Neueste Heute 19.04.2024 18.04.2024
Nike "Permanently" Laying Off 740 Employees At World Headquarters
19.04.2024, 21:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nike "Permanently" Laying Off 740 Employees At World Headquarters US athletic footwear and apparel company Nike announced late in the cash session on Friday that it is undergoing a restructuring effort to trim costs at its World Headquarters (WHQ) located in Beaverton, Oregon. Michele Adams, VP of People Solutions at Nike, might be the most hated...
Democrats Believe This Is Their Winning Strategy In 2024 Election
19.04.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Democrats Believe This Is Their Winning Strategy In 2024 Election Authored by Lawrence Wilson and Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Florida Supreme Court issued a long-awaited ruling on April 1, upholding a 15-week abortion ban that was signed into law in 2022. The ruling paved the way for a six-week abortion ban to take effect on...
Inside The Disinformation Industry
18.04.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Inside The Disinformation Industry Authored by Freddie Sayers via UnHerd.com, “Our team re-reviewed the domain, the rating will not change as it continues to have anti-LGBTQI+ narratives… The site authors have been called out for being anti-trans. Kathleen Stock is acknowledged as a ‘prominent gender-critical’ feminist.” This was part of an...
Stocks Will Face Resistance While Liquidity Backdrop Is Weak
18.04.2024, 17:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks Will Face Resistance While Liquidity Backdrop Is Weak Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The impulse from central-bank reserves in the US, or the change in their change on a monthly basis, points to further short-term resistance for stocks. The Federal Reserve’s quantitative tightening program is ongoing, but bank reserves...
Plaza Accord Lite? Japan, Korea Get Green Light From Yellen For FX Intervention
18.04.2024, 17:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Plaza Accord Lite? Japan, Korea Get Green Light From Yellen For FX Intervention One week ago, when Japan's PM Kishida visited the White House and unwittingly sparked the latest Beltway fashion scandal, when Jeff Bezos' current wife appeared dressed as a middle-aged stripper to the dinner honoring the Japanese delegation, sparking online outrage among...
Watch: Biden Falsely Claims That WWII Uncle Eaten By Cannibals, Twice
18.04.2024, 16:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Biden Falsely Claims That WWII Uncle Eaten By Cannibals, Twice Joe Biden has always been a prolific liar and plagiarist, but on Wednesday he took things to another level. While attempting to disparage former President Donald Trump for 'skipping out' on a 2018 visit to a military cemetery outside Paris (when in fact the Navy made a 'bad-weather'...
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...
Is China's 'Dumping' Driving US Treasury Yields Higher?
18.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is China's 'Dumping' Driving US Treasury Yields Higher? Tonight's TIC data held few surprises and nothing of significant note, but it got us thinking... For the 9th month of the last 11, China's Treasury holdings declined in February (the latest TIC data), dropping by $22.7BN. Additionally, it has now been 24 of the last 28 months that China's Treasury...
Desperation Behind European Politicians' Latest Russiagate Hoax
18.04.2024, 09:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Desperation Behind European Politicians' Latest Russiagate Hoax Authored by Peter Sourek, Cecile Jilkova, and Michael Shellenberg via Public Substack, The success of right-wing German political party AfD led European politicians to abuse their powers, perhaps illegally... European Commission Vice President Věra Jourová (left) Prime Minister of the...
Stellar 20Y Auction Sends Yields Sliding To Session Lows
17.04.2024, 19:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stellar 20Y Auction Sends Yields Sliding To Session Lows With yields surging yesterday to a 2024 high in a move which sent stocks sliding for a 3rd consecutive day, a dump which extended today as more CTA selling kicked in, but unlike yesterday it is now also manifesting in a flight to bond safety which has pushed yields sharply lower, moments ago the...
7 Jurors Sworn In For Trump Trial, More To Come
17.04.2024, 16:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 7 Jurors Sworn In For Trump Trial, More To Come Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The first seven jurors have been selected and sworn in to serve on former president Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York, with the selection process continuing to pick another five to make up the 12-member jury panel, as lawyers grilled...
Semi Shock: ASML Craters As Orderbook Plummets After China Frontrunning Ends With A Bang
17.04.2024, 16:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Semi Shock: ASML Craters As Orderbook Plummets After China Frontrunning Ends With A Bang Exactly three months ago, AI stocks were soaring, semiconductor names were flying and the tech sector was euphoric after Dutch chip giant ASML - the world’s sole producer of equipment needed to make the most advanced chips and Europe’s most valuable technology...
Polling Shows How Massively Unpopular Scotland's 'Hate Crime' Law Is
17.04.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Polling Shows How Massively Unpopular Scotland's 'Hate Crime' Law Is Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A new YouGov poll has found that Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf’s popularity has nosedived since the introduction of ridiculous the hate crime law that caused police to receive over 8000 reports in one week. The Telegraph reports...
'They Must Be Destroyed': How Cuban Americans Face Assassination Threats, Terror List
17.04.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'They Must Be Destroyed': How Cuban Americans Face Assassination Threats, Terror List Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Several of Cuba’s latest “terrorists” live in Miami. (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty Images) Luis Zuniga, a former diplomat and political prisoner of the Castro regime, is one of 61 people...
Dollar & Yields Soar As Fed-Fears Trump WW3-Worries
16.04.2024, 22:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Dollar & Yields Soar As Fed-Fears Trump WW3-Worries Mixed data overnight out of China (GDP beat, Retail sales & Industrial production miss) was matched by an equally divergent day of macro in the US with ugly housing data but strong industrial production, but once again the markets were ping-ponged by Fed fears (rate-cuts-off - Fed Vice-Chair Jefferson...
Central Banks Are Wrong About Rate-Cuts
16.04.2024, 13:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Central Banks Are Wrong About Rate-Cuts Authored by Daniel Lacalle, When we talk about monetary policy, people do not understand the importance of interest rates reflecting the reality of inflation and risk. Interest rates are the price of risk and manipulating them down leads to bubbles that end in financial crises, while imposing too high rates can...
Security Ramped-Up In Germany After Jihadists Threaten Drone Strikes At Euro 2024
16.04.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Security Ramped-Up In Germany After Jihadists Threaten Drone Strikes At Euro 2024 Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, An offshoot terror cell affiliated with Islamic State has published propaganda encouraging jihadists to target German football stadiums during this summer’s European Championships. In the latest issue of the “Voice of Khorasan”...
20 Years Later, Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Get Their Day In Court
16.04.2024, 02:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 20 Years Later, Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Get Their Day In Court Authored by Brett Wilkins via Common Dreams, Two decades after they were tortured by U.S. military contractors at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, three Iraqi victims are finally getting their day in court Monday as a federal court in Virginia takes up a case they brought...
Crib-Notes For The 'Trial Of The Century'
15.04.2024, 21:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Crib-Notes For The 'Trial Of The Century' Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “Once someone determined Trump was so bad it was okay to lie about him, it set the precedent that the only thing that mattered was a subject’s politics.” - Matt Taibbi What fascinates us about sex, I suppose, is that most everyone wants it and seeks it...
"The Lies Are Just Unreal" - Ed Dowd Rages As 'Govts & Media Continue Pretending Massive Health Crisis Not Going On'
15.04.2024, 18:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The Lies Are Just Unreal" - Ed Dowd Rages As 'Govts & Media Continue Pretending Massive Health Crisis Not Going On' Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Former Wall Street money manager Ed Dowd is still a skillful number cruncher. His recently updated and wildly popular book “Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021, 2022 and 2023” has...
It's Not Just The Middle East: Here Are The Main Events This Busy Week
15.04.2024, 18:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's Not Just The Middle East: Here Are The Main Events This Busy Week While back on Friday the market's attention was mostly on the start of earnings season, this weekend's events have quickly shift focus and looking forward, the important question now is how Israel might respond to the (scripted) war between Iran and Israel, and whether it could lead...
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...
Investors Bet On Further Rise In US Gasoline Prices
14.04.2024, 03:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Investors Bet On Further Rise In US Gasoline Prices By John Kemp, senior energy analyst at Reuters Portfolio investors have amassed one of the largest bullish positions in U.S. gasoline futures and options since before the coronavirus pandemic, anticipating that prices will continue climbing over the next few months. U.S. gasoline has emerged as the...
CDC Study Doesn't 'Debunk' Link Between COVID-19 Vaccines & Sudden-Deaths
14.04.2024, 00:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CDC Study Doesn't 'Debunk' Link Between COVID-19 Vaccines & Sudden-Deaths Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study does not disprove a link between COVID-19 vaccines and sudden deaths among young people, contrary to claims. The study, published by the CDC’s quasi-journal...
Russia Now Says It Expects 'Unconditional Capitulation Of Zelensky Regime' Before Peace
13.04.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Now Says It Expects 'Unconditional Capitulation Of Zelensky Regime' Before Peace Ukrainian cities and especially the country's energy infrastructure have been getting pounded by intensified Russian missile and airstrikes over the past several days and weeks, leading to widespread power outages across the country. Russia's defense ministry said...
It’s Official: Reflation Is Here
13.04.2024, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It’s Official: Reflation Is Here Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), For months and even years, the mainstream news has sought to spin terrible inflation news. It’s not so bad, it’s just transitional, it’s getting better, it’s not really a problem, and all your gloom about the value of the dollar is in your head...
Gun Control Activist David Hogg "Gets Wrecked" By Chinese Immigrant Who Escaped Communism
13.04.2024, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gun Control Activist David Hogg "Gets Wrecked" By Chinese Immigrant Who Escaped Communism Earlier this week, elite liberal-leaning Ivy school Dartmouth College hosted a debate about gun control between radical leftist David Hogg and Libertarian vice presidential candidate Jeremy "Spike" Cohen. Late in the discussion, a Chinese immigrant who escaped...
Moscow Calls Switzerland's Ukraine Conference A 'Road To Nowhere'
12.04.2024, 18:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Moscow Calls Switzerland's Ukraine Conference A 'Road To Nowhere' The Kremlin has issued a comprehensive response to the planned Switzerland-hosted international Ukraine peace conference which the Swiss government formally announced Wednesday as set for June 15-16 at the lakeside Bürgenstock resort near Lucerne. As we underscored previously, while...
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...
UMich Inflation Expectations Jump Higher At Start Of April, Sentiment Sinks But Democrats Happy
12.04.2024, 16:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UMich Inflation Expectations Jump Higher At Start Of April, Sentiment Sinks But Democrats Happy CPI is resurgent, PPI's trend is no longer lower, and this morning we saw import and export prices rising (or not falling) at their fastest pace in a year... Source: Bloomberg We say all that because this morning, we are told by UMich that in preliminary...
Futures Tumble On Disappointing JPM Earnings, Surging Geopolitical Risks
12.04.2024, 15:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Tumble On Disappointing JPM Earnings, Surging Geopolitical Risks Futures are tumbling this morning, hit by disappointing earnings and outllook from the largest US bank, JPMorgan whose stock is down around 3% in a soggy launch to Q1 earnings season, while growing fears of an imminent conflict between Israel and Iran have sent oil surging and...
Cyclical Rally Could Look Very Different From Here
12.04.2024, 14:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cyclical Rally Could Look Very Different From Here By Michael Msika, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist A months-long rally in European cyclicals has left some stocks looking outright expensive, raising risks for them as the earnings season is about to start. Cyclical sectors such as autos, industrials and financials have beaten the overall...
Biden Admin Finalizes Controversial Rule To Expand Background Checks On Gun Sales
12.04.2024, 04:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Admin Finalizes Controversial Rule To Expand Background Checks On Gun Sales Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has submitted the final version of a controversial rule to change the definition of what it means to be “Engaged in the Business” of dealing...
GODL! Precious Metal Soars Above $2,400 After Sudden Gap Higher
12.04.2024, 03:58 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - GODL! Precious Metal Soars Above $2,400 After Sudden Gap Higher Crypto bulls - at least those who didn't sell previously - have had their day in the sun for the past 3 months as bitcoin and most other fiat alternatives soared, making it clear why, despite the difficult, it can be so very profitable to HODL, especially with the US is approaching the...
Montana Supreme Court Tries To Move The State Left
12.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Montana Supreme Court Tries To Move The State Left Authored by Rob Natelson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Montana State Supreme Court. (Screenshot via GoogleMaps) Commentary The Epoch Times reported on March 28 that the Montana Supreme Court struck down four state “election integrity” laws. The court’s decision appears to be part of...
Spring, Summers, Nuclear Fall(out), Or Winter?
11.04.2024, 18:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Spring, Summers, Nuclear Fall(out), Or Winter? By Michael Every of Rabobank Yesterday’s US CPI was radioactive. Headline and core were both 0.4% m-o-m, and 3.5% and 3.8% y-o-y. Energy prices were higher, which is bad. Shelter inflation was stuck at 5.7%, which is worse. But worst of all, services excluding shelter were 0.8% m-o-m and 4.8% y-o-y. In...
Futures Slide As "Punched In The Face" Market Eyes Surging Yields Ahead Of ECB, PPI
11.04.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Slide As "Punched In The Face" Market Eyes Surging Yields Ahead Of ECB, PPI Futures are weaker signaling further losses on Wall Street as stubborn inflation forces investors to reduce their expectations for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts; tech stocks are underperforming following the significant surge in Treasuries yields which has continued...
Euro Extends Decline After ECB Holds Rates At Highs, Hints At Cuts To Come
11.04.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Euro Extends Decline After ECB Holds Rates At Highs, Hints At Cuts To Come After yesterday's US CPI print - and the dramatic adjustment to market expectations of Fed policy action (timing and extent) - this morning's ECB was expected to be a nothing-burger with all eyes out for any confirmation that June is 'go-time' for Lagarde to cut (albeit a rare...
Fed Is Pivotal For When And Whether ECB And BOE Cut Rates
11.04.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fed Is Pivotal For When And Whether ECB And BOE Cut Rates Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Money markets are scaling back interest-rate cuts priced in for the ECB and the BOE in the wake of Wednesday’s higher-than-expected CPI print in the US. Historically, it is rare for either central bank to ease ahead of the Federal Reserve...
ECB Preview: No Surprises Today With All Eyes On June
11.04.2024, 13:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - ECB Preview: No Surprises Today With All Eyes On June Summary: ECB policy announcement due Thursday 11th April; rate decision at 13:15BST/08:15EDT, press conference from 13:45BST/08:45EDT Focus will be on how/if policymakers guide markets towards future rate cuts Markets fully price a 25bps reduction in June with a total of 83bps of cuts seen by year-end...
European Parliament Approves Controversial Migration Pact; Furious Nationalists Vow To Bring It Down After EU Elections
11.04.2024, 09:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - European Parliament Approves Controversial Migration Pact; Furious Nationalists Vow To Bring It Down After EU Elections Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, The European Parliament has approved the controversial EU Asylum and Migration Pact, which will see countries forced to accept their fair share of new arrivals into the bloc or pay a fine for...
Huge Dovish Bet Loses $50 Million In One Day
11.04.2024, 04:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Huge Dovish Bet Loses $50 Million In One Day Late on Tuesday, the financial world was swept up by a report from Bloomberg according to which an unknown trader had put on single record-sized trade, betting that today's CPI print would come in dovish, and forcing the Fed to cut sooner. It did not work out quite as expected. For those who missed it, a...
Democrats Commit Vastly More Dark Money Than Republicans For 2024
11.04.2024, 02:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Democrats Commit Vastly More Dark Money Than Republicans For 2024 Authored by Austin Alonzo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock) Democratic dark money groups, megadonors, and unions are funding a massive spending effort aimed at reelecting President Joe Biden and advancing the Democratic Party’s power...
Judge Orders Witness Names To Remain Secret In Trump Classified Docs Case
10.04.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Judge Orders Witness Names To Remain Secret In Trump Classified Docs Case Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The federal judge overseeing the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has ordered that the names of potential witnesses remain secret, marking a victory for special counsel Jack Smith...
Swiss-Hosted Ukraine Peace Summit To Include 100 Countries, But Not Russia
10.04.2024, 23:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Swiss-Hosted Ukraine Peace Summit To Include 100 Countries, But Not Russia The much anticipated Switzerland-hosted international Ukraine peace conference is finally coming together, the Swiss government announced Wednesday; however, it will not include Russian representation. "Switzerland’s government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international...
'All Bets Are Off' - Market-Mayhem After Consumer Prices Crush Dovish-Dreams
10.04.2024, 22:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'All Bets Are Off' - Market-Mayhem After Consumer Prices Crush Dovish-Dreams Borrowing a phrase from one of our favorite movies "all bets are off" after this morning's hot-hot-hot CPI print The fourth hotter-than-expected core inflation report in a row got investors reevaluating expectations around the Fed's first rate cut... Source: Bloomberg Goldman's...
Biden (Yes, Biden) Promises Rate-Cut By Year-End As Fed Minutes Signal Caution & Slowing QT
10.04.2024, 20:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden (Yes, Biden) Promises Rate-Cut By Year-End As Fed Minutes Signal Caution & Slowing QT Thanks to today's magnificent unwind, the market and monetary-policy landscape has changed dramatically since the last FOMC meeting on March 20th. Gold is still the biggest winner while bonds are a bloodbath with stocks flat and the dollar and oil up... Source:...
Bank of Canada Keeps Rates Unchanged, Needs More Evidence Of Slowing Inflation Before Cuts
10.04.2024, 16:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bank of Canada Keeps Rates Unchanged, Needs More Evidence Of Slowing Inflation Before Cuts The BoC keeps rates unchanged for a sixth consecutive meeting even as officials signaled they're getting closer to rate cuts but - like the Fed - need more evidence of slowing inflation. The Canadian central bank left the benchmark overnight rate unchanged at...
Extreme Investor Optimism At Risk From Momentum-Trade Derailing
10.04.2024, 15:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Extreme Investor Optimism At Risk From Momentum-Trade Derailing Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Retail investors’ historically stretched level of optimism is vulnerable to a reversal of the extreme positioning in the momentum trade. Consumers’ glasses seem very much half full, according to the Consumer Board’s confidence survey...
"Obviously, This Is Very Bad News For Biden": Wall Street Reacts To Today's Red Hot Inflation Print
10.04.2024, 15:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Obviously, This Is Very Bad News For Biden": Wall Street Reacts To Today's Red Hot Inflation Print Coming into today's CPI number, which followed three previous red-hot inflation prints, we said that it's time for a "miss" (the first of 2024) not because the data demands it - on the contrary, prices continue to rise at a frightening pace - but because...