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Don't Buy Rate-Hike Hype, Next Fed Move Is A Cut
30.04.2024, 16:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Don't Buy Rate-Hike Hype, Next Fed Move Is A Cut Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The Federal Reserve’s next move this year is likely to be a rate cut - despite the re-emergence of inflation - leaving markets at risk of a dovish repricing. When it comes to the Fed, it’s easy to get hung up on what they should do, and neglect...
California's Tax Revenue Projections Weakening As Newsom's Budget Revision Deadline Looms
30.04.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California's Tax Revenue Projections Weakening As Newsom's Budget Revision Deadline Looms Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), With the state facing a record-high budget deficit, tax collections are failing to meet California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal projections, which could put further pressure on the state’s...
"We Need To Splinter The UniParty Into A Thousand Pieces" - Stockman Slams Washington's Foreign Aid "Clusterf**k"
24.04.2024, 22:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "We Need To Splinter The UniParty Into A Thousand Pieces" - Stockman Slams Washington's Foreign Aid "Clusterf**k" Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog, The UniParty's Day Of Infamy, Part 1 The clusterf*ck in the US House of Representatives this past weekend is surely the final straw. The dreadful grip of the UniParty on national security...
Jack Dorsey's Block Announces Development Of 'Full Bitcoin Mining System'
24.04.2024, 14:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jack Dorsey's Block Announces Development Of 'Full Bitcoin Mining System' Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, Payments firm Block, formerly known as Square, has announced plans to develop a Bitcoin mining system in response to challenges faced by mining operators. In an April 23 blog post, Block said it had completed development of a...
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...
'Threat Facing Our Country Is From The Far Left' And Socialistic Thugs, Not Trump: Bill Barr
23.04.2024, 01:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Threat Facing Our Country Is From The Far Left' And Socialistic Thugs, Not Trump: Bill Barr Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former Attorney General Bill Barr dismissed the idea that former President Donald Trump is a power-hungry “right-wing dictator,” noting that the real threat facing the United States is the...
No Evidence FBI Used Counterterrorism Tactics on Catholics: Government Watchdog Report
22.04.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - No Evidence FBI Used Counterterrorism Tactics on Catholics: Government Watchdog Report Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An independent governmental watchdog investigation concluded that there was no evidence to support that the FBI was targeting Catholics based on a leaked memo. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan...
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...
Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period
22.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period US equity futures rose, putting the S&P on pace for its first gain after 6 straight days of losses, as focus shifted from Middle East tensions to a raft of company earnings this week, including four of the Mag7 tech megacaps which got hammered last week. At 7:40am, S&P emini futures...
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...
Tech Wrecks As FedSpeak F**ks FOMO-Followers; Gold Hits New Record High
19.04.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tech Wrecks As FedSpeak F**ks FOMO-Followers; Gold Hits New Record High Well, that escalated quickly... In a week characterized by data supporting 'no landing' from a growth perspective and disappointment from a disinflation perspective... Source: Bloomberg This was reinforced by FedSpeak that was without exception - hawkish! As they suddenly realized...
Freedom Caucus Posts Rotating Guard To Block Sneaky Leadership Moves
19.04.2024, 19:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Freedom Caucus Posts Rotating Guard To Block Sneaky Leadership Moves In a sign of growing discord among House Republicans, members of the Freedom Caucus are taking turns monitoring the House floor to prevent the GOP leadership from using sneaky procedural tactics to sap the power of increasingly rebellious conservatives. Specifically, they're wary...
AI Bubble Stumbles: First ASML, Now TSMC Downgrades 2024 Global Chip Outlook
19.04.2024, 16:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AI Bubble Stumbles: First ASML, Now TSMC Downgrades 2024 Global Chip Outlook According to a first-quarter update on Wednesday from Dutch chip giant ASML - the world's sole producer of equipment needed to make the most advanced chips - chip makers aren't rushing to prepare for the next leg in the AI boom. This was confirmed on Friday when Taiwan...
Apple's Dominance On Watch: Huawei Unveils New Smartphone Lineup With Advanced Chip
18.04.2024, 15:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Apple's Dominance On Watch: Huawei Unveils New Smartphone Lineup With Advanced Chip China's smartphone market has stumbled into a downturn as economic woes turn consumers cautious. At the same time, consumers are ditching Apple's new iPhone 15 and have embraced domestic brands. Huawei Technologies Co. is one of those domestic brands that gained popularity...
Futures Rise After 4 Straight Days Of Losses
18.04.2024, 14:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise After 4 Straight Days Of Losses US equity futures are higher after four consecutive days of selling, although that is the same pattern we have seen all week as futures initially rise only to dump later in the day. As of 7:40am, S&P futures are up 0.3% while tech stocks were set to outperform, pushing the Nasdaq 0.4% higher after TSMC delivered...
Tucker Carlson: Congress Is Lying To You About FISA
18.04.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tucker Carlson: Congress Is Lying To You About FISA Authored by Tucker Carlson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours) The U.S. House is expected to vote Friday on a two-year extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, commonly known as FISA. This transcript has been edited for length and reprinted with permission from Tucker Carlson. A few...
Semi Shock: ASML Craters As Orderbook Plummets After China Frontrunning Ends With A Bang
17.04.2024, 16:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Semi Shock: ASML Craters As Orderbook Plummets After China Frontrunning Ends With A Bang Exactly three months ago, AI stocks were soaring, semiconductor names were flying and the tech sector was euphoric after Dutch chip giant ASML - the world’s sole producer of equipment needed to make the most advanced chips and Europe’s most valuable technology...
Futures Rebound After 3 Day Rout As Rates Drop From 2024 Highs
17.04.2024, 14:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound After 3 Day Rout As Rates Drop From 2024 Highs US equity futures and European markets are higher, reversing several days of losses after positive earnings from some of Europe’s biggest companies lifted the mood as markets were roiled by a more hawkish outlook for interest rates. Futures on the S&P 500 rose by 0.4% reversing three days...
Coalition Of Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Defending Ken Paxton And His Top Deputy
17.04.2024, 01:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Coalition Of Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Defending Ken Paxton And His Top Deputy Authored by Jana J. Pruet via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A national coalition of 18 state attorneys general filed an amicus brief to defend Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster in a lawsuit initiated by the State...
Johnson Unveils Separate Israel, Ukraine Funding Bills That MTG Calls A "Scam"
16.04.2024, 15:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Johnson Unveils Separate Israel, Ukraine Funding Bills That MTG Calls A "Scam" After months of pushback over packages to send US-taxpayer-funded foreign aid to Israel and Ukraine, House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a plan Monday evening to hold four different votes on bills which would decouple aid by country, including Taiwan. Johnson will also put...
Dollar, Oil, & Gold Jump; Stocks & Bonds Dump As 'WW3-On'-Risk Reignites
15.04.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Dollar, Oil, & Gold Jump; Stocks & Bonds Dump As 'WW3-On'-Risk Reignites It was all looking so shiny and BTFD-y - Iran had sent some missiles towards Israeli folks; 'allies' blocked 99% of them; and Israel appeared unlikely top respond 'imminently'. Stocks were up, crypto was up, oil was down as 'WW3-off' meant risk-on. But, then the headlines just...
Futures Tumble On Disappointing JPM Earnings, Surging Geopolitical Risks
12.04.2024, 15:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Tumble On Disappointing JPM Earnings, Surging Geopolitical Risks Futures are tumbling this morning, hit by disappointing earnings and outllook from the largest US bank, JPMorgan whose stock is down around 3% in a soggy launch to Q1 earnings season, while growing fears of an imminent conflict between Israel and Iran have sent oil surging and...
Intel, AMD Slide After Beijing Tells Telecoms To Phase Out Foreign Chips
12.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Intel, AMD Slide After Beijing Tells Telecoms To Phase Out Foreign Chips The newest phase of the technology war between the US and China involves Beijing's plan to eliminate American-made semiconductor chips from Chinese telecommunications systems by 2027. This strategy is expected to impact US chip manufacturers such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices...
From Taiwan To Fentanyl: Biden–Xi Dialogue Changes Nothing
12.04.2024, 01:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - From Taiwan To Fentanyl: Biden–Xi Dialogue Changes Nothing Authored by Antonio Graceffo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference after meeting with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders' week in Woodside, Calif., on Nov. 15, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP...
Futures Slide As "Punched In The Face" Market Eyes Surging Yields Ahead Of ECB, PPI
11.04.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Slide As "Punched In The Face" Market Eyes Surging Yields Ahead Of ECB, PPI Futures are weaker signaling further losses on Wall Street as stubborn inflation forces investors to reduce their expectations for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts; tech stocks are underperforming following the significant surge in Treasuries yields which has continued...
House Conservatives Tank FISA Bill in Blow to Speaker Johnson
10.04.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Conservatives Tank FISA Bill in Blow to Speaker Johnson By Joseph Lord of The Epoch Times House conservatives on April 10 tanked a procedural vote to advance a surveillance power reauthorization bill in protest against its lack of warrant requirements. The development is another blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) who already faces an ouster...
Futures On Edge Ahead Of Critical CPI Report
10.04.2024, 14:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures On Edge Ahead Of Critical CPI Report Futures are up small before the March CPI data was expected to show further moderation in price pressures following stronger readings at the start of the year, with Mag7 mixed and Semis lower, tracking bigger gains in Europe. Bond yields are uniformly 1bps lower, USD is off a touch, and commodities are mostly...
Taiwanese Chip-Making Giant TSMC Gets Billions In US Grants, Loans For Third Arizona Chip Factory
09.04.2024, 01:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Taiwanese Chip-Making Giant TSMC Gets Billions In US Grants, Loans For Third Arizona Chip Factory Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, plans to build a third chip factory in Arizona after receiving $6.6 billion in grants and $5 billion in loans through US government subsidies. This is part of...
Samsung To Double Chip Factory Investments In Texas As Chips Act Supercharges Reshoring Efforts
05.04.2024, 16:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Samsung To Double Chip Factory Investments In Texas As Chips Act Supercharges Reshoring Efforts The Biden administration's fast approach to industrial policy and re-shoring of semiconductor production has been through the Chips and Science Act. The United States is progressing down the path of rebuilding its semiconductor manufacturing base after...
House Freedom Caucus Members Earmarked Nearly $1 Billion From Taxpayers
05.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Freedom Caucus Members Earmarked Nearly $1 Billion From Taxpayers By Adam Andrzejeski of OpenTheBooks The House Freedom Caucus was founded in 2015. Self-styled fiscal conservatives promoted themselves as a bulwark against establishment spending that would bankrupt the nation. It turns out that many are better at breaking their promises than stopping...
"Central Banks Are Obviously Determined To Cut... Or Make You Think They Are Going To Cut"
04.04.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Central Banks Are Obviously Determined To Cut... Or Make You Think They Are Going To Cut" By Michael Every of Rabobank The bigger 'Bigger Picture' Fed Chair Powell noted the FOMC will wait for a clearer signal from the data before starting rate cuts, which he continues to expect to begin “at some point this year.” In particular, he said that recent...
Futures Rebound After Powell Reassures On Rate Cuts
04.04.2024, 14:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound After Powell Reassures On Rate Cuts US equity futures are higher with both Tech and small-caps outperforming, while the dollar is lower even as yields are higher from Wednesday's close. As of 7:50am, S&P futures were 0.3% higher and Nasdaq futs rose 0.4%, boosted by Powell’s comments that recent inflation figures did not “materially...
Futures Drop As Rates Continue Rising With Brent Back To $90
03.04.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Drop As Rates Continue Rising With Brent Back To $90 US futures are down small with Tech underperforming and small-caps flat, as rates held at 4 month highs, and Brent is about to rise above $90. As of 8:00am, both S&P and Nasdaq futures are down -0.2%, with yields higher pre-market ahead of Powell’s 12.10pm ET speech; despite his dovish...
TSMC Shutters Some Chipmaking Plants As Quake Rocks Island Nation
03.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - TSMC Shutters Some Chipmaking Plants As Quake Rocks Island Nation Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the leading contract chipmaker for Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp., shuttered some of its chipmaking capacity and evacuated plants after the biggest earthquake in 25 years rocked the island nation, just east of mainland China. Taiwan plays a significant...
Rickards: Ukraine's Starting To Get Dangerous
03.04.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rickards: Ukraine's Starting To Get Dangerous Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, A lot of people seem to have forgotten about the war in Ukraine. That’s a mistake. Russia is slowly but steadily defeating Ukraine, which is becoming increasingly obvious to everyone except the most anti-Russian diehards. That’s leading to desperation...
China Dominates The Supply Of US Critical Minerals List
10.01.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Dominates The Supply Of US Critical Minerals List Most countries have, for many decades, kept a record of their own critical minerals list. For example, the U.S., drew up a list of “war minerals” during World War I, containing important minerals which could not be found and produced in abundance domestically. They included: tin, nickel,...
3-In-4 Asians Expect China To Keep Slowing, & An End To Japan's NIRP In 2024
09.01.2024, 04:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 3-In-4 Asians Expect China To Keep Slowing, & An End To Japan's NIRP In 2024 A survey among Nikkei Asia readers shows what events respondents from the region find most likely to occur in 2024. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports, in the eyes of three quarters of Asians, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sure to extend his time in office in...
Jefferies Finds iPhone Sales In China Plunged Last Week
08.01.2024, 15:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jefferies Finds iPhone Sales In China Plunged Last Week Last week, analysts from Piper Sandler and Barclays downgraded Apple, citing sagging iPhone demand in China. Furthermore, a report from Jefferies released on Sunday sheds even more light on sliding iPhone demand in the world's second-largest economy. Jeffries analyst Edison Lee told clients...
Futures, Oil Drop Extending Ugly Start To The Year
08.01.2024, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Oil Drop Extending Ugly Start To The Year US stock futures dipped on Monday and Treasury yields gained as traders jostled for position in the wake of last week’s selloff coupled with at very confusing jobs report which was strong at the headline level and a disaster when looked closer. As of 7:40am ET, S&P 500 futures declined 0.1% with Boeing retreating almost...
"It's A False, False, False, False, False Flag World": Luongo On Where Do We Go From Here In 2024, Part 1
06.01.2024, 13:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "It's A False, False, False, False, False Flag World": Luongo On Where Do We Go From Here In 2024, Part 1 Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, n' Gunds blog, Where do we go from here Terror in Rue de St. Denis, murder on the periphery Someone else in someone else’s pocket Christ knows I don’t know how to stop it Poppies at the cenotaph, the cynics...
Huawei's Newest Laptop Teardown Reveals Chips Made In Taiwan, Not Mainland China
06.01.2024, 02:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Huawei's Newest Laptop Teardown Reveals Chips Made In Taiwan, Not Mainland China The proof is in the pudding, as they say. Despite claims of a Chinese technological breakthrough in chipmaking, a teardown of Huawei's newest laptop reveals a chip made in Taiwan - not China - by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, according to a new Bloomberg report...
AI Can't Paper Over Semiconductor Weakness
04.01.2024, 20:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AI Can't Paper Over Semiconductor Weakness By Heather Burke, BLoomberg Markets Live analyst and reporter A semiconductor company profit warning serves as a reminder that pockets of weakness remain in the tech industry beyond Apple. Mobileye, which makes semiconductors for driver-assistance systems in vehicles, is plunging about 25% after its revenue...
Futures Halt Slide As Oil Extends Rally
04.01.2024, 14:14 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Halt Slide As Oil Extends Rally After the worst start start to the year in almost two decades - it was just the third time in history that the Nasdaq started the year with back to back 1%+ declines (the other two years were 1980 and 2005) - markets took a breather on Thursday, with US equity futures posting small gains even as they remained...
"Not Buying Dips Here... Yet" - Starting The New Year "Mildly Bearish"
02.01.2024, 14:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Not Buying Dips Here... Yet" - Starting The New Year "Mildly Bearish" Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, Starting The New Year As we start the first trading day of the year, a few “familiar” themes are in the headlines and driving price action: Chips and China Some chip stocks are trading lower pre-market as stories circulate about...
Futures Stumble On First Day Of 2024 As Oil, Yields, Dollar Jump
02.01.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Stumble On First Day Of 2024 As Oil, Yields, Dollar Jump After a blockbuster year for stocks, one which saw an $8+ trillion surge in the S&P 500 and a 55%+ explosion in the Nasdaq, its best year since 1999 (everyone knows what happened next), markets have started the new 2024 on the back foot with US equity futures sliding 0.7% as tensions...
ASML Shares Fall As Netherlands Blocks Some Chip-Making Machine Exports
02.01.2024, 13:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - ASML Shares Fall As Netherlands Blocks Some Chip-Making Machine Exports Shares of ASML Holding NV fell in premarket trading in New York on the decision by the Dutch government to block the semiconductor manufacturer from exporting some advanced chip equipment to China. The Netherlands-based company said the Dutch government "partially revoked" its...
This Hidden Voting Bloc Could Swing The 2024 Election
31.12.2023, 23:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - This Hidden Voting Bloc Could Swing The 2024 Election Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Tina DeMedeiros, 53, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, is a typical “Trump-or-bust” voter. After casting her first presidential election ballot for Democrat Bill Clinton in her early 20s, Ms. DeMedeiros had been disconnected from anything...
Congressional 'Cronies' Saddle The US With NATO Forever
30.12.2023, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Congressional 'Cronies' Saddle The US With NATO Forever Authored by Eve Ottenberg via Counterpunch.org, Nobody in their right mind wants to be obliged to send their kid off to war in Eastern Europe if Romania and Moldova start bombing each other. Yet NATO membership requires just that. And courtesy of the best congress money can buy, now power to withdraw...
Norway Blacklists Gulf Companies From Investing In Pension Funds
29.12.2023, 09:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Norway Blacklists Gulf Companies From Investing In Pension Funds Via The Cradle, Norway’s largest pension manager has diverted millions of dollars from Gulf companies, citing concerns the companies may facilitate "human rights violations." KLP, which overlooks $70 billion, blacklisted companies listed in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, and Kuwait from...