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White House 'Deeply Troubled' As Georgia Enacts Law To Thwart NGO 'Interference'
15.05.2024, 17:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - White House 'Deeply Troubled' As Georgia Enacts Law To Thwart NGO 'Interference' Defying large domestic protests and condemnation from the United States and other Western governments, the Republic of Georgia's parliament on Tuesday adopted a "foreign agents" law that would impede foreign nongovernmental organizations' (NGOs') ability to operate in the...
Tesla Re-Hires Some Of The 500 Workers It Laid Off Its Supercharging Team
14.05.2024, 21:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Re-Hires Some Of The 500 Workers It Laid Off Its Supercharging Team It looks as though Elon Musk may have slightly overshot the mark with cost cutting at Tesla. The company, which saw layoffs number in the tens of thousands so far this year, is now hiring back some of the 500 workers from its Supercharger team it let go, according to Autoblog/Bloomberg...
I've Got A Bad Feeling About This
14.05.2024, 16:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - I've Got A Bad Feeling About This By Michael Every of Rabobank Ideally, I would have written this on May 4th not 14th, but I am going to talk Star Wars. I was a fan in 1977, kept the flame alive when only battered VHS cassettes of the original trilogy existed, and was delighted to get prequels. Until the opening crawl announced, “The taxation of trade...
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...
"If Mr. Trump Is Hitler, Think Of Newsom As Godzilla With Hair Gel..."
13.05.2024, 22:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "If Mr. Trump Is Hitler, Think Of Newsom As Godzilla With Hair Gel..." Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Monster Mash-Up “My take is that the US is incredibly unstable right now, and could go in almost any imaginable direction between now and the election, as well as some unimaginable ones.” - John Michael Greer Did you notice...
With "Exceptionalism" Like This, Who Needs Enemies?
13.05.2024, 20:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - With "Exceptionalism" Like This, Who Needs Enemies? Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, Last weekend we suggested that “I Like My Exceptionalism to Be Exceptional” and highlighted data that was anything but exceptional. As the Citi Economic Surprise Index continues to fall, and CONsumer CONfidence showed anything but confidence, it seemed...
Biden Calls Illegals Crossing The Border "Hispanic Voters"
13.05.2024, 19:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Calls Illegals Crossing The Border "Hispanic Voters" Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In a telling slip of the tongue earlier this week, Joe Biden referred to the unprecedented rise in illegal immigrants entering the US as an “influx” of “Hispanic voters.” During an interview with a Spanish radio show, Biden was talking about...
Putin Unveils Dramatic Reshuffling Of Closest Advisors: Shoigu Out As Defense Minister
12.05.2024, 20:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Putin Unveils Dramatic Reshuffling Of Closest Advisors: Shoigu Out As Defense Minister Russian state media is confirming a huge breaking development that President Putin has removed his longtime Defense Minister and personal friend Sergei Shoigu as defense chief, who has overseen the Ukraine war since its beginning in Feb. 2022. He will now serve as...
McDonald's Admits Consumers Are Broke With Planned Reintroduction Of $5 Meal Deal
11.05.2024, 19:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - McDonald's Admits Consumers Are Broke With Planned Reintroduction Of $5 Meal Deal Gen-Zers, millennials, and baby boomers have something in common: Many of them can no longer afford a Big Mac combo meal at McDonald's following three years of 'McFlation,' which has sent the price of some combo meals as high as $18. This was at a rest stop, but...
Hedge Funds That Sold In May Might Now Push Stocks To New Highs
10.05.2024, 23:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hedge Funds That Sold In May Might Now Push Stocks To New Highs Authored by Simon White. Bloomberg macro strategist, Hedge funds seem to have taken the old adage about selling in May to heart. From being very long for most of this year, aggregate positioning now looks to have gone short – right as the stock market bounces. Hedge funds that are offside...
"The US Economic Picture Appears To Be Softening"
10.05.2024, 16:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The US Economic Picture Appears To Be Softening" By Rabobank The Bank of England left the Bank Rate unchanged at 5.25% yesterday, but the clear signal from the record of votes, and Governor Bailey, is that cuts aren’t far away. This time around the vote split 7-2 in favour of holding (previously 8-1), with arch-dove Dhingra being joined by former...
New "Guide" Teaches UK MPs To Spot "Conspiracy Theories"
10.05.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - New "Guide" Teaches UK MPs To Spot "Conspiracy Theories" Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, The British government has issued a new guidebook to all sitting MPs to help them spot “conspiracy theories”. Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt MP, who commissioned the guide, has warned that: The proliferation of conspiracy theories across...
Is China's Oil Demand Set For A Major Bounce Back?
10.05.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is China's Oil Demand Set For A Major Bounce Back? By Simon Watkins of OilPrice.com Since the mid-1990s, China’s extraordinary economic expansion almost singlehandedly drove a supercycle in key commodities prices it required to power such growth, including oil and gas. In 2013, it became the world’s largest net importer of total petroleum and other...
Gold, Bonds, & Stocks Rip After 'Bad' Data On 'Quietest Day Of The Year'
09.05.2024, 22:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold, Bonds, & Stocks Rip After 'Bad' Data On 'Quietest Day Of The Year' An ugly jobless claims print was the day's early catalyst sending yields significantly lower, stocks, gold, oil, and crypto higher and the dollar down with rate-cut expectations re-ignited... Source: Bloomberg A dovish shift supported stocks - which had a "squeezey feel" amid very...
Biden Accused Of Helping Hamas As Israelis Fume Over Threat To Halt Weapons
09.05.2024, 17:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Accused Of Helping Hamas As Israelis Fume Over Threat To Halt Weapons Israeli leaders are furious after the evening prior CNN published an interview with President Biden wherein he laid out that the US will withhold all offensive weapons from Israel if it moves forward with a full-scale invasion of Rafah. In a message to both Israel's "enemies...
"The Polling Data Has Been Wrong All Along": Watch Biden Deny Economic Reality In Train-Wreck CNN Interview
09.05.2024, 14:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The Polling Data Has Been Wrong All Along": Watch Biden Deny Economic Reality In Train-Wreck CNN Interview Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, During a brutal CNN interview aired Wednesday, Joe Biden looked shocked when host Erin Burnett reeled off a list of stats detailing how bad the economy is. Instead of suggesting how he is going to improve...
The Chinese EV Wall In Europe Is Breaking
09.05.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Chinese EV Wall In Europe Is Breaking Despite EU investigations and jawboning from within the industry, it looks as though Europe has faced the inevitable: it needs to "face up" to the fact that Chinese EVs have arrived, and probably aren't going anywhere, anytime soon. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Paris on Sunday to ease trade tensions...
Philadelphia Mayor Starts Long-Awaited Process Of Cleaning Out City's Open Air Drug Markets
09.05.2024, 02:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Philadelphia Mayor Starts Long-Awaited Process Of Cleaning Out City's Open Air Drug Markets Philadelphia's new mayor Cherelle Parker may be succeeding with what seems like a relatively simple task that her predecessors were wholly incapable of performing: cleaning out the city's open air drug markets in its Kensington section. Pay attention, Democrats...
Japan Is Now Caught In A Doom Loop
08.05.2024, 20:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Japan Is Now Caught In A Doom Loop By Russell Clark, author of the Capital Flows and Asset Market substack Japan and Treasuries My interest in Japan dates from 1991 when I was fresh faced high school exchange student in Kobe. There are no prizes for finding me in the above photo. I was the only “foreigner” in the school, and would go days without...
Forward Guidance: The Fed Sounds Like A Wizard Reading Chicken Bones
08.05.2024, 16:14 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Forward Guidance: The Fed Sounds Like A Wizard Reading Chicken Bones Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Stanley Druckenmiller says the Fed should get rid of forward guidance and just do their job. I totally endorse a view by Stan Druckenmiller, the Fed Should Stop Forward Guidance. Partial Video Transcript Squawk Box: I’ve been perplexed...
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...
The Illusion Of Revolution
08.05.2024, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Illusion Of Revolution Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance One of the topics I discussed with Matt Taibbi during my interview with him this weekend was the palpable loss of soul that has taken place on the Democratic side of the political aisle. And, as Matt Damon reminded us in Good Will Hunting whilst quoting Henry Ward Beecher: “Liberty...
The Washington 'Blob' Seems "Ready To Wreck The Republic To Save Themselves"
06.05.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Washington 'Blob' Seems "Ready To Wreck The Republic To Save Themselves" Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Prisoners of Themselves “Ok, let’s be clear. If the intelligence community led by the CIA is not the 'deep state', what is?” - Jeffrey Tucker You realize, don’t you, that the gross misconduct of government officials...
Saudi Arabia's Price Hike May Signal Oil Bottom
06.05.2024, 17:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Saudi Arabia's Price Hike May Signal Oil Bottom One of the recent positives for bonds and non-energy stocks could have run its course after Saudi Arabia raised the price of its flagship crude to Asia for a third consecutive month, according to Bloomberg markets live reporter Garfield Reynolds Over the weekend, state-owned Saudi Aramco raised the...
Cognitive Decline: Biden Campaign Says They Will Shorten His Speeches
05.05.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cognitive Decline: Biden Campaign Says They Will Shorten His Speeches Who is actually running the country? The Biden campaign team has admitted that they are seeking to shorten his speeches, claiming that they are seeking “quality over quantity,” but leading many to presume it is because he can barely talk. Modernity.news' Steve Watson reports that...
Cognitive Decline: Biden Campaign Says They Will Shorten His Speeches
05.05.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cognitive Decline: Biden Campaign Says They Will Shorten His Speeches Who is actually running the country? The Biden campaign team has admitted that they are seeking to shorten his speeches, claiming that they are seeking “quality over quantity,” but leading many to presume it is because he can barely talk. Modernity.news' Steve Watson reports that...
The Interlocking Of Strategic Paradigms
05.05.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Interlocking Of Strategic Paradigms Authored by Alastair Crooke via the Ron Paul Institute, Theodore Postol, Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy at MIT, has provided a forensic analysis of the videos and evidence emerging from Iran’s 13th April swarm drone and missile ‘demonstration’ attack into Israel: A ‘message’...
Video: Hillary Clinton, A Threat to All Humanity. World War III is “On the Table”. Her Candidacy Must be Opposed
04.05.2024, 21:40 Uhr. Global Research - https: - The world looks on in horror as Hillary Clinton heads to Philadelphia to be nominated as the Democratic Party's candidate for the presidency. Yet the leading lights of the "progressive" movement argue that it is the left's duty to vote for this neocon warmonger. But the consequences may well lead directly to nuclear war. The post Video: Hillary Clinton...
The US Is The Only G-7 Nation To See Trust In Government Plummet
04.05.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The US Is The Only G-7 Nation To See Trust In Government Plummet How much do you trust the government, and its various institutions? It’s likely that your level of confidence probably depends on a wide range of factors, such as perceived competency, historical context, economic performance, accountability, social cohesion, and transparency. And for...
"I've Been Totally Ghosted": After Install, Solar Panels Become Maintenance Nightmare
04.05.2024, 04:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "I've Been Totally Ghosted": After Install, Solar Panels Become Maintenance Nightmare The green new deal and switch to "alternative' energy looks like it's going exactly as planned: costing the taxpayer trillions of dollars and generally pissing everybody off. That was the case with a number of solar panel owners who are now finding it difficult to...
Major Australian Pension Fund To Restrict Coal Investments
04.05.2024, 01:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Major Australian Pension Fund To Restrict Coal Investments By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Australian Retirement Trust, which manages $183 billion (AUS$280 billion) of retirement savings, is placing thermal coal on its exclusion list as of July 1, as it looks to have a net-zero emissions portfolio by 2050. Thermal coal includes the mining of lignite...
"Massive Fraud": SEC Shuts Down 'Prolific' Auditor BF Borgers, Whose Clients Include Trump Media
03.05.2024, 17:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Massive Fraud": SEC Shuts Down 'Prolific' Auditor BF Borgers, Whose Clients Include Trump Media The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shut down auditor BF Borgers, described by the Financial Times as "one of the most prolific auditors of US public companies," over allegations of "massive fraud" that affected more than 1,500 SEC filings, the...
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...
'Buy All The Things' - Poor Payrolls Sends Rate-Cut Hopes Soaring
03.05.2024, 16:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Buy All The Things' - Poor Payrolls Sends Rate-Cut Hopes Soaring 'Bad' news is back to being good news for markets as a disappointing rise in payrolls pushed rate-cut expectations higher. 2024 is now fully pricing in two rate cuts and 2025 an additional three rate-cuts... Source: Bloomberg As Academy Securities' Peter Tchir writes, this report should...
Norway’s Cash Flow From Offshore Fields Crashes Due to Low Natural Gas Prices
03.05.2024, 13:59 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Norway’s Cash Flow From Offshore Fields Crashes Due to Low Natural Gas Prices By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Norway saw cash flow from its stakes in oil and gas fields nearly halve in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period of 2023, as natural gas prices slumped and gas consumption in Europe was below expectations, said state...
Sony And Apollo Make $26 Billion All Cash Offer For Paramount
03.05.2024, 13:59 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sony And Apollo Make $26 Billion All Cash Offer For Paramount It looks as thought the every-day Paramount buyout saga could finally be coming to a close, with a all-cash, $26 billion offer made by Sony and Apollo, according to the Wall Street Journal. Apollo and Sony, led by Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra and Apollo partner Aaron Sobel, presented...
Apple Soars After iPhone, China Sales Drop Less Than Feared; Unveils Record-Breaking $110 Billion Buyback
03.05.2024, 01:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Apple Soars After iPhone, China Sales Drop Less Than Feared; Unveils Record-Breaking $110 Billion Buyback With most of the megatechs having already released earnings, all eyes were on the last Mag7 to report during the heart of earnings season (there is still Nvidia, but due to a calendar quirk that's not for a month) which is also the company which...
Bill Advances Calling For California To Issue Formal Apology For Slavery
02.05.2024, 21:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bill Advances Calling For California To Issue Formal Apology For Slavery Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, The California Assembly’s Appropriations Committee approved a bill May 1 which would require the state to issue an apology for its role in perpetuating harm related to slavery. Assembly Bill 3089, introduced by Assemblyman Reginald...
"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...
US Traders Took Powell's Pivot More Seriously Than Foreigners
02.05.2024, 15:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Traders Took Powell's Pivot More Seriously Than Foreigners Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Most of the hawkish tilt in yields and rise in Federal Reserve interest rate expectations this year has come in non-US trading hours. A dovish repricing would therefore require (other things equal) a change of trading direction only in...
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...
At Least 30 Men Have Died Trying To Flee Ukraine Draft
01.05.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - At Least 30 Men Have Died Trying To Flee Ukraine Draft Since Russia's February 2022 invasion, some Ukrainian 30 men have died trying to sneak out of the country and avoid being forced into a war that looks increasingly futile -- and increasingly deadly for those on the losing side. That grim tally was shared by Ukraine's State Border Guard Service...
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...
"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...
"On The Verge Of Panic" - Dallas Fed Services Survey Suffers Longest Slump Since 'Lehman'
30.04.2024, 17:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "On The Verge Of Panic" - Dallas Fed Services Survey Suffers Longest Slump Since 'Lehman' It has been a terrible day for 'soft' survey data... Source: Bloomberg And it was just capped off by a big drop in Dallas Fed's Services survey (which compliments yesterday's Dallas Fed Manufacturing meltdown). The headline print dropped from -5.5 to -10.6. That...
If You Want People To Have Babies You're Now "Far Right"
29.04.2024, 21:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - If You Want People To Have Babies You're Now "Far Right" Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A report published by Politico claims that wanting the human race to reproduce is now a “far right” position to take. Yes, really. Leftists are so obsessed with identity politics, they’re arguing that human reproduction, and being in favour of...
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...