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Conference Board Consumer Expectations Hit YTD Highs, Inflation Fears Dip In May
26.05.2026, 16:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Conference Board Consumer Expectations Hit YTD Highs, Inflation Fears Dip In May With war (and rising gas prices) now fully embedded in respondents' minds (along with record high stock prices), it is perhaps not entirely surprising that The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence dipped in May (but was better than expected). The headline index dipped...
Key Events This Holiday-Shortened Week: PCE, Durables, Consumer Confidence And Fed Speakers
26.05.2026, 16:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Holiday-Shortened Week: PCE, Durables, Consumer Confidence And Fed Speakers SSDD: with stocks set to hit new record highs, the hope this morning once again is that the days may be numbered for the war in Iran, with momentum building since the start of the weekend that a deal could be in the works. Brent, which ended last week at $103...
Futures Rise, US Stocks Set For New Record As Hopes For Iran Peace Deal Persist Despite Bombing
26.05.2026, 14:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise, US Stocks Set For New Record As Hopes For Iran Peace Deal Persist Despite Bombing US futures are higher again, led by tech and small caps. As of 7:30am, S&P 500 futures rose 0.7%, signaling US stocks are set for another record high when the market reopens after Memorial Day weekend. Nasdaq 100 contracts, supercharged by the artificial...
Corrections Vs Bears: How The Fed Rewired The Market
25.05.2026, 21:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Corrections Vs Bears: How The Fed Rewired The Market Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, After three decades of watching market cycles play out from both sides of the trade, I’ve come to a simple conclusion: Wall Street’s love of simple rules is one of the most dangerous aspects of investing. When stocks fall 10%, it’s just...
Futures, Global Stocks Soar To All Time HIgh, Oil Plunges On Endless "Iran Deal" Drumbeat
25.05.2026, 15:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Global Stocks Soar To All Time HIgh, Oil Plunges On Endless "Iran Deal" Drumbeat US equity futures jumped and global stocks rose to record highs as crude oil fell after officials signaled - once again - that the US was nearing a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restore oil flows. The dollar weakened while precious metals...
My Retirement Accounts Fail In The World I Actually Live In
25.05.2026, 00:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - My Retirement Accounts Fail In The World I Actually Live In Authored by Patrick Brenner via RealClearMarkets, I remember the first time I logged into my retirement account as a young professional. It felt like a milestone: proof that I had entered the world of adulthood, of long-term thinking, of ownership. I work in the nonprofit sector, so technically...
Free Speech Shouldn't Be Just For The Party In The White House
24.05.2026, 05:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Free Speech Shouldn't Be Just For The Party In The White House Authored by Charles Sauer via RealClearMarkets, One of the most important Executive Orders signed by President Trump on his first day in office was Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship. As the title suggests, the order forbids any U.S. Government employee from taking...
Trump Speaks With Qatar Emir As Pakistani-Led Iran Peace Push Intensifies
23.05.2026, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Speaks With Qatar Emir As Pakistani-Led Iran Peace Push Intensifies US-Iran de-escalation hopes drove crude oil and rates lower and put a bid in equities by the end of Friday's trading day, amid speculation that President Trump would stay at the White House over Memorial Day weekend instead of attending Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson’s...
Morocco Launches Mass Deportations To Block Europe Migration Route: EU's 'Externalization Strategy'
23.05.2026, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Morocco Launches Mass Deportations To Block Europe Migration Route: EU's 'Externalization Strategy' Via Middle East Eye Since April 14, Morocco has been conducting large-scale deportation operations targeting sub-Saharan Africans migrating to Europe, reportedly arresting over 100 per day, local sources told Middle East Eye. According to Moroccan human...
These Are The Best (And Worst) Countries For LGBTQ+ Travelers
23.05.2026, 05:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The Best (And Worst) Countries For LGBTQ+ Travelers In order to help LGBTQ+ tourists travel safely, the German portal Spartacus started publishing the Gay Travel Index in 2012. In the 2026 edition, the ranking compared 217 countries and territories based on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people in...
"Huge Shock": China Launches Crackdown On Cross-Border Stock Selling To Block Capital Outflows
22.05.2026, 17:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Huge Shock": China Launches Crackdown On Cross-Border Stock Selling To Block Capital Outflows China launched an unprecedented campaign against illegal cross-border trading to stem capital outflows, threatening severe penalties against brokers and ordering non-compliant accounts to be liquidated within two years, sparking a brutal selloff in three popular...
US Stock Futures Rise, Set For 8th Consecutive Week Of Gains
22.05.2026, 14:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Stock Futures Rise, Set For 8th Consecutive Week Of Gains US equity futures are higher into the long weekend, with the S&P 500 gaining for an 8th consecutive week higher, its longest streak of weekly wins since 2023 with sustained momentum in popular thematics, thanks to a liquidity boost, supportive macro readings, solid earnings and hopes that...
Turkey Markets Crash After Court Unseats Opposition Head In Latest Erdogan Power Grab
22.05.2026, 00:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Turkey Markets Crash After Court Unseats Opposition Head In Latest Erdogan Power Grab Shortly after we learned that Turkey had sold virtually all of its Treasuries in March to defend the lira after the Iran war broke out, the country was thrown into fresh political turmoil on Thursday when a Turkish court removed the leader of the country’s main opposition...
Rickards: Investing In A World In Turmoil
21.05.2026, 21:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rickards: Investing In A World In Turmoil Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, To say that the world is in turmoil to an extent not seen since the 1960s is an understatement. The war in Ukraine is now in its fifth year. The war in Iran continues with no end in sight, despite Trump’s optimistic talk. NATO may be nearing the break-up stage...
US PMIs Lead The World As Manufacturing Tops 4-Year Highs, Services Sink
21.05.2026, 15:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US PMIs Lead The World As Manufacturing Tops 4-Year Highs, Services Sink Following Japan's ugly PMIs (Services lowest since March 2025) and Europe's disaster (weakest composite EU PMI since late 2023)... ...with prices surging... All eyes are on the US 'soft' survey data for signs of divergence (or contagion). With US 'hard' data improving notably,...
Futures Slump, Ignoring Korean Euphoria , After Iran Rejects Trump Enriched Uranium Demands
21.05.2026, 13:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Slump, Ignoring Korean Euphoria , After Iran Rejects Trump Enriched Uranium Demands A steady rebound in US equities driven by peak insanity in Korea (where the two chip stocks that account for most of the market surged and sent the Kospi soaring more than 8% overnight) faded after a report that Iran’s Supreme Leader issued a directive that...
KOSPI, Samsung Soar After 11th-Hour Union Deal Averts Chip Strike; Workers Eye $340k Bonuses
21.05.2026, 12:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - KOSPI, Samsung Soar After 11th-Hour Union Deal Averts Chip Strike; Workers Eye $340k Bonuses South Korea's benchmark KOSPI jumped overnight after Samsung Electronics reached a tentative wage-and-bonus agreement with its main labor union, neutralizing the immediate risk of a paralyzing strike at the world's largest memory-chip producer. The wage-and-bonus...
Could Deep Blue California Elect A Republican Governor?
21.05.2026, 03:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Could Deep Blue California Elect A Republican Governor? Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times, As tensions mount in the high stakes race for California governor, early results show Republicans have returned more than 905,000 ballots ahead of the June 2 primary election—a massive surge compared with the last governor’s race during the 2022 midterms...
New Fed Chair Pledges 'Regime Change' To Fight Inflation - Here's What That Could Mean In Practice
21.05.2026, 02:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - New Fed Chair Pledges 'Regime Change' To Fight Inflation - Here's What That Could Mean In Practice Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Newly confirmed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, pledging new tactics to fight inflation, faces an uphill battle to keep rising prices in check. At left is former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome...
House Lawmaker Introduces Legislation To Expose CCP Exploitation Of Sister City Agreements
20.05.2026, 05:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Lawmaker Introduces Legislation To Expose CCP Exploitation Of Sister City Agreements Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A House lawmaker has introduced legislation to prevent foreign adversaries, particularly the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), from exploiting sister city partnerships and jeopardizing U.S. national security...
Korean Bubble Mania: Retail Investors Max Out On Margin Debt, Choose To "Risk Complete Collapse" Than Miss Stock Rally
20.05.2026, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Korean Bubble Mania: Retail Investors Max Out On Margin Debt, Choose To "Risk Complete Collapse" Than Miss Stock Rally For many years, Koreans were bitcoin's best friend. After bitcoin emerged about a decade ago as the asset class with the most pronounced momentum - both to the upside and the downside - Korea's daytrading army, famous for being totally...
Flatbed Truck Rates Hit New Highs As These Drivers Fuel Boom
19.05.2026, 18:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Flatbed Truck Rates Hit New Highs As These Drivers Fuel Boom Flatbed trucking conditions have never looked stronger, with spot rates surging to record highs amid a mix of tightening capacity and rising industrial freight demand. "Flatbed trucking rates have hit a new all-time high as industrial demand and a crackdown on bad actors continue to shape...
"Cautious Optimism": US Pending Home Sales Rise For 3rd Straight Month In April
19.05.2026, 16:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Cautious Optimism": US Pending Home Sales Rise For 3rd Straight Month In April Pending home sales were expected to rise for the third straight month in April (after crashing to record lows to end last year) as mortgage rates stabilized amid war worries, and they did, rising 1.4% MoM (better than the 1.0% expected) with March's gains revised higher...
UBS Reactivates Supply-Chain Stress Watch After Detecting Alarmingly Rapid Deterioration
19.05.2026, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UBS Reactivates Supply-Chain Stress Watch After Detecting Alarmingly Rapid Deterioration One week after Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc warned CNBC of a "new wake-up call" for global trade amid the ongoing disruption of the Strait of Hormuz and a deepening energy crisis that could intensify further in June, UBS analysts are out with a new note telling clients...
Buffett Cash Hoard: Why $397 Billion Sits On The Sidelines
18.05.2026, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Buffett Cash Hoard: Why $397 Billion Sits On The Sidelines Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, $397 billion. That’s how much “Buffett cash” now sits on Berkshire Hathaway’s balance sheet after Greg Abel’s first quarter as CEO. Warren Buffett left $373 billion behind when he stepped down at the end of 2025. Three months...
Key Events This Week: Nvidia Earnings, FOMC Minutes And Global PMIs
18.05.2026, 15:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: Nvidia Earnings, FOMC Minutes And Global PMIs Looking at the week ahead, Nvidia’s earnings on Wednesday, with a market capitalisation now of $5.46tn, will be the main event. In economics, we have the global flash PMIs on Thursday, along with inflation data from Canada tomorrow, the UK on Wednesday, and Japan on Friday. From central...
Futures Slide After Bond Yields, Oil Prices Jump Around The Globe
18.05.2026, 13:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Slide After Bond Yields, Oil Prices Jump Around The Globe Futures are lower, but off their overnight lows as markets focus on soaring global yields after US/Iran talk progress remains stalled (but at least armed hostilities did not resume contrary to some speculation). Yields also spiked on rising oil prices, concerns of an extra budget in Japan...
Samsung, Union Resume Talks After Labor Action Scare; Goldman Says "Korea: Buy"
18.05.2026, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Samsung, Union Resume Talks After Labor Action Scare; Goldman Says "Korea: Buy" Downward momentum in South Korean stocks was halted on Monday as optimism returned to Samsung Electronics after the company and its union reopened talks to resolve contract disputes and avert a strike that could begin as soon as Thursday. Bloomberg reported that the union's...
Social Security Recipients Could See Larger Payment Adjustment In 2027 Amid Higher Inflation
18.05.2026, 01:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Social Security Recipients Could See Larger Payment Adjustment In 2027 Amid Higher Inflation Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A senior citizens group has forecast that the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security payments will increase by 3.9 percent next year, more than 1 percentage point higher than last month’s...
Market Leadership Is Narrow, Increasing Summer Risk
17.05.2026, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Market Leadership Is Narrow, Increasing Summer Risk Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, 📈Technical Backdrop – Friday Selloff Tests The Tape The S&P 500 closed Friday at 7,408.50, surrendering Thursday’s historic first close above 7,500 with a 1.24% decline. The semiconductor names that powered the rally became the source...
Bonds Are Screaming "Something's Wrong"
16.05.2026, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bonds Are Screaming "Something's Wrong" Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Bond yields are doing exactly what I warned about yesterday: forcing reality back into a market that had become increasingly detached from it. Heading into Friday’s cash open, U.S. equity futures are under pressure, with S&P 500 futures down roughly 1% and Nasdaq futures off...
Closing Arguments In High-Stakes OpenAI Trial Focus On Reputation, Character
16.05.2026, 00:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Closing Arguments In High-Stakes OpenAI Trial Focus On Reputation, Character Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), OAKLAND, Calif.—After nearly three weeks of presented evidence, an Oakland jury on May 14 heard final arguments in a high-stakes legal battle that could have profound impacts on the race for artificial intelligence...
Musical Chairs
15.05.2026, 17:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Musical Chairs By Molly Schwartz, cross-asset macro strategist at Rabobank Yesterday, Trump spoke with Xi in Beijing. While markets kept a watchful eye on any headlines about the war in Iran, palates were left dry as only tepid announcements dripped out, such as that China “offered help” on Iran and “pledged not to send weapons.” What they did...
Samsung Strike Threat Sparks Selling Contagion In Memory Stocks
15.05.2026, 15:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Samsung Strike Threat Sparks Selling Contagion In Memory Stocks President Trump's China trip has concluded, with the multi-day summit producing comments from both sides that pointed to warming bilateral relations. As Trump returns aboard Air Force One on Friday morning, traders are shifting focus to overnight turmoil in South Korea, where labor action...
Rate Hikes Are Coming...
14.05.2026, 14:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rate Hikes Are Coming... Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance What a week for macroeconomic data. We got two horrific datapoints this week that, when combined with some key comments from days ago, seem to be pushing the Fed closer to rate hikes than they’ve been in a long while. The case for rate hikes is no longer some fringe tail risk like it felt...
Futures At New Record High On Tech, Tehran, Trade, Taiwan And Tariffs
14.05.2026, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures At New Record High On Tech, Tehran, Trade, Taiwan And Tariffs US futures are higher as we await color on the Trump-Xi summit and US- Iran negotiations, which are said to be ongoing, and as the tech meltup continues. What is known so far is that Trump / Xi agree that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, Hormuz should reopen without a toll or militarization;...
Gamma And Momentum: A Recipe For Cheers And Tears
13.05.2026, 20:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gamma And Momentum: A Recipe For Cheers And Tears Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Intel (INTC) shares have risen 90% over the past month and more than 200% since the start of the year. Its competitors, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Micron (MU), are posting similar gains. Many other semiconductor stocks, along with some...
B200s Or B-2s?
13.05.2026, 18:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - B200s Or B-2s? By Bas van Geffen, senior macro strategist of Rabobank Concerns about the Middle East continued to dictate markets yesterday. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, and there were no signs that this will change soon. Oil prices rose further. Dated Brent jumped 5% on the day to top $111. Alongside the rise in benchmark energy prices, yields...
U.S. Wheat Crop Forecast To Hit Half-Century Low As Drought Hits Breadbasket
13.05.2026, 17:18 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - U.S. Wheat Crop Forecast To Hit Half-Century Low As Drought Hits Breadbasket Chicago wheat futures surged on Tuesday, hitting two-year highs after the USDA's latest WASDE report signaled a much tighter U.S. supply outlook than traders had anticipated. Production stress across America's breadbasket is now converging with a megadrought and mounting fertilizer...
Futures, Yields And Oil All Rise As Trump Arrives In China
13.05.2026, 13:59 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Yields And Oil All Rise As Trump Arrives In China US equity futures are up (alongside oil and yields, go figure), reversing yesterday's modest losses, as optimism around the earnings potential of AI outweighs concerns over hot inflation readings bringing dip buyers back to drive tech stocks higher, with traders betting that the tech rally has...
CME Launching Futures Market For AI Compute
12.05.2026, 20:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CME Launching Futures Market For AI Compute US derivatives exchange CME Group and index provider Silicon Data have teamed up to create a futures market for computing power, a key source driving the AI boom. Bloomberg reports that the futures will help traders, financial firms, AI builders and cloud providers manage volatility and price swings. Indexes...
Stocks Fall, Oil And Rates Rise As Inflation "Roars Back"
12.05.2026, 15:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks Fall, Oil And Rates Rise As Inflation "Roars Back" US equity futures and bonds were lower as oil climbed, with a key inflation report showing the impacts of higher energy and supply disruptions stemming from the war in Iran. Stocks are poised to fall from all-time highs after the core CPI rose more than expected in April. As of 9:15am S&P...
Parabolic Semiconductor Rally Is Pricing In 2028 Already
11.05.2026, 17:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Parabolic Semiconductor Rally Is Pricing In 2028 Already Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The parabolic semiconductor rally crossed a line this week. SOXX, the iShares Semiconductor ETF, closed Friday at $509.77 after touching a fresh intraday high of $511.68. That’s a gain of roughly 244% from the April 2025 low of $148.31...
Key Events This Week: CPI, PPI, Retail Sales, Trump-Xi Summit
11.05.2026, 15:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: CPI, PPI, Retail Sales, Trump-Xi Summit As DB's Jim Reid tallies overnight, it has now been 73 days since the war in Iran began, with the past 32 marked by a stalemate characterized by a mix of truce and ongoing ceasefire. The absence of any meaningful kinetic activity for over a month suggests a firm US preference for reaching...
Futures Flat, Oil Jumps After Iran Peace Talks Break Down
11.05.2026, 14:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat, Oil Jumps After Iran Peace Talks Break Down US equity futures are off a touch as the US/IranIran failed to consummate a deal, which is boosting Energy commodities and bond yields. Still, stocks have withstood the resulting increase in oil prices and higher bond yields as the market remains focused on the memory/semi stock bubble. As of...
Singapore Remains The World's Most Powerful Passport In 2026
11.05.2026, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Singapore Remains The World's Most Powerful Passport In 2026 Your passport shapes how much of the world you can access. In 2026, the gap between the strongest and weakest passports spans nearly 170 destinations. This graphic, via Visual Capitalists' Gabriel Cohen, ranks global passport strength using data from the Henley Passport Index, based on how...
Vegetable-Oil Inflation Sends World Food Prices Higher
10.05.2026, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Vegetable-Oil Inflation Sends World Food Prices Higher The benchmark for global food commodity prices rose for a third consecutive month in April, hitting its highest level since early 2023, as Middle East supply disruptions, elevated energy costs, and tightening supplies of certain agricultural products appear to be driving the next leg higher in global...
Earnings Estimate Revisions Are Very Optimistic
10.05.2026, 21:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Earnings Estimate Revisions Are Very Optimistic Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, 💰 Earnings Estimate Revisions Are Very Optimistic Last week, we discussed the S&P earnings record and why such record earnings could be a warning for the market. I want to continue that discussion by focusing not only on what has happened but...
When The Persian Gulf Supply Shock Meets The Warsh Fed: Stagflation & The Coming AI Bubble Bust
10.05.2026, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - When The Persian Gulf Supply Shock Meets The Warsh Fed: Stagflation & The Coming AI Bubble Bust Authored by David Stockman via InternationalMan.com, Here is a salient place to start regarding the economic impact of the Donald’s misbegotten war on Iran: To wit, approximately 7 billion ton-miles of freight moves by truck each and every day in the USA...