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US Power Grid May Become Unreliable This Summer, Watchdog Warns
18.05.2024, 04:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Power Grid May Become Unreliable This Summer, Watchdog Warns Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Parts of America could face difficulties in meeting electricity demand during the summer season, with renewable energy sources like wind and solar power posing a potential risk to reliable power supply, according to a report by the North...
Left's "Sue-Till-Green" Strategy Comes To PA
17.05.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Left's "Sue-Till-Green" Strategy Comes To PA Authored by André Béliveau via RealClearPennsylvania, When climate activists use the term “environmental justice,” they mean it literally. Rather than legislating and passing laws (as is customary in a constitutional republic), they’ve turned to the courts to fight their quixotic battles. Pennsylvania...
Futures Flat At All Time High As Markets Mull Next Move
16.05.2024, 13:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat At All Time High As Markets Mull Next Move US index futures are flat after notching new record highs on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, spurred on by a miss in the US CPI print and retail sales data on Wednesday, which also boosted bets the Federal Reserve will ease policy. That inflation data, which the market was feverishly anticipating,...
Will Tariffs Outweigh CPI?
14.05.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Will Tariffs Outweigh CPI? Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, Markets shrugged off high headlines on PPI, for a variety of valid reasons. Now we can move on to CPI (where I see the “whisper number” as a lower than expectations print). I’m more focused on tariffs. My recollection of tariffs was that far more economists reacted negatively...
Biden Administration Quadruples Tariffs On Chinese EVs
14.05.2024, 18:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Administration Quadruples Tariffs On Chinese EVs Authored by Terri Wu via The Epoch Times, The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it will impose a 100 percent tariff—quadrupling the current 25 percent—on electric vehicles imported from China in 2024. In addition to EVs, the White House has significantly increased tariffs on Chinese...
"Markets Extremely Quiet" Ahead Of PPI, CPI, Powell Speech
14.05.2024, 12:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Markets Extremely Quiet" Ahead Of PPI, CPI, Powell Speech US equity futures are flat into tomorrow's CPI/Retail Sales print with PPI the major macro data point today, while Fed Chair Powell also speaks. Futures are flat after also closing unchanged yesterday when the return of the meme stonk mania sent GME and AMC soaring, and hammered L/S hedge funds...
South Korea Still Dominates The World With The Highest Density Of Robot Workers
14.05.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - South Korea Still Dominates The World With The Highest Density Of Robot Workers China's huge investment in industrial robotics has made it one of the most automated nations on the planet in the space of just a few short years. As Statista's Anna Fleck reports, according to the latest study by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), the number...
Oil - A Global Tax
14.05.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Oil - A Global Tax Authored by Robert Burrows via BondVigilantes.com, Few commodities wield as much influence in the intricate web of global economics as oil. Oil is pivotal in driving economic growth and development as the primary energy source for transportation, manufacturing, and countless other sectors. However, beneath its surface lies a hidden...
Mass Immigration Has "Utterly Failed" Britain As New Report Debunks Myths Of Economic Growth & Fiscal Benefits
13.05.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mass Immigration Has "Utterly Failed" Britain As New Report Debunks Myths Of Economic Growth & Fiscal Benefits Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, The U.K.'s cumulative net migration in the 25 years up to 1997 was just 68,000. In the 25 years to follow, cumulative net migration was at least 5.8 million," a damning new report co-authored by Britain's...
RFK Jr. Unleashed: Biden's Israel "Bait And Switch", COVID Censorship, And Backing Treasuries With Gold And Bitcoin
13.05.2024, 05:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - RFK Jr. Unleashed: Biden's Israel "Bait And Switch", COVID Censorship, And Backing Treasuries With Gold And Bitcoin Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance This weekend I had the pleasure of sitting down with independent 2024 Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for an hourlong interview. Our interview started with me asking Mr. Kennedy why, if you...
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Asia Embraces Coal As The U.S. Rejects It
11.05.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Asia Embraces Coal As The U.S. Rejects It Authored by Vijay Jayaraj via RealClear Wire, Vietnam and other Asian countries are on a coal spree! Given the dynamics of energy use in the rapidly developing industrial sector there, it is no surprise that these nations have backpedaled on big promises made at international climate conferences to reduce emissions...
Investors Brace For Biden's Imminent Tariffs On China EVs
10.05.2024, 15:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Investors Brace For Biden's Imminent Tariffs On China EVs The Biden administration is expected to make a major announcement on China tariffs as soon as next week that will impact semiconductors, solar power, and electric vehicles, according to Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. While the possibility of additional tariffs...
US Futures, Global Markets Storm Higher, Eye All-Time Highs
10.05.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures, Global Markets Storm Higher, Eye All-Time Highs US equity futures pointed to even more gains on the last day of trading, leaving the S&P 500 set for a third weekly rise — the longest run since February. The rally was given fresh legs yesterday by more earnings optimism coupled with disappointing economic data - this time the highest initial...
Chinese Stock Rally Likely To Stall Without Robust Earnings
10.05.2024, 04:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chinese Stock Rally Likely To Stall Without Robust Earnings By Henry Ren, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Earnings for China Inc. are looking somewhat better, though likely not enough to keep fueling the recent stock market rally. Strategists say the bounce spurred by low valuations needs a full-blown earnings recovery to continue. Remember...
Sam Altman-Backed Nuclear Company Wins Shareholder Approval For NYSE Listing
08.05.2024, 17:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sam Altman-Backed Nuclear Company Wins Shareholder Approval For NYSE Listing Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI and the man who's name has basically become synonymous with AI, has won investor approval for his latest project, nuclear company Oklo, which is set to list on the NYSE Friday via a SPAC . The company, which trades as ALCC until then will debut under...
A Warning For Washington From The 'Breakdown Nations'
08.05.2024, 13:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Warning For Washington From The 'Breakdown Nations' Authored by Ruchir Sharma via FT, At a time when two big economies, the US and India, are attracting a lot of hype for their enduring strength, it is worth looking at nations that not too long ago were billed as star performers but are now breaking down. All are among the world’s 50 largest economies...
EU Leaders Confronts China's Xi Over Trade At Paris Summit
08.05.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Leaders Confronts China's Xi Over Trade At Paris Summit By Dorothy Li of The Epoch Times The European Union pressed China over its unfair trade practices as communist regime leader Xi Jinping began his official visit aimed at bolstering relationships with European leaders. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech to the...
San Diego Sues CNC Milling Technologists, Alleging They're Flouting California ‘Ghost Gun’ Laws
07.05.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - San Diego Sues CNC Milling Technologists, Alleging They're Flouting California ‘Ghost Gun’ Laws Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, The San Diego County government is suing the manufacturer of a computer numerical control (CNC) machine, alleging that it is being used to manufacture unserialized firearms parts. The lawsuit, filed on behalf...
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...
House Panel Calls To Defund Federal Agencies That Stonewall Congressional Probes
06.05.2024, 23:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Panel Calls To Defund Federal Agencies That Stonewall Congressional Probes Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are calling for budget cuts to federal agencies that refuse to cooperate with lawmakers’ investigations, warning that failure to discipline agencies that deny oversight-related...
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...
CIA Engaged In "Infinite Race" With China For AI, Other Tech
05.05.2024, 04:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CIA Engaged In "Infinite Race" With China For AI, Other Tech The CIA is engaged in an "infinite race" with China when it comes to AI and other top technologies, according to the agency's Chief Technology Officer, Nand Mulchandani, who outlined a strategy that prioritizes technological prowess as crucial to national security. Speaking at the Hill & Valley...
California Bill Would Give Black Applicants An Edge In Getting Occupational Licenses
05.05.2024, 01:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California Bill Would Give Black Applicants An Edge In Getting Occupational Licenses Authored by Sophie Li via The Epoch Times, California lawmakers are considering a bill that would give preference to African American applicants seeking occupational licenses, for such professions as teaching, nursing, counseling, electrical work and others, especially...
Money Is A Monopoly Government Will Never Surrender
04.05.2024, 02:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Money Is A Monopoly Government Will Never Surrender Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, A major intellectual revelation from my youth came from reading Murray Rothbard’s “What Has Government Done to Our Money?” (1963). He includes a passing opinion that private markets are perfectly capable of producing money with no help from government...
Ford's $120,000 Loss Per Vehicle Shows California EV Goals Are Impossible
04.05.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ford's $120,000 Loss Per Vehicle Shows California EV Goals Are Impossible Authored by John Seiler via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), So much for California’s mandate that “all new passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs sold in California will be zero-emission vehicles by 2035,” according to the California Air Resources Board. It imposed the mandate...
The Cold Hard Truth About Renewable Energy Adoption
03.05.2024, 19:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Cold Hard Truth About Renewable Energy Adoption Authored by Haley Zaremba via oilprice.com, The future of the global energy sector is caught up in a messy and misleading ideological debate. Depending on which politically informed echo chamber one inevitably finds themself confined to on social media, they are either told that the energy transition...
Hamas Praises Colombia's Breaking Relations With Israel, Urges All Of Latin America To Follow
03.05.2024, 01:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hamas Praises Colombia's Breaking Relations With Israel, Urges All Of Latin America To Follow Hamas is praising the government of Colombia and its leftist president Gustavo Petro for on Thursday formally cutting diplomatic ties with Israel after accusing its military of genocide against the Palestinian people. A Hamas statement the same day hailed...
"We Have To Have Law And Order": Trump Lays Out Plan For Second Term In TIME Interview
02.05.2024, 18:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "We Have To Have Law And Order": Trump Lays Out Plan For Second Term In TIME Interview Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump (L) takes the oath of office as his wife Melania Trump (C) holds the bible and his son Barron Trump (R) looks on, on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, on January 20, 2017. (Chip...
Will The West Get Ever Serious About Sanctions On Iran?
02.05.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Will The West Get Ever Serious About Sanctions On Iran? Author3ed by Con Coughlin via the Gatestone Institute, (Image source: iStock/Getty Images) If attempts by Western leaders to impose further sanctions against Iran in retaliation for its direct attack against Israel are to have any validity, they will need to be a great deal more effective than...
Colombian Government Severs Relations With Israel
02.05.2024, 04:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Colombian Government Severs Relations With Israel It's been no secret that the fiercest and most sustained criticism of Israel's military operation in Gaza has come from Global South countries. Many of these have also supported South Africa's taking Israel before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on allegations of genocide. But now the next big...
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...
If Treasury Bonds Hit 5%, You're Gonna See Some Serious Sh*t
01.05.2024, 18:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - If Treasury Bonds Hit 5%, You're Gonna See Some Serious Sh*t Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Almost as if all of us Austrian Economists (read: any carbon based life form using common sense when it comes to finance) live in an echo chamber together, a third expert I respect came out over the last few days and has warned that 5% on the 10 year treasury...
"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,...
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 Have Reached The Geo-Populist Tipping Points: Here Are Four Examples
30.04.2024, 16:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - We Have Reached The Geo-Populist Tipping Points: Here Are Four Examples By Michael Every of Rabobank Beg, Borrow, or Steel Yesterday’s JPY slump from 158 to 160, surge to 155 on BOJ intervention, and stop over 156 underlines how volatile markets are as long-run fundamentals finally reach tipping points. Tomorrow’s FOMC decision should make that...
Office Market Availability Rate Hits Record High In San Francisco
27.04.2024, 23:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Office Market Availability Rate Hits Record High In San Francisco Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, A confluence of factors continues to impact San Francisco’s office market, with vacancy and availability rates reaching record highs in the first quarter of 2024, according to commercial real estate analysts at global companies Avison...
If 10-Year Yields Surpass 5%, Say Hello To QE (And Massive Inflation)
27.04.2024, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - If 10-Year Yields Surpass 5%, Say Hello To QE (And Massive Inflation) Via SchiffGold.com, The wizards at the Fed and US Treasury have been forced to acknowledge that their “transitory,” inflation is, in fact, quite “sticky.” And with the inflation elephant now acknowledged by the circus of high finance, Treasury yields keep inching up...
California's New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness
27.04.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California's New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness Via SchiffGold.com, The solution to a problem shouldn’t make the problem worse. But apparently, California’s policy makers missed that memo. On April 1st, the state instituted a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers, the highest in the US. With California’s absurdly high...
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...
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...
Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Is Running On Eastern Coal
25.04.2024, 13:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Is Running On Eastern Coal Authored by John Seiler via The Epoch Times, When your cell phone gets hot, that means its processors are computing faster or you have a lot of apps open. The same is true for “server farms,” which Gigabyte.com explains are “a large number—up to thousands—of servers grouped...
To Appease Environmentalists, The FTC Will Cripple U.S. Energy
25.04.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - To Appease Environmentalists, The FTC Will Cripple U.S. Energy Authored by Justin Bis via RealClear Markets, In the movie The Perfect Storm, George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg are among the crew of a boat off the Northeast coast that is caught in the convergence of multiple powerful storms. The combination of tempests ultimately takes down the craft...
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...
How Nvidia Uses Gold
24.04.2024, 12:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Nvidia Uses Gold Via SchiffGold.com, What is Nvidia? If you’re a committed gamer the question may sound like nonsense. Nvidia, which was founded in 1993, is a tech company that makes GPUs and other products. It originally specialized in making products for the video game industry, that assisted in 3D rendering. If you were a committed...
Flying Cars Are Becoming Reality In China
24.04.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Flying Cars Are Becoming Reality In China Multiple Chinese companies are focused on commercializing flying cars, utilizing a design that is different from the popular eVTOL aircraft that have been developed over the last several years, according to a new report from Nikkei this week. XPeng AeroHT, an affiliate of the electric vehicle startup, plans...
Biden's FTC Blocks $8.5 Billion Deal Between Michael Kors & Coach As Central Planners Target Fashion
23.04.2024, 20:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's FTC Blocks $8.5 Billion Deal Between Michael Kors & Coach As Central Planners Target Fashion President Joe Biden's antitrust enforcement has been on a deal-blocking crusade ahead of the presidential elections in November. On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission targeted the fashion industry for the first time. It sued to block Tapestry's $8...
On Earth Day, Biden Administration Backs Rooftop Solar With $7 Billion Grant
23.04.2024, 04:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - On Earth Day, Biden Administration Backs Rooftop Solar With $7 Billion Grant By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com U.S. President Joe Biden is announcing on Monday $7 billion in grants to help more than 900,000 low-income households install residential solar power, the White House said. President Biden will mark today’s Earth Day by traveling to...
How Trust (Or The Lack Of It) Affects America's Trajectory
22.04.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Trust (Or The Lack Of It) Affects America's Trajectory Via SchiffGold.com, America’s trust in its institutions has rapidly eroded over the past 20 years. We have a lower level of trust in our judicial system and elections than most European countries. Some of this is natural, as Americans are uniquely individualistic, but much of it arises...
Desperate To Do Whatever It Takes, Unlikely To Make Any Difference: A Dire Warning From Mario Draghi
22.04.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Desperate To Do Whatever It Takes, Unlikely To Make Any Difference: A Dire Warning From Mario Draghi By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “We’ve made very clear to China -- and many other countries have as well -- that they should not be supplying Russia with weapons for use in its aggression against Ukraine,” said Secretary of State...