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Apple Apologizes For 'Soul Crushing' iPad Ad
10.05.2024, 21:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Apple Apologizes For 'Soul Crushing' iPad Ad Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Apple has issued an apology following massive backlash to an ad for the new iPad Pro that crushes physical creative tools in an industrial press. As we highlighted, the commercial shows the device obliterating items such as musical instruments, paint and cameras...
SEC Doesn't Want Ethereum To Transform Banking Landscape, Says Joseph Lubin
10.05.2024, 19:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - SEC Doesn't Want Ethereum To Transform Banking Landscape, Says Joseph Lubin By Gareth Jenkinson of CoinTelegraph Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin believes the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is intentionally hindering innovation, which threatens the country’s existing financial landscape. Speaking at FT Live’s Crypto and Digital...
FDA Preparing For Possible Bird Flu Spread Among Humans: Commissioner
10.05.2024, 18:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - FDA Preparing For Possible Bird Flu Spread Among Humans: Commissioner Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf in Washington in a file image. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing for a scenario in which the highly pathogenic...
"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...
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...
As The Dollar Falters, Gold Becomes Insurance, Not Speculation
10.05.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - As The Dollar Falters, Gold Becomes Insurance, Not Speculation Authored by Douglas French via The Mises Institute, Economics trumps sentimentality, and gold’s elevated price has some people raiding the family jewelry box to pay bills. “Young people are not wearing grandma’s jewels. Most of the young people, they want an Apple watch. They don’t...
Six Reasons To Own Bitcoin In Retirement
10.05.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Six Reasons To Own Bitcoin In Retirement Via BitcoinMagazine.com, For newcomers, especially those in and around retirement age, the idea of investing in or owning bitcoin can evoke reactions from skepticism to disbelief. If you look beyond the popular narratives, however, you might find there is more to the story than first impressions suggest. Here...
Malta's Central Bank Governor Charged With Fraud And Misappropriation Of Funds
10.05.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Malta's Central Bank Governor Charged With Fraud And Misappropriation Of Funds They say central bankers can always print money out thin air: in this one case, however, the head of Malta's central bank could desperately do with a bigger money printer, or at least a much better attorney. Malta's attorney general filed charges of fraud and misappropriation...
Wings, Prayers and Hooplas
10.05.2024, 09:06 Uhr. OffGuardian - https: - It took me a year before I finally succumbed to a phone that would accept 5G. They bugged me and bugged me by phone and email and text messages to upgrade to this new phone. I resent this all to hell. I don’t much like it—this new phone. I hate the damn thing. It makes …...
Visualizing Europe's GDP-Per-Capita By Country
10.05.2024, 08:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Visualizing Europe's GDP-Per-Capita By Country Europe is home to some of the largest and most sophisticated economies in the world. But how do countries in the region compare with each other on a per capita productivity basis? In this map, Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao shows Europe’s GDP per capita levels across 44 nations in current U.S. dollars...
Thursday Humor: What Is The Optimal Temperature For Global GDP Growth?
10.05.2024, 05:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Thursday Humor: What Is The Optimal Temperature For Global GDP Growth? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, A group of climate alarmists have concluded that global GDP will be 23 percent lower on the current path. I was aware of the ridiculous article when it came out. I stopped reading when I noted that all countries were all given equal weighting...
Democrats Attack Judge For Delaying Trump Florida Trial
10.05.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Democrats Attack Judge For Delaying Trump Florida Trial Authored by Jonathan Turley, While pundits, politicians and the press have long expressed outrage over attacks on judges by former President Donald Trump, many are now attacking any judge who delays any trial of Trump before the election. Democrats have accused Judge Aileen Cannon of being politically...
Virtual Home Invasions: We're Not Safe From Government Peeping Toms
10.05.2024, 03:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Virtual Home Invasions: We're Not Safe From Government Peeping Toms Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “The privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But when viewed as a whole, there begins to emerge a society...
Meet The Company Helping Restart The Nuclear Revolution In The U.S.
10.05.2024, 02:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Meet The Company Helping Restart The Nuclear Revolution In The U.S. A company called Holtec has become the voice for restarting the nuclear power revolution in the U.S. As it becomes clear that the nation's needs for power are far underserved, and will certainly be in the future with the adoption of AI, one company, currently the "top US manufacturer...
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...
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...
Creditors Of Bankrupt FTX To Receive As Much As 142% Of What They Are Owed
08.05.2024, 21:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Creditors Of Bankrupt FTX To Receive As Much As 142% Of What They Are Owed Back in March, when eyeing the tremendous rebound in the crypto space, we joked that creditors in Sam Bankman-Fried's bankrupt exchange, FTX, would recover 200% of their claims. FTX bankruptcy will be the first Chapter 11 where creditors recover 200% of their claims — zerohedge...
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...