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The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies From A To Z
01.05.2024, 22:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies From A To Z Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “As I look at America today, I am not afraid to say that I am afraid.” - Former presidential advisor Bertram Gross The American governmental scheme is sliding ever closer towards a pervasive authoritarianism. The American...
Starbucks on Brink Of Worst Crash Since Dot Com After "Stunning" Earnings Miss
01.05.2024, 21:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Starbucks on Brink Of Worst Crash Since Dot Com After "Stunning" Earnings Miss Starbucks shares plummeted by 16% during the early cash session, approaching the -16.2% level last seen during the Covid crash. If intraday losses surpass 16.2% and remain above this level at closing, it would mark the company's worst single-day loss since the Dot Com...
Lu-Lu-Leveraged: Lululemon Founder Pledges Shares For Margin Loan
01.05.2024, 19:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Lu-Lu-Leveraged: Lululemon Founder Pledges Shares For Margin Loan Lululemon's founder is taking on some lu-lu-leverage - and it's coming at a time when Lululemon's stock is more than 20% off its recent highs. Chip Wilson, the founder of Lululemon, has reportedly used a significant portion of his stake in the company to secure financing from Goldman...
Israel Won't End War On Hamas As Part Of Hostage Deal, Bibi Tells Blinken
01.05.2024, 18:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel Won't End War On Hamas As Part Of Hostage Deal, Bibi Tells Blinken It seems like once again that the Biden White House has almost zero sway, and that Israel is going to do whatever it is going to do, despite continued Washington pressure to halt and avoid the planned Rafah ground assault, with over a million refugees in harm's way. A deal is...
Feds Scrutinizing Block's Square And Cash App, Eyeing If Transactions Funded Terror And Skirted Sanctions
01.05.2024, 17:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Feds Scrutinizing Block's Square And Cash App, Eyeing If Transactions Funded Terror And Skirted Sanctions Federal prosecutors are investigating compliance issues at Block, the fintech firm co-founded by Jack Dorsey, according to a new report from NBC, citing "two people with direct knowledge". Questions about the company started swirling back in March...
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...
AMD's Muted AI Sales Forecast Fails To Unleash Bulls
01.05.2024, 17:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AMD's Muted AI Sales Forecast Fails To Unleash Bulls Advanced Micro Devices, the second-largest maker of computer processors, disappointed investors with its sales outlook for processors used in data centers. The company also reported weak demand for chips used in gaming hardware, which could serve as a warning for Nvidia bulls as they await the...
US Treasury's Funding Mix Will Be Pivotal For Fed's Next Moves
01.05.2024, 13:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Treasury's Funding Mix Will Be Pivotal For Fed's Next Moves Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, How the Treasury intends to meet its borrowing requirements – the mix between shorter-term bills and longer-term coupons – will strongly influence liquidity and thus the performance of risk assets. Quantitative tightening is thus on...
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...
Senate Passes Ban Of Russian Uranium Imports, Risking "Havoc" And Soaring Prices In Uranium Markets
01.05.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Senate Passes Ban Of Russian Uranium Imports, Risking "Havoc" And Soaring Prices In Uranium Markets With shares of CCJ tumbling earlier today after the company reported soggy Q1 earnings, despite its recent initiating coverage report by an enthusiastic Goldman Sachs which sees the Uranium company at the forefront of the "Next AI trade" and slapped it...
Health Canada Asked Pfizer For DNA Fragments Size In COVID Shots, Linked To 'Probability' Of Genomic 'Integration'
01.05.2024, 03:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Health Canada Asked Pfizer For DNA Fragments Size In COVID Shots, Linked To 'Probability' Of Genomic 'Integration' Authored by Noé Chartier via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Canada’s drug regulator asked Pfizer to provide data on the size of DNA fragments in its COVID-19 vaccine, due to genomic integration concerns, shortly after learning the...
"A Lack Of Job Security": White-Collar Job Growth Stalls Hard
30.04.2024, 23:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "A Lack Of Job Security": White-Collar Job Growth Stalls Hard While hiring rates for those in the bottom-third of US income distribution has been on a tear (and largely going to part time workers, most of whom are illegal immigrants), white collar jobs hiring is stalling out across much of the US, with industries such as finance, technology, media,...
WTI Extends Losses After API Reports Unexpected Crude Build
30.04.2024, 22:39 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WTI Extends Losses After API Reports Unexpected Crude Build WTI ended April on a down-note (closing lower on the month, as opposed to Brent which saw its fourth straight monthly gain) as hopes for cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas dampened fears of a wider conflict that could threaten crude supplies. The recent declines come as a "relief to...
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...
Fani Flees Fulton County Primary Debate, Leaves Opponent Facing Empty Podium
30.04.2024, 21:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fani Flees Fulton County Primary Debate, Leaves Opponent Facing Empty Podium Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is handling former President Donald Trump’s election interference case, skipped a debate against her Democrat primary challenger on Sunday. The debate was...
Bullish Sentiment Index Reverses With Buybacks Resuming
30.04.2024, 19:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bullish Sentiment Index Reverses With Buybacks Resuming Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Over the last two weeks, the bullish sentiment index has reversed from extreme greed to fear. The composite net bullish sentiment index, comprised of professional and retail investors, fell from 38.15 to 9.9 in two weeks. The previous drop...
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...
Rafah Invasion Will Happen With Or Without Hostage Deal: Netanyahu
30.04.2024, 15:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rafah Invasion Will Happen With Or Without Hostage Deal: Netanyahu Despite immense pressure coming from the Biden administration for Israel to secure the hostage deal that's on the table with Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged that an invasion of Rafah will go on with or without a deal. He issued the words Tuesday while speaking...
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...
US Futures Dip On Last Day Of April, First Down Month Of 2024
30.04.2024, 14:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Dip On Last Day Of April, First Down Month Of 2024 US equity futures dropped, and European markets were mixed on the last day of the month amid concerns the Fed may stick to its hawkish messaging at its meeting on Wednesday. As of 7:40am, S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were down 0.1% while Europe’s Stoxx 600 index retreated 0.4%, while Asian...
Over 1,000 Protestors Demand Establishment Of Islamic State In Germany
30.04.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Over 1,000 Protestors Demand Establishment Of Islamic State In Germany Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Over 1,000 peaceful protesters gathered in Hamburg, Germany, over the weekend, with the leader of the group demanding the establishment of am Islamic caliphate in the European country. Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate...
'Chestfeeding' And Other Transgender Terms Banned In NHS By UK Government
30.04.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Chestfeeding' And Other Transgender Terms Banned In NHS By UK Government Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The UK government is updating the constitution of the National Health Service specifically to expunge the creeping effort to ‘transition’ medical language by radical gender ideologists. The move is being taken to ensure hospitals...
"Remarkable Turn Of Events" - Alleged Chinese Spy Working For AfD MP Was Informant For German Intelligence For Years
30.04.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Remarkable Turn Of Events" - Alleged Chinese Spy Working For AfD MP Was Informant For German Intelligence For Years Authored by John Cody via ReMix News, The news about Alternative for Germany (AfD) MEP Maximilian Krah’s assistant and his arrest for suspected espionage on behalf of China continues to make national headlines, but as more information...
Cocoa Crash Unfolds As "Liquidity Evaporates"
30.04.2024, 02:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cocoa Crash Unfolds As "Liquidity Evaporates" Cocoa futures in New York crashed Monday in their biggest daily drawdown on record, driven mostly by improved weather forecasts and sliding liquidity. "Cocoa prices are melting down. New York and London cocoa futures are down ~15% today (that's, by far, the largest one-day % drop in data going back...
The Travesties Of The Trump Trials
30.04.2024, 00:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Travesties Of The Trump Trials Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Do not believe the White House/mainstream media-concocted narrative that the four criminal court cases - prosecuted by Alvin Bragg, Letitia James, Jack Smith, and Fani Willis - were not in part coordinated, synchronized, and timed to reach their courtroom psychodramatic...
Cuba Is Ailing, but the Regime Remains Sturdy
29.04.2024, 22:26 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - Despite U.S. hopes, Communist Party rule in Havana is not about to collapse....
Biden Looks To Prevent Future President From Ending Ukraine War With 10-Year Agreement
29.04.2024, 16:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Looks To Prevent Future President From Ending Ukraine War With 10-Year Agreement Soon on the heels of President Biden last week signing into law a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine's defense, President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday indicated that he's working with Washington on a bilateral security agreement which would last ten years. "We...
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...
"Much Milder Than Feared": Philips Shares Soar 43% After US Sleep Apnea Settlement
29.04.2024, 15:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Much Milder Than Feared": Philips Shares Soar 43% After US Sleep Apnea Settlement Shares of Royal Philips on Euronext Amersterdam surged as much as 43% Monday, the most on record after a lower-than-expected settlement in the US linked to faulty Respironics ventilators for sleep apnea. The Dutch medical equipment manufacturer recalled the therapy...
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...
Scottish First Minister Quits After Disastrous 'Hate Crime Law'
29.04.2024, 14:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Scottish First Minister Quits After Disastrous 'Hate Crime Law' Just over a year after coming into office, despite his infamous racist tirade against 'white' Scotland... Scotland’s First Minister is resigning in disgrace. HumzaYousaf’s legacy includes the hatred of Scottish people, a mainstreaming of American leftist woke politics, and a pro-Gaza...
Joe Biden's Brother Embroiled In High-Ranking Qatari Scheme To "Provide Wealth Of Introductions" Through "My Family": Politico
29.04.2024, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Joe Biden's Brother Embroiled In High-Ranking Qatari Scheme To "Provide Wealth Of Introductions" Through "My Family": Politico Qatar has had a lot of fingers in a lot of pies. While we knew about the EU's 'Qatargate,' investments with the Kushner family, and of course Sen. Bob Menendez advancing Qatar's interests, Politico reports that the Biden family's...
The Struggle For The Soul Of The GOP
28.04.2024, 23:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Struggle For The Soul Of The GOP Authored by Kevin Roberts via The Epoch Times, The Republican establishment doesn’t know it yet, but last weekend was a watershed moment for their party. On April 20, House Republican leadership facilitated passage of a foreign-aid package that sends roughly $60 billion to Ukraine, $26 billion to Israel and Gaza...
Putin Did Not Order Alexei Navalny's Death, US Intelligence Finds
27.04.2024, 22:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Putin Did Not Order Alexei Navalny's Death, US Intelligence Finds In a surprising turn, The Wall Street Journal has issued a new weekend report saying that US intelligence agencies do not believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin planned or ordered the death of opposition activist and politician Alexei Navalny. "U.S. intelligence agencies have...
DOJ Continues To Refuse Handing Over Audio Recording Of Special Counsel's Interview With Biden
27.04.2024, 21:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - DOJ Continues To Refuse Handing Over Audio Recording Of Special Counsel's Interview With Biden Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice (DOJ) stands its ground on its refusal to surrender the audio recording of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden to the House Oversight Committee. Reps. Jim...
Tesla Attorneys Target Shareholder Trying To Stop Moving Musk's Pay Fight To Texas
27.04.2024, 18:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Attorneys Target Shareholder Trying To Stop Moving Musk's Pay Fight To Texas Richard Tornetta, who was at the center of Tesla shareholders' claim that Elon Musk was taking an excessive pay package, is now at the center of claims that Tesla should not be reincorporating to Texas to approve Musk's voided pay plan. But Tesla is firing back at Tornetta...
Nearly Half Of Those Arrested At UT-Austin Pro-Palestinian Protest Had No Links To School
27.04.2024, 17:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nearly Half Of Those Arrested At UT-Austin Pro-Palestinian Protest Had No Links To School Authored by Jana J Pruet via The Epoch Times, Nearly half of the pro-Palestinian protesters arrested earlier this week at The University of Texas at Austin were not affiliated with the university. Law enforcement officials arrested 57 protesters during Wednesday’s...
Another Russian Oil Refinery Hit By Ukrainian Kamikaze Drones
27.04.2024, 17:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Another Russian Oil Refinery Hit By Ukrainian Kamikaze Drones Ukrainian military planners have been ramping up Kamikaze drone strikes against the Russian energy industrial complex this week, including an overnight attack damaging an oil refinery as Western sanctions fail to crush Putin's oil-rich economy that funds the "special military operation"...
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...
Pentagon Chief Trolls Iran On Effectiveness Of Weapons After Israel Attack
27.04.2024, 03:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pentagon Chief Trolls Iran On Effectiveness Of Weapons After Israel Attack US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday weighed in on the April 13 Iranian attack on Israel, which was the Islamic Republic's first-ever direct attack on the Jewish state. It included some 300 drones and missiles launched at Israel - the vast majority of which were intercepted...
Why You Can't Afford Most Hotels In New York City
27.04.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why You Can't Afford Most Hotels In New York City Authored by Fred Roeder via RealClearMarkets, On a Friday night in March 2011, I stayed at an upscale W Hotel on Lexington Avenue in New York City for $124. That hotel later became The Maxwell, but sadly it didn’t survive the pandemic and is now permanently closed. Today the average hotel stay in...
Biden Holds Off On Sanctioning IDF Unit In Apparent Reversal
27.04.2024, 00:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Holds Off On Sanctioning IDF Unit In Apparent Reversal Via The Cradle The government of US President Joe Biden has decided against imposing sanctions on Israeli army units responsible for human rights violations against Palestinians, despite initial plans to do so. ABC News reported on Friday that a government assessment determined that three...
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...
Micro Trumps Macro As Stocks Shrug Off Week Of Higher Inflation, Higher Rates, & Lower Growth
26.04.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Micro Trumps Macro As Stocks Shrug Off Week Of Higher Inflation, Higher Rates, & Lower Growth It was an ugly macro week... Source: Bloomberg ...and worse still, 'growth' surprises disappointed significantly while 'inflation' surprises surprised to the upside significantly... Source: Bloomberg Soaring inflation expectations sent rate-cut expectations...
Biden Admin Abandons Plan To Ban Menthol Cigarettes To Avoid 'Angering Black Voters'
26.04.2024, 20:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Admin Abandons Plan To Ban Menthol Cigarettes To Avoid 'Angering Black Voters' The so-called 'party of science' has decided to abandon its plan to save millions of lives (of mostly African American youth) by choosing not to ban Menthol cigarettes after all... In October 2023, the FDA said it was looking to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars...
US State Department Arabic Spokesperson Resigns Over Biden's Gaza Policy
26.04.2024, 20:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US State Department Arabic Spokesperson Resigns Over Biden's Gaza Policy Via Middle East Eye The Arabic language spokesperson of the US State Department has resigned over Washington's Gaza war policy, in the third senior level resignation from the department since the war began. Hala Rharrit, a Palestinian-American, posted her resignation on...
IDF Shelling Hammers Rafah As Egypt Sends Top Intel Official To Avert Ground Offensive
26.04.2024, 19:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IDF Shelling Hammers Rafah As Egypt Sends Top Intel Official To Avert Ground Offensive Egypt is attempting a last ditch effort to reach a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel at a moment IDF shelling of Rafah has intensified, in what are seen as 'softening' operations ahead of an imminent ground offensive, despite international calls to cancel the operation...
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...
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...