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It's Time To Pay Attention To Funding Risks Again
18.04.2024, 14:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's Time To Pay Attention To Funding Risks Again Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The risk of a squeeze in US funding markets is increasing as the yield curve bear steepens, i.e. longer-term yields rise more than short-term ones. More attractive bill yields and climbing interest-payment costs on government debt are depleting reserves...
The Spear In AI's Back
18.04.2024, 13:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Spear In AI's Back Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, That real harm will result from the use of AI tools is a given. AI is like the powerful character in an action movie who looks invincible until they turn around, revealing a fatal spear embedded in their back. The spear in AI's back is the American legal system, which has been...
The Top 10 Most Cost-Effective Countries To Get A High-Priced Higher Education
18.04.2024, 05:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Top 10 Most Cost-Effective Countries To Get A High-Priced Higher Education A new study by Online Gaming Groups has evaluated over 30 countries to determine the most cost-effective higher education systems, focusing on the percentage of average annual income spent on educational expenses. This analysis included countries with the highest university...
Doug Casey On The New American Dream: "You'll Own Nothing and Be Happy"
18.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Doug Casey On The New American Dream: "You'll Own Nothing and Be Happy" Via InternationalMan.com, International Man: According to a recent study by Investopedia, the classic middle-class American Dream now costs over $3.4 million. That’s the estimated lifetime cost of marriage, two children, cars, homes, healthcare, education, and retirement. It’s...
Beige Book Reveals Economy In Far Worse Shape Than White House Claims
17.04.2024, 21:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Beige Book Reveals Economy In Far Worse Shape Than White House Claims There was something odd about the latest Beige book (which was prepared based on information collected on or before April 8, 2024, so before the latest CPI print): if accurate, it would suggest that the rosy economic picture painted by the White House is woefully incorrect, whether...
Zelensky Angry That Israel Prioritized By West, Says Ukraine Running Out Of Missiles To Defend Airspace
17.04.2024, 18:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Zelensky Angry That Israel Prioritized By West, Says Ukraine Running Out Of Missiles To Defend Airspace On Wednesday Russian missiles slammed into the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, killing at least 17 people and wounding scores more, according to local officials. The attack came during a busy time of the day in a downtown district. President...
Are We On Japan's Path Of Stagnation?
17.04.2024, 17:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Are We On Japan's Path Of Stagnation? Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, We recently wrote Japan’s Lost Decades to appreciate better why Japan’s GDP is smaller than it was in 1995 and why it took 35 years for its stock market to set its recent record high. Many pundits claim the U.S. is following Japan’s path. The path...
Ex-Mossad Chief Says Hitting Iran's Nuclear Facilities 'On The Table'
17.04.2024, 17:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ex-Mossad Chief Says Hitting Iran's Nuclear Facilities 'On The Table' Several statements were issued by Iranian leaders on Wednesday as they attended a military parade at a base north of Tehran which featured displays of attack drones and ballistic missiles, just days after Iran's unprecedented Saturday night attack on Israel. The head of Iran's military...
Stocks Will Get Bad Breadth From Higher Yields
17.04.2024, 15:59 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks Will Get Bad Breadth From Higher Yields Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Higher yields threaten to make already-fraying breadth in US stocks even worse. This points to heightened short-term risks for the market, although the medium-term positive trend remains intact. Breadth measures for the US market have in many cases deteriorated...
Peter Schiff: The Data Looks Grim For The Dollar
17.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Peter Schiff: The Data Looks Grim For The Dollar Via SchiffGold.com, Peter’s back in Puerto Rico this week for his podcast after another week of record gold prices. In this episode, he discusses media coverage of inflation, this week’s CPI report, and Bitcoin’s weakening price relative to gold. Peter starts by recapping this week’s price action...
Watch: Reporter Asks If Biden Should "Beef Up Iran Posture To Be More Than One Word"
17.04.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Reporter Asks If Biden Should "Beef Up Iran Posture To Be More Than One Word" Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy again exposed the failings of the Biden Administration Monday when he asked White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby to explain how Biden can lead effectively when he’s...
Red States Fight Growing Efforts To Give "Basic Income" Cash To Residents
17.04.2024, 04:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Red States Fight Growing Efforts To Give "Basic Income" Cash To Residents By Kevin Hardy of Stateline South Dakota state Sen. John Wiik likes to think of himself as a lookout of sorts — keeping an eye on new laws, programs and ideas brewing across the states. “I don’t bring a ton of legislation,” said Wiik, a Republican. “The main thing I...
China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023
17.04.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023 By Tom Kool of OilPrice.com China’s crude oil imports hit a record high in 2023, rising by 10% year-over-year and breaking the previous record from 2020 when the world’s top crude oil importer took advantage of the price crash to gorge on cheap crude. Last year, China’s crude oil imports averaged...
Biden Refuses To Testify In GOP Impeachment Inquiry
17.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Refuses To Testify In GOP Impeachment Inquiry Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden will not be testifying to U.S. House of Representatives members who are engaged in an impeachment inquiry against him, the White House said on April 15. President Joe Biden speaks during a joint press conference with...
King Abdullah Warns Israel He Won't Let Jordan Become "The Theater Of A Regional War"
16.04.2024, 19:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - King Abdullah Warns Israel He Won't Let Jordan Become "The Theater Of A Regional War" The threat of a broader Middle East-wide war looms as Israel mulls retaliation for the massive weekend Iran drone and missile attack, but so far on Tuesday regional actors are strongly signaling they want to see a return to the status quo. Saudi Arabia has rejected...
Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell To Explain Why Cuts Are Still On Table Despite Soaring Inflation & Strong Growth
16.04.2024, 19:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell To Explain Why Cuts Are Still On Table Despite Soaring Inflation & Strong Growth Fed Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to speak this afternoon and the big question is how many times will he said the word "patience", "confidence", and/or "we must get Biden re-elected." Powell has been less hawkish than many of his peers...
Reflation Trade Is The New Bullish Narrative
16.04.2024, 17:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Reflation Trade Is The New Bullish Narrative Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Economic “reflation” is becoming the next bullish narrative as equity valuation increases continue to outpace earnings gains, at least according to Gold Sachs and Tony Pasquariello. “If GS is correct on the big calls, the macro backdrop is set...
This Unhappy Global Dynamic Will Lead Markets And Market Analysis For Years To Come
16.04.2024, 17:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - This Unhappy Global Dynamic Will Lead Markets And Market Analysis For Years To Come By Michael Every of Rabobank Non Ducor, Duco Who/what leads and who/what is led? That’s the question you should be asking yourself again today - even as most in markets think what they are paid to look at leads all rather than accept that life has (changeable) hierarchies...
Futures Rebound On Strong Earnings Even As Global Market Mood Remains Dismal
16.04.2024, 15:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound On Strong Earnings Even As Global Market Mood Remains Dismal S&P futures traded modestly in the green, erasing earlier losses and signaling a recovery after the S&P 500 fell more than 1% in the past two sessions, following stronger than expected earnings from index heavyweight UnitedHealth Group which soared 6% after reporting first-quarter...
Transport Minister Threatens Germans With "Indefinite Weekend Driving Ban" To Meet Mandated Emissions Targets
16.04.2024, 12:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Transport Minister Threatens Germans With "Indefinite Weekend Driving Ban" To Meet Mandated Emissions Targets Via Eugyppius.com, This story has even made it into the Anglophone press, so you know it’s a big deal: “German transport minister warns of weekend driving ban,” says The Telegraph. “German minister threatens ‘indefinite driving bans’...
Weisse sterben in Kalifornien doppelt so häufig an “Corona” als andere Menschen. Sie sind auch viel häufiger “geimpft”.
16.04.2024, 10:53 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - Remember the economic advantages I mentioned that made White people have fewer deaths in 2020? Those have not changed in 2024: the laptop class, better medical care, less dense housing, etc, are still disproportionally available to White people.And yet, despite those advantages, in 2024, Whites are more likely to die of Covid than their less privileged...
"Returning To Petrol": Volkswagen EV Sales Plunge 25% In Europe
16.04.2024, 10:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Returning To Petrol": Volkswagen EV Sales Plunge 25% In Europe Europe is "returning to petrol", according to a new article from Yahoo Finance which highlighted Volkswagen's EV sales as the canary in the coalmine. Sales of Volkswagen's electric vehicles have declined by nearly 25% in Europe, with a noticeable shift back to gasoline-powered cars amid...
The WHO's Road To Totalitarianism
16.04.2024, 05:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The WHO's Road To Totalitarianism Authored by Bert Olivier via The Brownstone Institute, Several articles on the proposed amendments to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) international health regulations have appeared here on Brownstone, such as this excellent introduction. Consequently, there is no need to repeat this information in a similar...
A Heretic's View: Blaming Food For Obesity Is Like Blaming Water For Drowning
16.04.2024, 04:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Heretic's View: Blaming Food For Obesity Is Like Blaming Water For Drowning Authored by Edward Archer via RealClearScience, There is a politically expedient but problematic fiction that ‘consensus’ matters in science. Since a million matching opinions do not constitute a fact, a consensus — either real or apparent — is not a statement about...
Earnings Season Has Started: Here Is The Emerging Picture
16.04.2024, 04:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Earnings Season Has Started: Here Is The Emerging Picture Banks kicked off Q1 earnings last Friday with a painful start: XLF fell 1.3% on Friday alone led by a 6% plunge in JPM stock, and dropped even more on Monday despite strong results from Goldman. While JPM earnings beat (most) expectations, and left 2024 Net Interest Income guidance unchanged...
Is Paxlovid A Dud?
16.04.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is Paxlovid A Dud? Authored by Maryanne Demasi via The Brownstone Institute, Of all the antiviral drugs for Covid-19, Pfizer’s Paxlovid has been the most successful. Not for its safety and efficacy, but for its ability to earn the company billions in profits despite being largely ineffective for most people. In November 2021, before any data had emerged...
Illegal Immigrants Use Speedboat To Invade California - Nearly Run Over Beachgoers
16.04.2024, 01:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Illegal Immigrants Use Speedboat To Invade California - Nearly Run Over Beachgoers In a scene reminiscent of the Chuck Norris film Invasion USA, a speedboat loaded with at least a dozen illegal immigrants ripped through the waters just off the coast of Carlsbad, California, nearly slamming into bathers and surfers as they landed and sprinted across...
California Auditor Finds Homeless Council Can't Account For Money Spent
16.04.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California Auditor Finds Homeless Council Can't Account For Money Spent Authored by John Seiler via The Epoch Times, Responsible businesses do regular audits of their finances to see which areas are making money and which not. Families also do audits, if only at tax time to see how much they owe. Contrast that with government. California State Auditor...
Victor Davis Hanson: Gaming The 2024 Campaign
15.04.2024, 22:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Victor Davis Hanson: Gaming The 2024 Campaign Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, We have seen enough of the Biden-Trump race so far to predict what lies ahead over the next seven months of the campaign. Currently, the polls are about dead even. Trump, however, for now enjoys small leads in the majority of the fickle swing/purple...
Why Oil Markets Are Calm Despite Iran-Israel Tensions
15.04.2024, 21:56 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - And why that could change....
'Vol Genie' Is Out Of The Bottle, Geopolitical Tensions Or Not
15.04.2024, 21:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Vol Genie' Is Out Of The Bottle, Geopolitical Tensions Or Not Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Equity, fixed-income, credit, commodity and even FX volatility are beginning to rise in unison. The proximate cause may have been rising geopolitical tensions, but the underlying conditions were there long before, and cross-asset volatility...
Ukraine At "Serious Risk" Of Losing War, Warns Top UK Ex-General
15.04.2024, 16:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukraine At "Serious Risk" Of Losing War, Warns Top UK Ex-General Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Ukraine is at “serious risk” of having to admit defeat to Russia this year, according to the former commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command. General Sir Richard Barrons, the former head of Strategic Command (StratCom), issued...
UK, France, Germany Join Biden's Call For Israel's Restraint While Russia Defends Iran's Strike As 'Self-Defense'
15.04.2024, 14:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UK, France, Germany Join Biden's Call For Israel's Restraint While Russia Defends Iran's Strike As 'Self-Defense' As Israel's war cabinet again meets Monday to debate how to respond to Iran's first-ever direct attack on Israel, intense international reaction continues, with leading European countries joining the Biden White House in urging restraint...
The Trump Trial In Manhattan Is An Indictment Of The New York Legal System
15.04.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Trump Trial In Manhattan Is An Indictment Of The New York Legal System Authored by Jonathan Turley, I have long been critical of the case as a clear example of the weaponization of the criminal justice system. No one seriously believes that Alvin Bragg would have spent this time and money to prosecute what is ordinarily a state misdemeanor if the...
CNN Is Wrong... Deflation Is A Good Thing
15.04.2024, 12:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CNN Is Wrong... Deflation Is A Good Thing Authored by Soham Patil via The Mises Institute, A recent video by CNN states that lower prices are bad for the United States economy and that consumers must get used to the newer, higher prices. The video goes so far as to say, “We’re never going to pay 2019 prices again.” The video claims that deflation...
"This Memory-Holing Bull$hit Makes Me Go Ballistic" - CJ Hopkins' Greatest Satiricial Ragefest Yet
15.04.2024, 11:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "This Memory-Holing Bull$hit Makes Me Go Ballistic" - CJ Hopkins' Greatest Satiricial Ragefest Yet Authored by CJ Hopkins via Substack, Thank God for the German Hate Police! Or heil … or whatever the appropriate salutation is for these unsung heroes. They just saved us all from “hate” again! Yes, that’s right, once again, democracy-loving people...
Javier Blas Outlines Ten Takeaways For Crude Market Following Iran's Direct Attack On Israel
14.04.2024, 21:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Javier Blas Outlines Ten Takeaways For Crude Market Following Iran's Direct Attack On Israel Iran's direct attack on Israel on Saturday evening is viewed certainly as an escalation in the Middle East conflict. Tehran's missile and drone attack (widely unsuccessful) has been well-telegraphed (read: here & here) for the last two weeks, pushing up...
WHO Official Admits Vaccine Passports May Have Been A Scam
14.04.2024, 21:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WHO Official Admits Vaccine Passports May Have Been A Scam Authored by Paul D. Thacker via The Disinformation Chronicle (subscribe here), The World Health Organization’s Dr. Hanna Nohynek testified in court that she advised her government that vaccine passports were not needed but was ignored, despite explaining that the COVID vaccines did not stop...
How Did Satoshi Think Of Bitcoin?
13.04.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Did Satoshi Think Of Bitcoin? Authored by Unchained CSO Dhruv Bansal via BitcoinMagazine.com, Bitcoin is often compared to the internet in the 1990s, but I believe the better analogy is to the telegraph in the 1840s. The telegraph was the first technology to transmit encoded data at near-light speed over long distances. It marked the birth of the...
Biden's Sticky Inflation: Auto Insurance Rates Record Biggest Annual Jump Since 1976
13.04.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's Sticky Inflation: Auto Insurance Rates Record Biggest Annual Jump Since 1976 Joe Biden's sticky inflation continues to ravage the working poor as Bidenomics falls flat on its face. The president's ally at the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, has yet to achieve the 2% inflation Fed target ahead of the November elections. As inflation heats...
These Are The Most Valuable Housing Markets In America
13.04.2024, 14:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The Most Valuable Housing Markets In America The residential real estate market in the U.S. stands as one of the largest asset classes in the country, worth $47.5 trillion in 2023. Despite a slowdown in home sales, the total value of homes increased $2.4 trillion last year as low inventory levels pushed up prices. Affordable metropolitan...
Macron First Threatens Russia With Troops, Then Buys €600 Million Of Gas From Moscow In Q1 2024
13.04.2024, 13:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Macron First Threatens Russia With Troops, Then Buys €600 Million Of Gas From Moscow In Q1 2024 Authored by John Cody via ReMix News, At the same time that French President Emmanuel Macron is threatening to send troops to Ukraine to fight against Russia, his country is fueling the Russian war effort by purchasing €600 million worth of natural gas...
Harvard To Once Again Require SATs For Admissions
13.04.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Harvard To Once Again Require SATs For Admissions Harvard is joining the ranks of other universities in recognizing the obvious: SATs are a great way to measure aptitude. And now that Harvard is busy grappling with other issues like plagiarism among its top ranks, it has decided to quietly shuffle SAT requirements back to where they were pre-Covid...
20 Women Soccer Players Withdraw From League Over Transgender Players
13.04.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 20 Women Soccer Players Withdraw From League Over Transgender Players Authored by Jim Birchall via The Epoch Times, Concerns over the physical safety of female-born football (soccer) players competing against transgender athletes have compelled at least 20 players to quit, according to a source from within a Sydney-based league. Calling itself the “biggest...
The Freedom That Once Was The Internet
13.04.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Freedom That Once Was The Internet Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), It’s time to declare as regards the internet of old: Requiescat in Pace. In this photo illustration an internet page is displayed on a computer screen in London, England, on April 13, 2006. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images) It’s dead. We might as...
"Support Your Local Antifa": Alabama Man Arrested In Alleged Political Bombing
12.04.2024, 21:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Support Your Local Antifa": Alabama Man Arrested In Alleged Political Bombing Authored by Jonathan Turley, Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, has become the latest Antifa member arrested for alleged political violence. Calvert is accused in the explosion of an IED device outside of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office in downtown Montgomery...
Washington Elementary School Permits Pride Club, Denies Prayer Group
12.04.2024, 21:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Washington Elementary School Permits Pride Club, Denies Prayer Group Authored by Scottie Barnes via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Washington state school is accused of violating two elementary students’ First Amendment religious freedom protections by denying their request to form an interfaith prayer club on campus. Coach Joe Kennedy praying...
Line-Dancing Troupe Ejected From Contest After Audience "Triggered" By US Flag Outfits
12.04.2024, 18:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Line-Dancing Troupe Ejected From Contest After Audience "Triggered" By US Flag Outfits Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A troupe of line dancing women were effectively booted out of a contest in Seattle after some members of the audience complained that they had been “triggered” by the stars and stripes outfits of the performers. The...
The Final Nail In The Coffin Of Synchronized Central Bank Actions
12.04.2024, 17:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Final Nail In The Coffin Of Synchronized Central Bank Actions By Elwin de Groot, head of macro strategy at Rabobank And now the end [to monetary tightening] is near … And so I face that final curtain … My friend I'll say it clear … I'll state my case, of which I'm certain [– Christine Lagarde] As we head into the weekend and gold prices...
Central Banks Are Buying The Gold Top
12.04.2024, 15:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Central Banks Are Buying The Gold Top Via SchiffGold.com, In investing, “Buy low, sell high” is among the most well-known sayings, and generally, it’s good advice. But with gold still holding near its historic all-time highs, central banks led by China are bucking the classic adage and smash-buying more, buying the top to fortify themselves...