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Billionaire, Harvard Donor Ken Griffin Says Protesters Are Byproduct Of "Failed Education System"
07.05.2024, 17:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Billionaire, Harvard Donor Ken Griffin Says Protesters Are Byproduct Of "Failed Education System" Ken Griffin, the founder of Citadel and a Harvard University alumnus, was interviewed Monday evening at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills. During the interview, Griffin blasted protesters at woke elite colleges and universities...
Futures Flat As Post-FOMC Rally Takes A Breather
07.05.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat As Post-FOMC Rally Takes A Breather US stock futures are flat after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 both closed 1% higher on Monday, helped by growing optimism among investors that the economy is finally slowing greenlighting earlier rate cuts by the Fed. As of 8:00am ET S&P futures were unchanged at 5,206, trading about 1% above its 50DMA,...
Sober Gold Vs The Rate-Cut Circus Show
07.05.2024, 13:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sober Gold Vs The Rate-Cut Circus Show Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, Poor America. Poor Jerome Powell… A Real Cliff, Fake Smile It is no fun to be openly trapped, and even less fun to be in open decline while meekly declaring all is fine. I have the image of Uncle Sam (or Aunt Yellen) hanging off a cliff with a forced (i.e.,...
China Bulls Beware: Credit Markets Flash A Warning
07.05.2024, 04:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Bulls Beware: Credit Markets Flash A Warning By Ye Xie, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Chinese stocks have been on a stealth bull run, but the renewed market optimism may be built a shaky foundation — especially when it comes to credit. The MSCI China Index has climbed 24% from its lows in January. The Hang Seng Index has also recovered...
Mapping The Number Of AI Startups By Country
07.05.2024, 02:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mapping The Number Of AI Startups By Country Amidst the recent expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu visualized data from Quid (accessed via Stanford’s 2024 AI Index Report) to highlight the top 15 countries which have seen the most AI startup activity over the past decade. The figures in this graphic represent...
Confidence In Biden Economic Stewardship Historically Low
07.05.2024, 01:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Confidence In Biden Economic Stewardship Historically Low By Megan Brenan of Gallup With Americans less optimistic about the state of the U.S. economy than they have been in recent months and concern about inflation persisting, their confidence in President Joe Biden to recommend or do the right thing for the economy is among the lowest Gallup has measured...
'Squeezey' Stock Market Extends Gains; Bonds & Bullion Bid
06.05.2024, 22:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Squeezey' Stock Market Extends Gains; Bonds & Bullion Bid More of the same today after last week's tepid payrolls and dovish Powell with gold, stocks, and bonds bid as rate-cut hopes inched higher. The market is now pricing in two rate-cuts in 2024 and three more cuts in 2025... Source: Bloomberg For now the market appears to prefer the 'bad news'...
Key Events This Week: Things Finally Quiet Down
06.05.2024, 16:58 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: Things Finally Quiet Down After a whirlwind two weeks which saw both the latest FOMC decision and the April jobs report, not to mention the peak of earnings season when all of the top tech companies reported, the calendar takes a quieter turn after the deluge of macro events last week, and the focus shifts on whether markets can...
Futures, Global Markets Rise On Rising Fed Cut Bets
06.05.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Global Markets Rise On Rising Fed Cut Bets Global stocks and US equity futures jumped to start the new week, with the S&P 500 poised to extend last week’s rally as traders grew increasingly confident in the likelihood that the Fed will cut interest rates this year. As of 7:40am, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.3%, tracking gains in...
Trump Says Jack Smith Should Be "Arrested" After Documents Revelation
06.05.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Says Jack Smith Should Be "Arrested" After Documents Revelation By Jack Phillips of The Epoch Times Former President Donald Trump argued that special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against him should be tossed after prosecutors wrote that they misled a judge about the order of items in an evidence box. In a post on Truth Social...
There Is Nothing Exceptional About US "Exceptionalism"
06.05.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - There Is Nothing Exceptional About US "Exceptionalism" By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities On Friday, after the jobs report, we heard a lot of chatter about “Goldilocks.” While we wrote NFP – Great for Markets, we caveated that with – for now. Normally we would agree that there is a “transition” period from “everything is great,” to...
"Economics Works In Mysterious Ways": Is China's Wealth Effect Being Substituted?
06.05.2024, 01:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Economics Works In Mysterious Ways": Is China's Wealth Effect Being Substituted? By Teeuwe Mevissen, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Is the wealth effect being substituted? Summary China’s real estate market suffered heavy losses early this year while stock market investors continue to face huge uncertainty. This will add to the deterioration...
Which States Have The Highest Minimum Wage In America?
05.05.2024, 15:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Which States Have The Highest Minimum Wage In America? This year, 22 states are raising their minimum wage, impacting almost 10 million workers across the country. Many states raise the minimum wage each year to adjust to a cost of living index, while others have raised the pay floor for delivery drivers and fast-food workers. Today, the federal minimum...
David Stockman On The $1.3 Trillion Elephant In The Room
05.05.2024, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - David Stockman On The $1.3 Trillion Elephant In The Room Authored by David Stockman via InternationalMan.com, These people have to be stopped! We are talking about the nation’s unhinged monetary politburo domiciled in the Eccles Building, of course. It is bad enough that their relentless inflation of financial assets has showered the 1% with untold...
Governments Cause Inflation And Hurt Bond Investors
04.05.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Governments Cause Inflation And Hurt Bond Investors Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The Fed’s preferred inflation measure rose 2.8% in March from a year ago. This is the core personal consumption expenditures price index, excluding food and energy, which should be less volatile than the consumer price index and a better indicator of the real process of...
"Stunning On Multiple Levels": DOJ Admits To Evidence Tampering In Trump Classified Docs Case
04.05.2024, 18:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Stunning On Multiple Levels": DOJ Admits To Evidence Tampering In Trump Classified Docs Case Special Counsel Jack Smith's team admitted on Friday that key evidence in Trump's classified documents case was altered or manipulated - leaving two different chronologies; one that was digitally scanned vs. what's in the actual boxes. Smith also misled the...
The State Of World Press Freedom
04.05.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The State Of World Press Freedom The 2024 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), was released today. This year, the agency highlights a “worrying decline in support and respect for media autonomy and an increase in pressure from the state or other political actors.” This is based on the fact that, of the five indicators...
Big Taper, Bad Data, & Buyback Bonanza Sparks Buying Frenzy In Bonds & Stocks
03.05.2024, 22:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Big Taper, Bad Data, & Buyback Bonanza Sparks Buying Frenzy In Bonds & Stocks The markets took on a Dickensian dimension this week as while "it was the worst of times (for economic data), it was the best of times (for stocks)"... The US Macro Surprise Index continued its serial disappointment plunge into the red - the weakest since Feb 2023 (not helped...
Futures Gain Boosted By Apple's Blowout Buyback, Dollar Drops Ahead Of Payrolls
03.05.2024, 16:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Gain Boosted By Apple's Blowout Buyback, Dollar Drops Ahead Of Payrolls US stock futures pointed to further strength on Wall Street ahead of the April jobs report after solid earnings and a record buyback announcement from Apple As of 8:00am, S&P futures rise 0.3% while Nasdaq 100 contracts add 0.6% thanks to a 6% surge in Apple in premarket...
US 'Frankenchicken' Supply Hit With 'Hatchery Issues' As Production Woes May Send Prices Higher
03.05.2024, 16:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US 'Frankenchicken' Supply Hit With 'Hatchery Issues' As Production Woes May Send Prices Higher As US consumers shift from beef to chicken due to elevated supermarket prices, exacerbated by a rapid decline in US cattle herds, one of the world's largest chicken producers has issued a dire warning that chicken prices could soon increase. Bloomberg reports...
Paul Krugman's Magical Thinking: Taibbi
03.05.2024, 00:57 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Paul Krugman's Magical Thinking: Taibbi Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, Last week, in “It’s Not Me, It’s You,’” I wrote about a booming new op-ed genre, the editorial that bashes hick voters for their incorrect “Perception of the Economy.” Pundits attack voters’ “stubbornly low” assessments, producing poll numbers that leave...
Markets Chop As Wall Street Awaits Apple Earnings After Bell, NFP Friday For Market Direction
02.05.2024, 22:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Markets Chop As Wall Street Awaits Apple Earnings After Bell, NFP Friday For Market Direction US equities ended their two-day slide as tech companies surged late in the session. The trading day has been choppy, with Wall Street now turning its attention to Apple's earnings after the bell. Some analysts anticipate Apple will reveal a major buyback...
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...
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...
Markets Are Very, Very Nervous Going Into The FOMC Decision
01.05.2024, 16:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Markets Are Very, Very Nervous Going Into The FOMC Decision By Michael Every of Rabobank Higher for Longer Anxiety Markets are very, very nervous going into the FOMC decision. The Wall Street Journal’s Timiraos tells us the Fed’s message will be “higher for longer”, language that had been dumped in December. It's another wait-and-see meeting...
Yields Tumble After Dovish Refunding Reveals Debt Sales In Line With Expectations, No Coupon Auction Increases "For Several Quarters", And Treasury Buybacks Begin
01.05.2024, 15:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yields Tumble After Dovish Refunding Reveals Debt Sales In Line With Expectations, No Coupon Auction Increases "For Several Quarters", And Treasury Buybacks Begin Having already revealed its borrowing estimates for Q2 and Q3 on Monday, where we learned that the Treasury expects to sell $41BN more debt than previously expected in Q2, but offset by a...
Future Slide In Damp Start To New Month As Fed Decision Looms
01.05.2024, 14:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Future Slide In Damp Start To New Month As Fed Decision Looms US equities were set for a second day of losses, as investors weighed disappointing tech earnings and braced for today's Quarterly Refunding Announcement and Fed rate decision and Powell press conference where the Fed chair is expected to signal a delay to rate cuts. S&P 500 futures slid 0...
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...
'Expectations' Plunge To 11-Year-Lows As Conference Board Confidence Craters
30.04.2024, 16:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Expectations' Plunge To 11-Year-Lows As Conference Board Confidence Craters For the third straight month, The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell in April, tumbling to 97.0 from a downwardly revised 103.1 (dramatically below the 104.0 median expectation and in fact below the lowest of all 56 analysts' estimates). Both current conditions...
Stocks & Bonds Slammed After Q1 Employment Costs Rise More Than Highest Forecast
30.04.2024, 14:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks & Bonds Slammed After Q1 Employment Costs Rise More Than Highest Forecast Highlighting just how sensitive the market is to any 'inflation/deflation' narrative questions, the Q1 Employment Cost Index (ECI) - a data point that is typically of secondary import - printed hotter than expected this morning and sent markets reeling. The ECI rose from...
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...
Yen & Yellen Yank Stocks, Bonds, & The Dollar On Otherwise Quiet Day
29.04.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yen & Yellen Yank Stocks, Bonds, & The Dollar On Otherwise Quiet Day A quiet micro and macro day was dominated by Treasury's QRA news (which spoiled all the fun by coming in less than some hyperbolic expectations), and Japanese intervention the FX markets. Before the QRA headlines, Goldman's trading desk noted that overall activity levels were down...
"I'm Worried...[About] Four More Years" - Dallas Fed Manufacturing Contracts For 24th Straight Month
29.04.2024, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "I'm Worried...[About] Four More Years" - Dallas Fed Manufacturing Contracts For 24th Straight Month The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Outlook survey has now been in contraction (below zero) every month since May 2022, falling modestly to -14.5 in April (worse than the -11.2 expected). New Orders also remain negative (but did improve) and prices continue...
Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Fed, Treasury Refunding, Jobs, JOLTS, ISM And Tons Of Earnings
29.04.2024, 16:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Fed, Treasury Refunding, Jobs, JOLTS, ISM And Tons Of Earnings As DB's Jim Reid notes, with just two days left in a rollercoaster April for markets - and FX - last week actually saw the best week for the S&P 500 (+2.67%) and NASDAQ (+4.23%) since November, following several weeks of declines, as earnings gave markets...
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...
"What Is The Sound Of One Hand Clapping" Asks BOJ Head Ueda As The Yen Collapses
29.04.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "What Is The Sound Of One Hand Clapping" Asks BOJ Head Ueda As The Yen Collapses By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management "What is the sound of one hand clapping," asked Kazuo Ueda, sitting alone in seiza. The dollar had just crossed above 158 to the yen, a level not seen in 34-years, back when he joined the University of Tokyo as professor...
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”...
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...
Why Are There So Many Americans That Can't Find A Job Even Though They Are Desperate To Be Hired?
26.04.2024, 15:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Are There So Many Americans That Can't Find A Job Even Though They Are Desperate To Be Hired? Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, According to the absurd numbers that the government feeds us, the unemployment rate is very low and there are lots of jobs available. But if what they are telling us is true, why are so many...
China Is Pivotal For US Inflation's Path
26.04.2024, 14:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Is Pivotal For US Inflation's Path Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, A more forthright response from China to its deflationary predicament would further support US inflation that is already proving sticky, adding to longer-term upwards pressure on term premium and thus yields. There are upside risks to the US PCE release today...
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...
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'...
Gold Prices: Beyond Inflation And Real Yields
25.04.2024, 18:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Prices: Beyond Inflation And Real Yields Authored Robert Burrows via BondVigilantes.com, Renowned for its role as a hedge against economic uncertainty and inflation, gold has long captivated investors. One key factor influencing gold’s price is the relationship between real yields and inflation. Over the long term, gold has protected one against...
Wall Street Reacts To Today's Stagflationary Data Dump
25.04.2024, 16:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wall Street Reacts To Today's Stagflationary Data Dump After today's stagflationary GDP print, which came below the lowest Wall Street estimate even as core PCE came in above the highest estimate... ... there has been an outcry of horror from Wall Street's traders, analysts and strategists as the BEA once again steamrolled all over Wall Street's benevolent...
US Pending Home Sales Rise In March, But...
25.04.2024, 16:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Pending Home Sales Rise In March, But... After new home sales soared (thanks to prior downward revisions) and existing home sales plunged in March (along with the collapse in housing starts and permits in March), this morning's pending home sales data was expected to rise very modestly MoM (less than in February) but remain lower on a YoY basis...
Stagflation Shock: GDP Stuns With Lowest Print In 2 Years, Below Lowest Estimates, As PCE Comes In Red Hot
25.04.2024, 14:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stagflation Shock: GDP Stuns With Lowest Print In 2 Years, Below Lowest Estimates, As PCE Comes In Red Hot If the Biden admin was to have any hopes of the Fed cutting rates and monetary easing ahead of the election, the tires would need to start falling off the US economy right... about... now... Which is why we didn't find it at all surprising that...
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...
Overconfidence In NFL Drafts: A Lesson For Investors
24.04.2024, 16:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Overconfidence In NFL Drafts: A Lesson For Investors Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Most NFL general managers (GMs) are optimistic and displaying overconfidence today as they prepare for tomorrow’s NFL draft. The draft is a once-a-year opportunity for GMs to acquire talent. Like investors, GMs often think they are smarter...
Kering Tumbles On Profit Warning As Gucci Revamp Stumbles
24.04.2024, 15:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Kering Tumbles On Profit Warning As Gucci Revamp Stumbles Gucci owner Kering SA's problems in mainland China are only mounting as the French luxury giant issued a profit warning. As a result, shares of the company in Paris plunged to a six-year low. Lackluster Chinese demand for the luxury goods maker, which includes the Gucci, Balenciaga, Bottega...