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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...
Creditors Of Bankrupt FTX To Receive As Much As 142% Of What They Are Owed
09.05.2024, 23:23 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - FTX’s bankruptcy is yielding an unexpected outcome and creditors could receive up to 142% of what they are owed. This remarkable recovery is due to FTX’s asset liquidation and the recent cryptocurrency boom. When the cryptocurrency market was experiencing a massive comeback in March, we made a joke about the creditors of Sam Bankman-Fried’s...
First Shipment Of Gaza Aid For US-Built Pier Departs Cyprus, UN Claims "Full-Blown Famine"
09.05.2024, 23:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - First Shipment Of Gaza Aid For US-Built Pier Departs Cyprus, UN Claims "Full-Blown Famine" The US military has reportedly completed building the off-shore pier for Gaza humanitarian aid deliveries, but it has yet to be anchored to Gaza's shore that this crucial part of the process has been held up due to inclement weather in the eastern Mediterranean...
How The Campus Protests Could Impact The 2024 Election
09.05.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How The Campus Protests Could Impact The 2024 Election Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Some Democrats are concerned that the ongoing college protests may jeopardize President Joe Biden’s chances of winning a second term. And there is an ongoing division within the Democratic Party over how to handle these demonstrations...
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...
"You Need Two Years Of Food" - Martin Armstrong Warns "There Will Be Shortages" As 'Perfect Storm' Looms
09.05.2024, 21:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "You Need Two Years Of Food" - Martin Armstrong Warns "There Will Be Shortages" As 'Perfect Storm' Looms Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong has new data on how well the Biden economy is doing. Spoiler alert: It’s not doing well, and the financial system is about to tank. ...
The Catalyst For A Banking Renaissance
09.05.2024, 21:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Catalyst For A Banking Renaissance Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Every day, there are over 2,000,000,000 consumer transactions around the world. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and other large companies process many of these payments. Bitcoin, on the other hand, does not have anywhere near the capacity to handle this kind...
Peter Schiff: Rate Hikes On The Horizon?
09.05.2024, 19:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Peter Schiff: Rate Hikes On The Horizon? Via SchiffGold.com, Peter’s back to recap the last week in markets and economic news. This episode starts with April’s dismal stock performance and also discusses Jerome Powell’s most recent appearance. Peter wraps up the episode by recounting the Bitcoin debate he participated in on Friday. Peter notes...
What Frustrates Americans The Most About The Tax System
09.05.2024, 18:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Frustrates Americans The Most About The Tax System In this visualization, Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao shows Pew Research’s findings on what bothers Americans the most about the tax system. This data was collected after surveying more than 5,000 American adults between the period of March 27-April 2, 2023. The survey was weighted to be representative...
We Need To Talk About Recession Risk Again
09.05.2024, 18:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - We Need To Talk About Recession Risk Again Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, It’s time once more to increase vigilance for a US recession. Soft, survey data is starting to deteriorate, while hard data is already fragile. Expectations of a downturn are currently low, but they could quickly swing higher. Stocks – which experience...
To Prevent A Banking Crisis, The Fed Must Cut; But...
09.05.2024, 16:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - To Prevent A Banking Crisis, The Fed Must Cut; But... Via SchiffGold.com, In 2009, 140 banks failed, and a recent report from financial consulting firm Klaros Group says that hundreds of banks are at risk of going under this year. It’s being billed mostly as a danger for individuals and communities than for the broader economy, but for stressed...
Futures Drop As Treasury Yields Extend Gains
09.05.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Drop As Treasury Yields Extend Gains US equity futures are weaker as yields resume their rise and the USD strengthens after the BOE signaled it was ready to cut rates. As of 7:45am, S&P futures were down 0.2% and Nasdaq futures dipped 0.3% as all Mag7 names and most semis were red in the premarket. Most European markets are lower, tracking US...
Can You Guess What It Costs To Live "The American Dream" After 3 Years Of Inflation Under Joe Biden?
09.05.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Can You Guess What It Costs To Live "The American Dream" After 3 Years Of Inflation Under Joe Biden? Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, If you are like most Americans, the cost of living has been going up much faster than your income has been. Right now, millions of Americans that were once prospering are now deeply...
BOE Keeps Rates Unchanged But Edges Closer To Cutting As Deputy Governor Calls For Easing
09.05.2024, 13:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - BOE Keeps Rates Unchanged But Edges Closer To Cutting As Deputy Governor Calls For Easing With both the Swiss SNB and Swedish Riksbank starting to cut rates, many were wondering if the BOE would join the easing cycle next. And while it did not, instead keeping rates unchanged at 5.25% for the sixth straight meeting of its policymakers, in line with...
Sport Is The Continuation Of Diplomacy By Other Means
09.05.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sport Is The Continuation Of Diplomacy By Other Means Authored by René Zittlau via VoiceFromRussia.ch, How the goals of Olympism are being undermined by Western politics – an analysis with a look back at the roots of the Olympic idea. International Olympic Committee established on 23rd June 1894, Paris, Francehttp://Image Source: Olympics.com Introduction...
The Machinery Of Fascism Revisited
09.05.2024, 08:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Machinery Of Fascism Revisited Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, Fascism became a swear word in the US and UK during the Second World War. It has been ever since, to the point that the content of the term has been drained away completely. It is not a system of political economy but an insult. If we go back a decade before...
Strengthening Our Beleaguered Military Starts With A Maritime Overhaul
09.05.2024, 05:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Strengthening Our Beleaguered Military Starts With A Maritime Overhaul Authored by Brent D. Sadler via RealClear Wire, America’s security and prosperity is at high risk today, largely because of bad policies backed up by too weak armed forces. Consider our U.S. maritime complex. Decades of neglect and inadequate investment have left our shipping,...
The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle: Behind The Inexplicable "Strength" Of US Consumers Is $700 Billion In "Phanton Debt"
09.05.2024, 04:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle: Behind The Inexplicable "Strength" Of US Consumers Is $700 Billion In "Phanton Debt" Yesterday we discussed the latest consumer credit data, which revealed that the amount of credit card debt across the US has hit a new record high of $1.337 trillion (even though it appears to have finally hit a brick wall, barely rising...
"Is Consumer Travel Spending Easing?" - BofA Identifies New Trend As Travel Companies Miss Earnings
09.05.2024, 03:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Is Consumer Travel Spending Easing?" - BofA Identifies New Trend As Travel Companies Miss Earnings One theme we've spotted this earnings season has been an increasing number of companies warning about low-income consumers. From McDonald's to Starbucks to Tyson Foods, executives on earnings calls have warned about mounting headwinds hitting the...
Putin Doesn't Bluff
09.05.2024, 01:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Putin Doesn't Bluff Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Two weeks ago, the Congress passed (and President Biden signed) four key pieces of legislation related to national security. Three of the bills provided assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. They received the most attention. The one that got the least attention was a mixed bag...
Be Careful What You Wish For: Weaker Yen A Blessing And A Curse For Japan
08.05.2024, 23:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Be Careful What You Wish For: Weaker Yen A Blessing And A Curse For Japan By Simon White, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist A weaker yen will boost inflation in Japan, but it may do so to an undesirable extent, especially as there are growing signs price growth is becoming embedded. Be careful what you wish for. For years, Japan has yearned...
The "Soft Landing" Lie: A Global Economic Slowdown Is Already Underway
08.05.2024, 23:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The "Soft Landing" Lie: A Global Economic Slowdown Is Already Underway Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, If people have learned anything from the past few years of Ivy League elites and TV talking heads feeding them economic predictions, I hope they finally understand that the “experts” are usually wrong and that alternative analysts...
When "Making It" Becomes Hopeless
08.05.2024, 22:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - When "Making It" Becomes Hopeless Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, No wonder so many people devote themselves to curating an artificial digital representation of themselves that they reckon is worthy of recognition and status. What does it take to "make it" in today's economy? As described in Withdrawing from the Rat Race Is Going...
The Three Reasons People Hate Trump...
08.05.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Three Reasons People Hate Trump... Authored by Brent Hamacheck via American Greatness, In my recently published book, Dissidently Speaking: Change the Words. Change the War: I use both logic and empiricism to prove (I do mean prove) that there is absolutely no such thing as “right wing-left wing” as we use the terms in this country. They...
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...
Finding The Next Apple Using Buffett's Logic
08.05.2024, 20:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Finding The Next Apple Using Buffett's Logic Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, On the heels of Apple’s latest earnings report, the Wall Street Journal shared an article discussing how Apple became such an oversized investment of Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway. Given their success with Apple shares we think...
Record-Matching 10Y Auction Tails Despite Solid Demand
08.05.2024, 19:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Record-Matching 10Y Auction Tails Despite Solid Demand After yesterday's stellar 3Y auction kickstarted refunding week, moments ago the Treasury sold a 10Y paper in an auction that left a bit to be desired. Starting at the top, the 10Y auction size rose from $39BN in April to a record-matching $42BN in May, and surpassing the record auction sizes sold...
Crash Data Involving New Truck, Bus Drivers Getting Worse
08.05.2024, 19:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Crash Data Involving New Truck, Bus Drivers Getting Worse By John Gallagher of FreightWaves Deaths resulting from large-truck crashes where newly licensed drivers are involved continue to rise, according to recent government data, but a proposed safety requirement that could help reduce those deaths will likely be delayed again. The percentage of fatal...
Druckenmiller Dropped The Biggest 'F' Bomb
08.05.2024, 16:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Druckenmiller Dropped The Biggest 'F' Bomb By Michael Every of Rabobank F is for Fed; Biden; Trump; and the 1980s In a sea of lurid, stupid headlines today, it was billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller who arguably dropped the biggest F bombs via a TV interview. First: “Bidenomics, If I was a professor, I’d give him an ‘F’. Basically, they...
WTI Rises After Crude Draw, Biden Admin Adds Most To SPR Since Dec
08.05.2024, 16:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WTI Rises After Crude Draw, Biden Admin Adds Most To SPR Since Dec Oil prices are rebounding off overnight lows - once again testing the technical support of the 100-day moving average - after sliding following API's report of across the board inventory builds last night. Oil has been on a downtrend since early April, posting losses in three of the...
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...
US Futures Mixed As European Stocks Hit All Time High, Yields And Dollar Rise
08.05.2024, 14:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Mixed As European Stocks Hit All Time High, Yields And Dollar Rise US equity futures flipped between gains and losses on Wednesday while European stocks hit an all time high as May’s rally in equities continued amid a clutch of solid earnings reports. As of 7:45am, S&P 500 futures traded down 0.2%, and was near session lows reversing...
The Great Ukraine Robbery Is Not Over Yet: Ron Paul
08.05.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Great Ukraine Robbery Is Not Over Yet: Ron Paul Authored by Ron Paul via the Ron Paul Institute, The ink was barely dry on President Biden’s signature transferring another $61 billion to the black hole called Ukraine, when the mainstream media broke the news that this was not the parting shot in a failed US policy. The elites have no intention...
AstraZeneca Pulls Covid Vaccine After Admitting Rare Side Effect
08.05.2024, 08:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AstraZeneca Pulls Covid Vaccine After Admitting Rare Side Effect In yet another damning development for the 'safe and effective' crowd, AstraZeneca has announced the worldwide withdrawal of its Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, branded as Vaxzevria, due to a rare but serious side effect. This decision marks the end of the vaccine once hailed as a "triumph...
Yes, The Constitution Does Matter... A Lot
08.05.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yes, The Constitution Does Matter... A Lot Authored by Rob Natelson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Most of my columns for this newspaper relate to the Constitution. A common reaction among some readers—both in the online “comments” section and in direct correspondence—is that I’m wasting my time because the Constitution doesn’t matter...
India Leads Global Inbound Remittances
08.05.2024, 04:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - India Leads Global Inbound Remittances India received by far the highest international remittances of any country worldwide in 2022, according to World Bank data published in the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) 2024 World Migration Report on Tuesday. International remittances are defined as money sent from workers living abroad...
China's 2022 Military Spending Reaches $710 Billion, Over Triple What Beijing Announced
08.05.2024, 02:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's 2022 Military Spending Reaches $710 Billion, Over Triple What Beijing Announced By Frank Fang of Epoch Times China’s communist regime spent $710.6 billion on its military in 2022, more than three times Beijing’s publicly stated totals, according to a report from the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute (AEI). “Considering that...
The Marine Corps That Should Have Been
08.05.2024, 01:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Marine Corps That Should Have Been Authored by Gary Anderson via RealClearPolitics, Say what one wants about the Israeli incursion into Gaza, but not a single rocket or missile has been fired from what is left of it since the start of fighting. Compare this with the relative ineffectiveness of American efforts stop Yemen's Houthis from slinging...
Trump Is A Rorschach Test For The Body Politic
07.05.2024, 23:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Is A Rorschach Test For The Body Politic Authored by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics, It is no secret that Donald Trump is a hot wire that either fires up the imagination of voters or fries the brain. For those of us who experience Trump as a Promethean bringer of enlightening fire to the dark barren fields of modern politics, it is hard to...
7 Numbers That Clearly Reveal The Direction That America Has Chosen
07.05.2024, 23:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 7 Numbers That Clearly Reveal The Direction That America Has Chosen Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, Over the past several decades, America’s culture has been transformed at a pace that is absolutely breathtaking. When I was growing up, I was convinced that I believed in a shared set of national values that most other Americans...
Withdrawing From The Rat-Race Is Going Global
07.05.2024, 22:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Withdrawing From The Rat-Race Is Going Global Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Mere mortals are left in a hopeless situation. In response, they're withdrawing from the competition en masse. The world has changed over the past two generations in ways that don't fit the heavily promoted narratives of "growth" and "progress." The "growth"...
Kashkari & Consumer Credit Curtail Stock & Bond Gains
07.05.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Kashkari & Consumer Credit Curtail Stock & Bond Gains Another quiet macro day (although an ugly picture was painted late on by the unexpectedly weak revolving credit increase - potentially signaling a US consumer who really has hit their limit). Some FedSpeak wiped a little lipstick off the early pig's squeeze higher as Kashkari seemed to offer both...
Shocking Collapse In Credit Card Debt Growth Just As Card APRs Hit All Time High
07.05.2024, 21:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Shocking Collapse In Credit Card Debt Growth Just As Card APRs Hit All Time High After several months of wild swings in US consumer debt, culminating with last month's jump in credit card debt to a new all time high despite record high credit card rates, in March households finally hit a brick wall because according to the latest consumer credit data...
"Oooh! Rate Cuts!" vs. "Oh! Not Rate Cuts"
07.05.2024, 17:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Oooh! Rate Cuts!" vs. "Oh! Not Rate Cuts" By Michael Every of Rabobank "Oooh! Rate Cuts!" vs. "Oh! Not Rate Cuts" Markets are their own happy story this morning as “Oooh! Rate cuts!” is again the meme du jour. But back in the real world it’s “Oh! Not rate cuts.” Yemen’s Houthis say they can now hit the Eastern Mediterranean as well as the...
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...
Disney Shares Plunge Most In Year On Subscriber Miss, Disappointing Guidance
07.05.2024, 16:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Disney Shares Plunge Most In Year On Subscriber Miss, Disappointing Guidance Disney reported fiscal second-quarter profits that exceeded estimates of the average analysts tracked by Bloomberg and raised its full-year earnings guidance. However, shares tumbled in early trading in New York as investors focused more on the Disney+ streaming service, missing...
Stormy Daniels Expected To Testify Today In Trump Hush Money Trial
07.05.2024, 15:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stormy Daniels Expected To Testify Today In Trump Hush Money Trial Stormy Daniels is "likely" to testify on Tuesday in Trump's hush money trial, his attorney Clark Brewster told the Associated Press. In response, Trump posted to Truth Social - then deleted - an angry response, saying "I have just recently been told who the witness is today. This is...
Peloton Shares Surge On Private Equity Firm Buyout Report
07.05.2024, 15:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Peloton Shares Surge On Private Equity Firm Buyout Report Just one week after Barry McCarthy, CEO of Peloton Interactive, announced his departure following a disastrous tenure that saw shares plummet by 92%, CNBC reports private equity firms are circling the struggling company, known for strapping iPads on fancy exercise bikes and charging wealthy...
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,...