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University Of California Now Discriminates Based On Parental Income, Education
05.05.2024, 16:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - University Of California Now Discriminates Based On Parental Income, Education Authored by James Breslo via The Epoch Times, In 1996, Californians voted, 55 to 45 percent, to ban the use of affirmative action in admissions to state schools and in state employment. In 2020, Californians voted to maintain the ban by an even wider margin, 57 to 43 percent...
Bitcoin ETFs See Buying Resurgence; 'Mr.100' BTFD As Grayscale Sees First Inflow Since Jan
04.05.2024, 22:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin ETFs See Buying Resurgence; 'Mr.100' BTFD As Grayscale Sees First Inflow Since Jan For the first time since spot bitcoin ETFs were launched, Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC) saw a daily net inflow on Friday (of $63 million)... Source: Bloomberg GBTC has dominated the outflows since inception (adding up to around $17.5 billion) since the...
Governments Cause Inflation And Hurt Bond Investors
04.05.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Governments Cause Inflation And Hurt Bond Investors Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The Fed’s preferred inflation measure rose 2.8% in March from a year ago. This is the core personal consumption expenditures price index, excluding food and energy, which should be less volatile than the consumer price index and a better indicator of the real process of...
26 States File Lawsuits In Federal Courts Over ATF Redefinition Of Gun Dealers
04.05.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 26 States File Lawsuits In Federal Courts Over ATF Redefinition Of Gun Dealers Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Attorneys general representing half of the country on May 1 sued President Joe Biden’s administration over a new rule requiring criminal background checks for all gun sales, including private sales. Democratic...
Fed F**kery Turns $37BN 'Unadjusted' Bank Deposit OUTFLOW Into $126BN INFLOW
03.05.2024, 22:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fed F**kery Turns $37BN 'Unadjusted' Bank Deposit OUTFLOW Into $126BN INFLOW Money market funds added $23.6BN in assets last week, pushing the total funds under management back above $6 Trillion - still well off the highs (as some tax-related withdrawals remain lost)... Source: Bloomberg Both retail and institutional funds saw inflows last week... Source:...
The Cold Hard Truth About Renewable Energy Adoption
03.05.2024, 19:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Cold Hard Truth About Renewable Energy Adoption Authored by Haley Zaremba via oilprice.com, The future of the global energy sector is caught up in a messy and misleading ideological debate. Depending on which politically informed echo chamber one inevitably finds themself confined to on social media, they are either told that the energy transition...
Elon’s Test Of Employment
03.05.2024, 02:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Elon’s Test Of Employment Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Elon Musk's photo through a Twitter logo on Oct. 28, 2022. (Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters) Commentary No question that Elon Musk is a genius but his real power lies with his common sense. These days this is a rare quality in business. People in higher levels...
Japan's Warning For America
02.05.2024, 05:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Japan's Warning For America Authored by Michael Wilkerson via The Epoch Times, Last week, Japan saw its currency, the yen, rapidly depreciate against the U.S. dollar and other world currencies to near record low levels. This drew the attention of financial markets and other observers, and—in some quarters—led to panic. There was concern that Japan...
A Low Sodium Diet May Be Stressing You Out
02.05.2024, 01:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Low Sodium Diet May Be Stressing You Out Authored by Jennifer Sweenie via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), There is a link between salt intake and stress, and it’s probably not what you think. While we are well aware of the purported dangers associated with a high-sodium diet, many of us are not aware that too little sodium comes with its own set...
Taper 'Tantrum-ette' - Stocks Pump'n'Dump As Fed 'Eases' Balance-Sheet Pressure
01.05.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Taper 'Tantrum-ette' - Stocks Pump'n'Dump As Fed 'Eases' Balance-Sheet Pressure Powell to traders today... h/t ForexLive The bigger than expected QT taper announcement juiced markets (stocks and bond prices up, dollar down) into Powell's press conference, then got spooked lower as he admitted "inflation has shown a lack of further progress... and gaining...
The Path Of Least Resistance: Northwestern Reaches Controversial Settlement With Pro-Palestinian Protesters
01.05.2024, 21:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Path Of Least Resistance: Northwestern Reaches Controversial Settlement With Pro-Palestinian Protesters Authored by Jonathan Turley, Northwestern University has agreed to a controversial settlement with pro-Palestinian protesters encamped on its campus this week, including a commitment for scholarships for Palestinians, Palestinian faculty appointments...
Wall Street Reacts To Powell Unleashing His Inner Dove
01.05.2024, 20:53 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wall Street Reacts To Powell Unleashing His Inner Dove Ahead of today's FOMC statement and Powell presser, we said that the bogey for a dovish interpretation today will come not from the Fed's rate decision, which we knew would be unchanged, but the QT tapering decision... The big question for today: how much will Fed taper QT by? If Taper goes to $30BN...
Robert Mueller's Right Hand Man Warns SCOTUS: You're "One Vote Away From... The End Of Democracy"
01.05.2024, 19:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Robert Mueller's Right Hand Man Warns SCOTUS: You're "One Vote Away From... The End Of Democracy" Authored by Jonathan Turley, When Robert Mueller appointed Andrew Weissmann as one of his top advisers, many of us warned that it was a poor choice. Weissmann seemed intent to prove those objections correct in increasingly unhinged and partisan statements...
Fed Policies Turn The Wealth Gap Into A Chasm
01.05.2024, 17:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fed Policies Turn The Wealth Gap Into A Chasm Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In an op-ed for the Washington Post on November 5, 2010, Ben Bernanke did a victory lap, praising the Fed’s efforts in stemming the financial crisis. In the article, he discusses how QE and other Fed policies eased financial conditions, bolstering...
Yields Tumble After Dovish Refunding Reveals Debt Sales In Line With Expectations, No Coupon Auction Increases "For Several Quarters", And Treasury Buybacks Begin
01.05.2024, 15:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yields Tumble After Dovish Refunding Reveals Debt Sales In Line With Expectations, No Coupon Auction Increases "For Several Quarters", And Treasury Buybacks Begin Having already revealed its borrowing estimates for Q2 and Q3 on Monday, where we learned that the Treasury expects to sell $41BN more debt than previously expected in Q2, but offset by a...
The World Health Organization’s Pandemic Treaty Ignores Covid Policy Mistakes
01.05.2024, 04:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The World Health Organization’s Pandemic Treaty Ignores Covid Policy Mistakes Authroed by Kevin Bardosh & Jay Bhattarcharya via RealClearPolicy, The World Health Organization is urging the U.S. and 193 other governments to commit next month to a new global treaty to prevent and manage future pandemics. Current estimates suggest over $31 billion...
We Have Reached The Geo-Populist Tipping Points: Here Are Four Examples
30.04.2024, 16:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - We Have Reached The Geo-Populist Tipping Points: Here Are Four Examples By Michael Every of Rabobank Beg, Borrow, or Steel Yesterday’s JPY slump from 158 to 160, surge to 155 on BOJ intervention, and stop over 156 underlines how volatile markets are as long-run fundamentals finally reach tipping points. Tomorrow’s FOMC decision should make that...
HSBC CEO Unexpectedly Steps Down For 'Work-Life Balance'
30.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - HSBC CEO Unexpectedly Steps Down For 'Work-Life Balance' HSBC Holdings Plc unexpectedly announced Tuesday that Chief Executive Noel Quinn is resigning after five years, citing the need for a 'better work-life balance.' The Asia-focused bank plans to complete the succession process in the second half of the year. Reuters said the top candidate...
The Fed's Game Of "Make Believe" Comes To An End
29.04.2024, 23:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Fed's Game Of "Make Believe" Comes To An End Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereignMan.com, It’s barely been a year since the 2023 bank crisis in which several large banks, including Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, failed. At the time, I wrote that the bank failures weren’t over, and that there would be more. But it’s been quiet...
If You Want People To Have Babies You're Now "Far Right"
29.04.2024, 21:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - If You Want People To Have Babies You're Now "Far Right" Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A report published by Politico claims that wanting the human race to reproduce is now a “far right” position to take. Yes, really. Leftists are so obsessed with identity politics, they’re arguing that human reproduction, and being in favour of...
Treasury Publishes Borrowing Estimates For Q3 Which Sneak Below The Median Estimate
29.04.2024, 21:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Treasury Publishes Borrowing Estimates For Q3 Which Sneak Below The Median Estimate Ahead of today's big event - the Treasury borrowing estimates publication - we said that contrary to hyperbolic expectations of $300BN in revised Q2 funding needs and a whopping $1.2 trillion in Q3, the most likely range of Q2 and Q3 borrowing estimates is as follows:...
Here's What The Treasury Will Announce In Its Borrowing Estimate At 3pm Today
29.04.2024, 20:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Here's What The Treasury Will Announce In Its Borrowing Estimate At 3pm Today Ahead of Wednesday's full Treasury refunding announcement and FOMC announcement, as well as today's Treasury Borrowing Estimate, a nerdy clash has broken out within the rates market between those who expect the Treasury to surprise to the downside with its upcoming Sources...
Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Fed, Treasury Refunding, Jobs, JOLTS, ISM And Tons Of Earnings
29.04.2024, 16:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Fed, Treasury Refunding, Jobs, JOLTS, ISM And Tons Of Earnings As DB's Jim Reid notes, with just two days left in a rollercoaster April for markets - and FX - last week actually saw the best week for the S&P 500 (+2.67%) and NASDAQ (+4.23%) since November, following several weeks of declines, as earnings gave markets...
Weaker Growth And Higher Inflation... Why Consensus Was Wrong
29.04.2024, 15:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Weaker Growth And Higher Inflation... Why Consensus Was Wrong Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The weak GDP figure for the first quarter came with a double negative. Poor consumer spending and exports, plus a rise in core inflation, The US administration’s enormous fiscal stimulus, underscores the importance of considering the weaker-than-expected data...
'FX Vigilantes' Strike - Yen Suddenly Crashes To April 1990 Lows Against The Dollar
29.04.2024, 05:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'FX Vigilantes' Strike - Yen Suddenly Crashes To April 1990 Lows Against The Dollar The yen crashed in early Asia trading, tumbling to match is exact lows from April 1990 in what is being blamed on a 'fat finger' trade or multiple barrier-option trades being triggered, by sources that have literally no idea. The plunge extended Friday's big drop which...
The Scramble For Antarctica
28.04.2024, 04:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Scramble For Antarctica Authored by Gregory Copley via The Epoch Times, The “scramble for Antarctica” is slowly gathering steam, and it is not unrelated to a new “scramble for the Americas.” The ramifications for the Indo-Pacific and, indeed, for the global strategic balance are also profound. By 2024, Antarctica had at least 82 bases from...
Washington's Fiscal Mess Is Irresponsible, Unethical, Immoral: Former US Comptroller General
27.04.2024, 15:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Washington's Fiscal Mess Is Irresponsible, Unethical, Immoral: Former US Comptroller General Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, In 2007, the U.S. national debt was below $10 trillion, and the budget deficit was about $160 billion. Federal spending was about $3 trillion, and interest payments were approximately $400 billion. Then the numbers...
"Bye Bye, Babies... Bye Bye, Workers": Can Europe Slow The Impact Of Its Aging Society
27.04.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Bye Bye, Babies... Bye Bye, Workers": Can Europe Slow The Impact Of Its Aging Society By Erik-Jan van Harn and Maartje Wijffelaars of Rabobank Summary Europe’s population is aging and this will stunt economic growth in the coming decades. Challenges are arising for social welfare, debt sustainability, and even strategic autonomy. Potential remedies...
Bank Failures Begin Again: Philly's Republic First Seized By FDIC
27.04.2024, 00:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bank Failures Begin Again: Philly's Republic First Seized By FDIC Who could have seen that coming? (here, here, here, and most detailed here) March will be lit: 1. Reverse repo ends 2. BTFP expires 3. Fed cuts (allegedly) 4. QT ends (allegedly) — zerohedge ( zerohedge) January 8, 2024 Admittedly, we were a couple of weeks off, but trouble has been...
US Bank Deposits Suffer Biggest Weekly Decline Since 9/11 As Tax Man Cometh
26.04.2024, 23:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Bank Deposits Suffer Biggest Weekly Decline Since 9/11 As Tax Man Cometh It's that time of year again and US bank deposits sure showed it... While money-market funds' total assets fell over $100BN, on a non-seasonally-adjusted (NSA) basis, total bank deposits crashed by a stunning $258BN as Tax-Day cometh. That is considerably more than the $152BN...
"The Yen Collapse Has Become Disorderly": Look For A Final, Sharp Decline Before It Hits A Floor
26.04.2024, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The Yen Collapse Has Become Disorderly": Look For A Final, Sharp Decline Before It Hits A Floor The BOJ came, issued the shortest statement in the history of central banks... ... and left, leaving traders stunned and speechless at the sheer idiocy of the world's most clownish central bank, which has decided to invite currency collapse the same abandon...
NYPD Warns Anti-Israel Protesters A 'Seattle-Style' Occupation Zone Won't Be Tolerated
26.04.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NYPD Warns Anti-Israel Protesters A 'Seattle-Style' Occupation Zone Won't Be Tolerated Authored by Patricia Tolson via The Epoch Times, As protests escalate across college and university campuses in the United States, a New York Police Department (NYPD) official vowed that a “Seattle-style” occupation zone will not be tolerated on the streets of...
Exxon Tumbles On One-Time EPS Charges Despite Surge In Cash Flow, Buyback Boost
26.04.2024, 17:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Exxon Tumbles On One-Time EPS Charges Despite Surge In Cash Flow, Buyback Boost With oil prices enjoying a powerful renaissance in recent months amid mounting supply concerns, declining inventory and the growing possibility that China's economy may finally kickstart, energy giants such as Exxon and Chevron had enjoyed a similar rebound in their stock...
JPY Plunges To Fresh 34-Year-Lows After BoJ Does Nothing... Again
26.04.2024, 16:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - JPY Plunges To Fresh 34-Year-Lows After BoJ Does Nothing... Again Having already lost more than 10% of its value versus the US dollar this year, the yen plunged further overnight after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda indicated monetary policy will stay easy as he kept rates unchanged and showed little to no support for the embattled currency during...
The Great Game Returns To Central Asia
26.04.2024, 05:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Great Game Returns To Central Asia Via EurasiaNet.org, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reanimated US and EU interest in Central Asia. China has eclipsed Russia as the region's largest trade partner. Central Asian trade is diversifying away from Russia and towards the West. The Great Game is playing out once again in Central Asia, but it is getting...
Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate The U.S. Economy
26.04.2024, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate The U.S. Economy Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Having used up all of the rest of the batshit, insane, counterintuitive economic dirty tricks left in the "we'll literally do anything but cut spending" bag, the Biden administration is pushing what could be the most destructive idea for our country since prohibition:...
As Tax-Season Ebbs, Money-Market Funds See Return Of Inflows; Fed's Bank Bailout Fund Remains At $126BN
25.04.2024, 23:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - As Tax-Season Ebbs, Money-Market Funds See Return Of Inflows; Fed's Bank Bailout Fund Remains At $126BN After the prior week's almost unprecedented outflows, total money market fund assets rose last week (admittedly by a modest $9.1BN), but remain below the $6TN level ($5.97TN) as tax-season draws roll off... Source: Bloomberg The flows into money-market...
Listen Live: Supreme Court Hears Trump's Presidential Immunity Appeal
25.04.2024, 15:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Listen Live: Supreme Court Hears Trump's Presidential Immunity Appeal The Supreme Court will hear oral argument today over former President Donald Trump’s claim that he’s immune from criminal prosecution for official acts he undertook while in office. Listen live here (due to start at 1000ET): LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears case on whether Trump...
Yields Will Trigger "Serious Earthquakes" Across The Economy, Former Floor Trader Says
24.04.2024, 18:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yields Will Trigger "Serious Earthquakes" Across The Economy, Former Floor Trader Says Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Jack Boroudjian is a legendary former floor trader and now Chairman of SmartXData. Aside from over 30 years of industry experience, Jack is a published author "Secrets of the Trading", Wiley 2007 and has countless articles published...
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...
AI Chatbots Refuse To Produce 'Controversial' Output - Why That's A Free Speech Problem
24.04.2024, 11:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AI Chatbots Refuse To Produce 'Controversial' Output - Why That's A Free Speech Problem Authored by Jordi Calvet-Bademunt and Jacob Mchangama via TheConversation.com, Google recently made headlines globally because its chatbot Gemini generated images of people of color instead of white people in historical settings that featured white people. Adobe...
Tesla Soars Despite Missing Across The Board, After Announcing Earlier Rollout Of "More Affordable Models"
23.04.2024, 22:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Soars Despite Missing Across The Board, After Announcing Earlier Rollout Of "More Affordable Models" As previewed earlier, today's TSLA print is likely to be ugly: the company is the only Mag7 member expected to reported negative earnings growth... ... as a result of anemic Q1 sales, where the (growing) delta between production and deliveries...
World's Biggest M&A Deal Is Terrible For Bonds
23.04.2024, 17:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - World's Biggest M&A Deal Is Terrible For Bonds Four years ago, we wrote an article, mocking the unspeakable reality that it appeared "The Fed and The Treasury had now merged"... Last week, that reality dawned on one of Wall Street's best and brightest as BofA Chief Investment Strategist Michael Hartnett headlined his latest note with a 'zeitgeist' quote...
If We Want Something As Good But More Reliable, It'll Cost Much More Money
23.04.2024, 12:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - If We Want Something As Good But More Reliable, It'll Cost Much More Money By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management Utopia? “We added solar and wind like it was going out of style,” said the CIO of the well-regarded US fund. “We have ample land, wind in the middle of the country.” Federal subsidies make electricity almost free. “But...
Swiss Bitcoiners Renew Efforts To Orange-Pill The Country's Central Bank
23.04.2024, 11:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Swiss Bitcoiners Renew Efforts To Orange-Pill The Country's Central Bank Authored by Brayden Lindrea via CoinTelegraph.com, Several Swiss-based Bitcoiners are renewing attempts to get the Swiss National Bank to hold Bitcoin in its reserves by holding a referendum to change the country’s constitution — but they will need to convince more than 100...
Tesla Q1 Preview: Investors Brace For "Worst Results In 7 Years", AI Pivot, Cybertruck, Robotaxis In Focus
22.04.2024, 20:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Q1 Preview: Investors Brace For "Worst Results In 7 Years", AI Pivot, Cybertruck, Robotaxis In Focus Tesla is slated to report earnings tomorrow and, as FT notes, investors are bracing for the "worst results in 7 years" from the EV manufacturer. Analysts predict that Tesla will post revenues of $22.3 billion for Q1, representing a year-over-year...
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...
Tit-For-Tat Responses From Beijing To Trade Restrictions May Bring About A Full-Blown Trade War
22.04.2024, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tit-For-Tat Responses From Beijing To Trade Restrictions May Bring About A Full-Blown Trade War By John Liu, Zhu Lin and Abhishek Vishnoi, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists China’s most-promising industries are facing a growing threat of trade restrictions from Western governments, blurring the outlook for stocks that have the potential...
Project Much? Hillary Clinton Claims Trump Wants To 'Kill, Imprison His Opposition'
20.04.2024, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Project Much? Hillary Clinton Claims Trump Wants To 'Kill, Imprison His Opposition' Hillary Clinton, who once suggested murdering Julian Assange and whose party is trying to imprison their chief political rival, suggested that Donald Trump wants to murder and imprison his political opponents. Appearing on a podcast with Marc Elias, the Democrat super-lawyer...
What Are Mises' Six Lessons?
20.04.2024, 22:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Are Mises' Six Lessons? Authored by Jonathan Newman via The Mises Institute, Ludwig von Mises’s Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow has become quite popular recently. The Mises Book Store has sold out of its physical copies, and the PDF, which is available online for free, has seen over 50,000 downloads in the past few days...