where as discussed yesterday there is a record $10 billion dealer long gamma pile up which has made the market "stuck"...
A Second-Quarter Recession This Year Looks Increasingly Likely
07.06.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Second-Quarter Recession This Year Looks Increasingly Likely Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, As I watch the evolution of consumer spending, housing starts, new home sales, and GDPNow trends, it appears the economy has peaked. Warning: I tend to be early. GDPNow forecast from the Atlanta Fed as of 2024-06-03. Chart by Mish The GDPNow forecast...
Political Prisoner: Steve Bannon Ordered To Serve Four Month Sentence For Defying Subpoenas
06.06.2024, 23:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Political Prisoner: Steve Bannon Ordered To Serve Four Month Sentence For Defying Subpoenas Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was ordered to report to prison on July 1 to begin a four-month prison sentence for defying subpoenas from the Jan. 6 Committee. Yes, the same committee that concealed key testimony, more than once. Steve Bannon, ex-adviser to...
Market Pancakes As Nvidia Gamma Squeeze Fizzles, Attention Turns To Jobs, Global Easing Cycle
06.06.2024, 23:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Market Pancakes As Nvidia Gamma Squeeze Fizzles, Attention Turns To Jobs, Global Easing Cycle After yesterday's breathless Nvidia-led meltup, which saw the AI chipmaker surpass both $3 trillion in market cap and Apple's valuation, today's session was a boring affair by comparison, which saw the S&P close unchanged after a day in which the index...
La Nina Will Complicate Things For Biden Ahead Of Elections As Hurricanes Threaten Oil Refineries
06.06.2024, 23:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - La Nina Will Complicate Things For Biden Ahead Of Elections As Hurricanes Threaten Oil Refineries The Biden administration must now contend with the La Nina weather phenomenon, which is expected to fuel an active Atlantic hurricane season. These storms could potentially disrupt major US Gulf Coast refineries, driving average gasoline prices at the...
Trump Campaign Launches Major Mail-In Ballot Initiative Ahead Of 2024 Election
06.06.2024, 17:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Campaign Launches Major Mail-In Ballot Initiative Ahead Of 2024 Election Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump makes an announcement about U.S. trade relations with China and Hong Kong in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on May 29, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Former President Donald...
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...
Saudi Aramco's $12 Billion Share Sale Quickly Sells Out, But Who Is Buying?
05.06.2024, 20:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Saudi Aramco's $12 Billion Share Sale Quickly Sells Out, But Who Is Buying? By Alex Kimani of OilPrice.com Last week, Saudi Arabia’s energy giant Saudi Aramco (ARMCO) confirmed in a filing with the Saudi Exchange plans to sell shares in the state-owned oil company to help the kingdom fund plans to diversify the economy. Well, the sale took place...
House Democrats Accuse Big Oil Of Price Gouging
05.06.2024, 19:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Democrats Accuse Big Oil Of Price Gouging By Irina Slav of OilPrice.com A group of House Democrats have called on the Department of Justice to launch a probe into the oil industry, accusing the two largest U.S. energy companies of a conspiracy to keep fuel prices high. In a letter sent to the Department of Justice by Rep. Jerrold Nadler and signed...
Merchant Ship Off Saudi Coast Reports "Significant Explosion" A "Short Distance" From Port Side
05.06.2024, 17:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Merchant Ship Off Saudi Coast Reports "Significant Explosion" A "Short Distance" From Port Side UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reports a commercial vessel experienced a "significant explosion ... a short distance from the port side of the vessel." The incident occurred 50 nautical miles southwest of Al Shuqaiq, Saudi Arabia, in the southern...
Services ISM Unexpectedly Surges Out Of Contraction, Prints At 53.8, Above All Estimates
05.06.2024, 16:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Services ISM Unexpectedly Surges Out Of Contraction, Prints At 53.8, Above All Estimates After the Manufacturing ISM unexpectedly tumbled to the lowest level since February (led by a collapse in New Orders which tumbled at the fastest rate since Dec 2023), markets were expecting today's Services ISM to come in well below estimates and to be generally...
Futures Gain With Fresh S&P All-Time High Less Than 1% Away
05.06.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Gain With Fresh S&P All-Time High Less Than 1% Away US equity futures edged higher and were again on pace to reclaim all time highs (which again is less than 1% away away) on expectations that a slew of labor-market readings this week may support the Federal Reserve’s policy easing. As of 7:40am ET, S&P futures rose 0.25% and were at session...
For Second Time, Maersk Lifts Guidance As Red Sea Crisis Sends Container Freight Rates Soaring
05.06.2024, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - For Second Time, Maersk Lifts Guidance As Red Sea Crisis Sends Container Freight Rates Soaring A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S has raised its full-year guidance for the second time in a month. This upward adjustment comes as strong demand for containerized shipping, along with disruptions in the Red Sea, has led to a surge in the cost of shipping a 40-foot container...
Student Debt Cancellation Is Extremely Unfair - Here Are 10 Reasons Why...
05.06.2024, 04:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Student Debt Cancellation Is Extremely Unfair - Here Are 10 Reasons Why... Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, A recent Tweet by Elizabeth Warren and a short rebuttal to her inspired this post. Let’s take a look at the Tweet and my 10 reasons. Deeply Unfair There is something about this "cancel" student debt bill that just feels *deeply* unfair...
How Influencer Cartels Manipulate Social Media: Fraudulent Behavior Hidden In Plain Sight
04.06.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Influencer Cartels Manipulate Social Media: Fraudulent Behavior Hidden In Plain Sight Authored by Marit Hinnosaar via naked capitalism, Marit Hinnosaar is an Assistant Professor University Of Nottingham, and Toomas Hinnosaar, University of Nottingham Economic Theory Centre. Originally published at VoxEU. Social media influencers account for a growing...
The Pain Trade: Citron's Andrew Left Says He's Shorting GameStop...Again
04.06.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Pain Trade: Citron's Andrew Left Says He's Shorting GameStop...Again Stop us if you've heard this one before... In an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, short seller Andrew Left of Citron Research said he has once again shorted GameStop, after famously being short the name during its original astronomical run higher in 2021. “I have covered...
Deviations From Long-Term Growth Trends Back To Extremes
04.06.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Deviations From Long-Term Growth Trends Back To Extremes Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In 2022, we discussed the market’s deviations from long-term growth trends. That discussion centered on Jeremy Grantham’s commentary about market bubbles. To wit: “All 2-sigma equity bubbles in developed countries have broken back...
Massachusetts Regulator Probes 'Roaring Kitty's' GameStop Trades Around Pumps
04.06.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Massachusetts Regulator Probes 'Roaring Kitty's' GameStop Trades Around Pumps Meme stock guru Keith Gill went from sticking it to Wall Street hedge funds shorting GameStop to front-running retail, which he knows will unleash buying power with every social media post. A report from The Wall Street Journal on Monday explained that ETrade, the online...
What Is The Real Purpose Of The Swiss "Peace" Conference For Ukraine?
04.06.2024, 10:18 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Is The Real Purpose Of The Swiss "Peace" Conference For Ukraine? Switzerland is hosting a “Summit on Peace in Ukraine ” on June 15-16 at the five-star Bürgenstock hotel above Lake Lucerne in central Switzerland. The Swiss government says they hope this will lay the groundwork for a peace process in Ukraine which has been embroiled in a bloody...
Fentanyl Mixed With Potent Animal Sedative Is All The Rage
04.06.2024, 04:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fentanyl Mixed With Potent Animal Sedative Is All The Rage Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Various forms of fentanyl. (Courtesy of the University of Houston) Public health authorities are warning of a new fentanyl drug concoction laced with a veterinary sedative more potent than previous cocktails. According to a libertarian...
High-Flying Commodity Sectors Set to Keep Climbing
04.06.2024, 03:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - High-Flying Commodity Sectors Set to Keep Climbing By Farah Elbahrawy, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist Outperforming mining and energy stocks are set for further gains as a constructive backdrop for commodity prices and demand is set to support earnings. Basic resources and energy shares have outpaced the benchmark over the past three...
Massive Australian Truck Convoy Protests Live Sheep Export Ban
04.06.2024, 00:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Massive Australian Truck Convoy Protests Live Sheep Export Ban Authored by Monica O'Shea via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A truck drives on a road in Albany, Western Australia, on April 19, 2024. (Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times) A huge truck convoy has descended on Western Australian (WA) roads to protest the Labor government’s ban on live sheep...
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...
Hedge Funds Dump Chinese Stocks At The Fastest Pace In Almost A Year
03.06.2024, 20:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hedge Funds Dump Chinese Stocks At The Fastest Pace In Almost A Year Back on January 24, we told premium subs to our private news feed that Chinese stocks had plunged too far, too fast, and that the time to buy China (via FXE) had arrived. In retrospect, we timed that call perfectly as it was the bottom-tick for Chinese equities. Several months later...
Key Events This Week: Jobs, Jolts, ISM, And Fed Blackout Period Begins
03.06.2024, 18:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: Jobs, Jolts, ISM, And Fed Blackout Period Begins It's another payrolls week with consensus (+190k) expecting job gains to pick up from last month's +175k number with unemployment widely expected to stay at 3.9%. As DB's Jim Reid writres this morning, the bank's economists think the risks are biased to it rounding down a tenth rather...
For The Next 2-5 Years There's An Extraordinary Imbalance In Favor Of Demand For Power
03.06.2024, 18:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - For The Next 2-5 Years There's An Extraordinary Imbalance In Favor Of Demand For Power By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “I’ve got fifteen examples of companies where AI is expanding profit margins from between 5-40%,” said Lone Star, a Top-5 best performing US endowment CIO. “And yet, no one seems to believe this story,” he...
Nvidia & Goldman See Common Theme: Next AI Trade Will Be In 'PC Upgrade Cycle'
03.06.2024, 18:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nvidia & Goldman See Common Theme: Next AI Trade Will Be In 'PC Upgrade Cycle' The decline in personal computer sales may end as soon as next year as consumers will be enticed to upgrade their legacy Covid-era PCs. The introduction of PCs equipped with fancy new AI chips, capable of running as digital assistants in the background and faster computing...
"Geopolitical Risk Is Everywhere"
03.06.2024, 18:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Geopolitical Risk Is Everywhere" By Michael Every of Rabobank Two kinds of Stag Do/No-Bucks Night We are all invited to two different kinds of ‘Stag Do’ (for those in the US, Bachelor Party), which (for those in Australia) are also a ‘No-Bucks Night’. April US personal consumption income and spending data on Friday saw the former up 0.3% m-o-m...
Ruling Party 'Obliterated' In South Africa Election
03.06.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ruling Party 'Obliterated' In South Africa Election Authored by Darren Taylor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), People hang out in the street in the Alexandra township on May 31, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) “South Africa’s a new country today, but I’m really afraid of that. We don’t know what that looks...
China Ramps Up Warning On Bond-Buying Frenzy With PBOC Selling in Focus
03.06.2024, 04:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Ramps Up Warning On Bond-Buying Frenzy With PBOC Selling in Focus By John Liu and Zheng Wu, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists Three things we learned last week: 1. China’s central bank gave its strongest warning yet against overheating in the government bond market. A paper backed by the People’s Bank of China said the monetary...
Hedge Fund CIO On The Next Leg: "It'll Be Parabolic. The Talking Heads Will Go Nuts. VIX Will Hit 10"
03.06.2024, 01:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hedge Fund CIO On The Next Leg: "It'll Be Parabolic. The Talking Heads Will Go Nuts. VIX Will Hit 10" By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “Still nosebleed long,” grunted Bulldog, selling a few S&P puts for sport. “Bought more stocks, and now I’m buying bonds. Not as a hedge, they’re both going up,” growled Dawg. “The Baby...
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...
Global Cocoa Shortage Much Worse Than Previously Forecasted As Prices Surge
02.06.2024, 00:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Global Cocoa Shortage Much Worse Than Previously Forecasted As Prices Surge The International Cocoa Organization has admitted that the global cocoa shortage will be significantly larger than previously forecasted. Cocoa prices in New York have rebounded in recent weeks, inching above the $9,330 per ton mark to close the week. First reported by Bloomberg...
Did FDR Really Confiscate Everybody's Gold?
01.06.2024, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Did FDR Really Confiscate Everybody's Gold? Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, Did the U.S. government really try to confiscate Americans' gold? The short answer is... well, there isn't a short answer. It's a complicated subject with more nuance than most people give it. Yes, President Franklin D. Roosevelt did try to take most of the gold...
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...
No Such Thing As Bad Publicity
31.05.2024, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - No Such Thing As Bad Publicity By Bas van Geffen, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Trump has been found guilty of all charges in his hush money trial. While this may prevent Trump from voting for himself in November, it is questionable if this conviction will meaningfully lower his odds in the Presidential elections. In fact, as my colleague noted...