Neueste Heute 02.05.2024 01.05.2024
Saudi Arabia Worried About Islamist Uprising As US-Backed Normalization With Israel 'Close'
02.05.2024, 18:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Saudi Arabia Worried About Islamist Uprising As US-Backed Normalization With Israel 'Close' Via The Cradle Arrests of Saudi citizens over social media posts related to 'Israeli genocide' in Gaza have markedly increased in recent months, as Riyadh is reportedly concerned that "Iran and Islamist groups could exploit the conflict to incite a wave of uprisings...
Futures Rise As Dovish Fed Boosts Sentiment, Reverse Bizarre Post-Powell Slide
02.05.2024, 14:18 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise As Dovish Fed Boosts Sentiment, Reverse Bizarre Post-Powell Slide After a bizarre reversal when US stocks first slumped and then dumped after Powell's very dovish FOMC statement and press conference, US equity futures have regained their footing this morning and advanced as traders took comfort from the Fed’s signal that there’s no...
South Koreans & Lithuanians Have The Highest Rate Of Suicide In the World
02.05.2024, 04:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - South Koreans & Lithuanians Have The Highest Rate Of Suicide In the World May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, participants use the month to focus efforts on “eradicating stigma, extending support, fostering public education and advocating for policies that prioritize the...
Biden's Dollar Weaponization - Growing Backlash Could Kill The Economy
01.05.2024, 23:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's Dollar Weaponization - Growing Backlash Could Kill The Economy Authored by Peter Reagan for Birch Gold Group, President Biden’s decision to participate in the Ukraine-Russia conflict back in February 2022 has taken a new and dangerous turn this year. The U.S. dollar could suffer dramatically as a result. Before we explore that new development...
Yen Soars After Japan Intervenes To Prop It Up For Second Time In 3 Days
01.05.2024, 22:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yen Soars After Japan Intervenes To Prop It Up For Second Time In 3 Days Two days after the yen soared after crashing to a 34 year low of 160 against the US, when the Japanese Ministry of Finance reportedly spent around 5 trillion yen, or just over $30 billion, to push the imploding Japanese currency to levels not seen in ... about 48 hours, moments...
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...
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...
Ahead Of The Fed - Will Powell's 'Inner Dovishness' Shine Through?
01.05.2024, 14:59 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ahead Of The Fed - Will Powell's 'Inner Dovishness' Shine Through? Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, Ahead of the Fed There is very little excitement about this meeting, as the range of possible outcomes seems relatively narrow. We all know there will be no cut this meeting. There should be an outline of how the Fed will “taper” quantitative...
Maté: What 10 Years Of US Meddling In Ukraine Have Wrought (Spoiler Alert: Not Democracy)
01.05.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Maté: What 10 Years Of US Meddling In Ukraine Have Wrought (Spoiler Alert: Not Democracy) Authored by Aaron Maté via RealClear Investigations, In successfully lobbying Congress for an additional $61 billion in Ukraine war funding, an effort that ended this month with celebratory Democrats waving Ukrainian flags in the House chamber, President Biden...
Gold Flowers Amid April 'Stagflation' Showers; Stocks, Bonds, & Crypto Crushed
30.04.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Flowers Amid April 'Stagflation' Showers; Stocks, Bonds, & Crypto Crushed The final day of April was really ugly: ECI way hotter than expected (spooked markets), Case-Shiller home prices soared far more than expected (spooked markets more), Chicago PMI puked (while prices paid increased), Consumer Confidence crashed, and Dallas Fed Services slumped...
Want To Know What Is Really Going On In Biden's Economy, Read This
30.04.2024, 20:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Want To Know What Is Really Going On In Biden's Economy, Read This One can listen to, and believe, the government's lies about the miraculous growth of the economy and the stellar job that Bidenomics is doing... or one can listen to the truth straight from the countless small companies that make up the economy. We prefer the latter, which is why we...
"We Need You To Be Momala" - Drew Barrymore Slobbers Over VP Harris
30.04.2024, 15:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "We Need You To Be Momala" - Drew Barrymore Slobbers Over VP Harris Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Hollywood lifetimer turned shit-lib talk show host Drew Barrymore told Vice President Kamala Harris Monday that America needs her to give everyone a big hug and be their ‘Momala’. Sitting awkwardly close and fawning so much that even...
Disappointing Volume For Hong Kong Crypto ETFs Launch, Issuers Unfazed By SEC's 'ETH-Security' Debacle
30.04.2024, 14:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Disappointing Volume For Hong Kong Crypto ETFs Launch, Issuers Unfazed By SEC's 'ETH-Security' Debacle The recently approved Hong Kong Bitcoin spot ETFs began trading today, but saw relatively low volume on their first day. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) approved 6 total spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs last week. Bitcoin Magazine's...
Blinken Urges Hamas To Take 'Extraordinarily Generous' Ceasefire Deal
30.04.2024, 00:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blinken Urges Hamas To Take 'Extraordinarily Generous' Ceasefire Deal Israeli officials have reportedly given Hamas an ultimatum, saying the group has "one last chance" to reach a deal, according to Axios. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday, "If there is a deal, we will suspend the operation" - in reference to the planned Rafah...
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...
Here Are The Paths To Victory For Biden And Trump
29.04.2024, 18:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Here Are The Paths To Victory For Biden And Trump As the 2024 election approaches, a handful of swing states will actually determine the race. Here, we look at various paths to victory for both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. TL;DR - while national polls have Biden and Trump roughly tied - when it comes to the electoral college...
Intervention Or Not, Yen Bears Will Stay Confident
29.04.2024, 15:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Intervention Or Not, Yen Bears Will Stay Confident By Vassilis Karamanis, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and FX strategist Unless Japanese authorities show their hand with conviction when it comes to intervening in the spot market, the yen is bound to stay under pressure over the medium-term. The currency’s sharp rally this morning certainly looks...
Futures Rise, Yen Downgraded To Banana Republic Currency After Another Rollercoaster Session
29.04.2024, 14:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise, Yen Downgraded To Banana Republic Currency After Another Rollercoaster Session US equity futures swung between gains and losses and traded near session highs as US traders walked to their desks on Monday morning after a rollercoaster day for the Japanese yen, which increasingly looks like some 3rd world banana republic currency instead...
Tesla Jumps After China Greenlights Full-Self Driving With Baidu
29.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Jumps After China Greenlights Full-Self Driving With Baidu Tesla shares jumped in premarket trading in New York after Bloomberg reported that Beijing had given Tesla the 'greenlight' to roll out its driver-assistance system, known as "Full Self-Driving," or FSD, in the world's largest car market. Sources say Tesla will partner with Chinese...
Relentless Chinese Bond Rally Hints at Yuan Challenge Ahead
29.04.2024, 05:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Relentless Chinese Bond Rally Hints at Yuan Challenge Ahead By Charlie Zhu and Helen Sun, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists Three things we learned last week: 1. China’s bond rally seems unstoppable amid a shortage of quality assets for investments. From government bonds to corporate debentures, traders keep hunting for yields in all...
'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...
Is 10% The New 1%
29.04.2024, 00:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is 10% The New 1% By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities I’ve been thinking a lot about one of the first lessons I was taught as a junior trader. We were warned that when something happens, say a piece of economic data comes out, and the market doesn’t respond as you expected, to cut positions and be very careful. It is a sign that “something”...
The Gloves Will Come Off In A Second Biden Term
28.04.2024, 20:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Gloves Will Come Off In A Second Biden Term Authored by David Keltz via American Greatness, If you believe, correctly, that the entirety of Joe Biden’s presidency has been one unmitigated disaster after another - not only for the American citizenry, but for the United States’ standing on the world stage and for our allies around the globe who...
Man Who Filmed Ashli Babbitt Killing Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison
28.04.2024, 18:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Man Who Filmed Ashli Babbitt Killing Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison Authored by Joseph M. Hanneman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), John Earle Sullivan, the onetime racial-justice activist and provocateur who filmed the deadly shooting of Ashli Babbitt at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to six years in federal prison by a judge in...
White House Uses "Walkers" To Conceal Biden's Old-Man Shuffle
27.04.2024, 20:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - White House Uses "Walkers" To Conceal Biden's Old-Man Shuffle With the presidential election still more than six months away, President Biden's handlers are under increasing pressure to divert Americans' eyes from his obvious and accelerating mental and physical decline. Where his deteriorating mental abilities are concerned, we've already seen them...
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...
DARPA Drone? UFO? Or Deep Fake?
27.04.2024, 13:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - DARPA Drone? UFO? Or Deep Fake? "I saw a UFO coming home yesterday! Can anyone help me identify what this is?! Posting the video and a still shot of the object," Michelle Reyes wrote on Facebook last month. She was recording New York City's skyline from a commercial plane approaching LaGuardia Airport. Reyes posted a video of the sighting and...
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...
Planes Almost Collide At 2 Major Airports As Boeing Probe Advances
26.04.2024, 23:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Planes Almost Collide At 2 Major Airports As Boeing Probe Advances Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As the U.S. Justice Department decides whether to pursue a criminal case against Boeing, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating dozens of airplane incidents since January, including one in which a Swiss Air...
"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...
Blinken Threatens China Over Russia Ties, Warns Xi Against "Downward Spiral" In Relations With US
26.04.2024, 21:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blinken Threatens China Over Russia Ties, Warns Xi Against "Downward Spiral" In Relations With US On Friday Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, which brought to a close the US top diplomat's three day visit to China. Blinken warned the Chinese leader of another potential "downward spiral" in relations...
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...
Retail Sales Data Suggests A Strong Consumer Or Does It
26.04.2024, 17:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Retail Sales Data Suggests A Strong Consumer Or Does It Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The latest retail sales data suggests a robust consumer, leading economists to become even more optimistic about more robust economic growth this year. To wit: “It has been two years since forecasters felt this good about the economic outlook...
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...
UMich Inflation Expectations Accelerated In April To 2024 Highs
26.04.2024, 16:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UMich Inflation Expectations Accelerated In April To 2024 Highs Short-term inflation expectations rose... again... according to the latest UMich sentiment survey with 1-year expectations at 3.2% final, up from preliminary 3.1% for April, and 2.9% for March. This is the highest level since Nov 2023... Source: Bloomberg The headline sentiment also declined...
Futures Jump As Tech Giants Soar, Yen Plummets After BOJ Refuses To Prop Up Crashing Currency
26.04.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Jump As Tech Giants Soar, Yen Plummets After BOJ Refuses To Prop Up Crashing Currency In a rollercoaster 48 hours to close the week, yesterday's early market slump (after the disappointing Meta guidance) has been fully reversed and stock futures are now pointing sharply higher after blockbuster earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet with attention...
EU Prepares To Tighten Screws On Russian LNG Imports
26.04.2024, 11:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Prepares To Tighten Screws On Russian LNG Imports By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com In a move that could reshape Europe's energy landscape, the European Commission is poised to propose new sanctions targeting Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. According to Reuters sources close to the matter, the proposed measures will include a ban on...
European ESG Funds Witness Heavy Decline In Inflows
26.04.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - European ESG Funds Witness Heavy Decline In Inflows Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, European exchange-traded funds with a focus on ESG investing saw a substantial decline in inflows in the first quarter amid what Morningstar called “an existential crisis”. According to the Financial Times, net inflows into these funds totaled 7.1 billion...
Google Soars To Record After Smashing Estimates, Launches $70 Billion Buyback And Starts Paying Dividend
25.04.2024, 22:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Google Soars To Record After Smashing Estimates, Launches $70 Billion Buyback And Starts Paying Dividend After the first two Mag7 companies were a study in market paradoxes, when TSLA missed across the board and soared (after guiding much better than expected) and META beat across the board but plunged (after guiding weaker than expected while boosting...
Biden Campaign To Remain On TikTok Even After Signing Bill To Ban App
25.04.2024, 22:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Campaign To Remain On TikTok Even After Signing Bill To Ban App Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, Despite the fact that Joe Biden signed into law a bill that will ban the Chinese social media app TikTok if its parent company does not sell it, his campaign will continue to use the app in the meantime. As Fox News reports, campaign...
Stagflation Signal Slams Stocks & Bonds; Bullion & Black Gold Bid
25.04.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stagflation Signal Slams Stocks & Bonds; Bullion & Black Gold Bid Overall, US macro data has suddenly started to disappoint (not the least of which was today's ugly GDP print)... Source: Bloomberg But, while 'bad news' for the economy has recently been 'good news' for stocks (enables an easier Fed), today's data 'punched that narrative in the face'...
Is Dune A Copy Of Our Real World
25.04.2024, 17:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is Dune A Copy Of Our Real World By Michael Every of Rabobank The Golden Path USD/JPY is at 155, a fresh 34-year high, with the Yen slumping 10.2% year-to-date and suggestion that intervention may not come until we get to 160, a level last seen in 1986. USD/CAD is off recent lows at 1.37 but under pressure (as noted by Christian Lawrence): some suggest...
US Futures Tumble After Facebook Implodes; GDP Data On Deck
25.04.2024, 14:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Tumble After Facebook Implodes; GDP Data On Deck The three-day rebound from last week's rout ended with a thud after the close yesterday when Meta imploded, plunging as much as 17% and losing $200 billion in market cap, after the company revealed disappointing revenue guidance coupled with higher capex projections. The report sent US futures...
The Next Global Hegemon Has To Be Even Larger Than The US
24.04.2024, 22:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Next Global Hegemon Has To Be Even Larger Than The US By Michael Every of Rabobank "Where it will end is very much up for grabs." Yesterday’s manufacturing PMIs shouted “stagflation”, even if some heard “rate cuts”. German manufacturing was 42.2, French 44.9, and Eurozone 45.6, as services were 53.3, 50.5, and 52.9 - but Europe must now...
Yen Dumped, Yield-Curve Pumped, Bonds & Bitcoin Slump
24.04.2024, 22:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yen Dumped, Yield-Curve Pumped, Bonds & Bitcoin Slump Quiet macro day with Durable Goods Orders looking like a beat - but only because of sizable downward revisions - as orders and shipments are actually down on a YoY basis. Source: Bloomberg But stocks were messy with an opening bid immediately squelched and post-EU-close ramp faded into the US close...
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...
Germany Arrests EU Parliament Aide On China Espionage Charges
24.04.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany Arrests EU Parliament Aide On China Espionage Charges A staffer who worked for a high profile German member of European Parliament for years has been arrested on charges of spying for Chinese intelligence, Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday. Identified only as Jian G., he had reportedly been a staff member for...
A $250 Million War Game And Its Shocking Outcome
24.04.2024, 06:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A $250 Million War Game And Its Shocking Outcome Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, At a cost of $250 million, Millennium Challenge 2002 was the largest and most expensive war game in Pentagon history. With over 13,500 participants, the US government took over two years to design it. The exercise pitted Iran against the US military...
Senates Passes $95 Billion Aid Bill For Ukraine, Israel And Taiwan, Forces Sale Of TikTok
24.04.2024, 05:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Senates Passes $95 Billion Aid Bill For Ukraine, Israel And Taiwan, Forces Sale Of TikTok The republicans do what they always do best: fold like cheap lawn chairs. Moments ago, in a 79-18 vote, the Democrat-controlled Senate passed a long-delayed $95.3 billion foreign-aid package sending $60.8 billion in ammunition and military equipment to Ukrainian...