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Stagflation Signal Slams Stocks & Bonds; Bullion & Black Gold Bid
25.04.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stagflation Signal Slams Stocks & Bonds; Bullion & Black Gold Bid Overall, US macro data has suddenly started to disappoint (not the least of which was today's ugly GDP print)... Source: Bloomberg But, while 'bad news' for the economy has recently been 'good news' for stocks (enables an easier Fed), today's data 'punched that narrative in the face'...
Why Is A Sensible Immigration Policy Discussion So Hard
25.04.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Is A Sensible Immigration Policy Discussion So Hard By Mish Shedlock of MishTalk Why is the choice between shutting down the border and no controls at all? And what about demographics? Fertility rates? Immigration Talks We Should Be Having Eurointelligence discusses the Immigration Talks We Should Be Having. The ideas also apply to the US. Last...
Sixth Time The Charm? Meet The ZiG: Zimbabwe's New 'Gold-Backed' Currency
25.04.2024, 19:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sixth Time The Charm? Meet The ZiG: Zimbabwe's New 'Gold-Backed' Currency Authored by Peter C. Earle via The American Institute for Economic Research, Zimbabwe’s historical relationship with money has been inundated with mistakes, recklessness, and hardship. During the peak of its 2008 hyperinflation, the nation experienced a catastrophic economic...
Falling Bond Yields Show It's Crunch Time In China
25.04.2024, 16:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Falling Bond Yields Show It's Crunch Time In China Authored by Simon Black, Bloomberg macro strategist, Sovereign yields in China have been falling in recent months, in marked contrast to almost every other major country. This is a key macro variable to watch for signs China is ready to ease policy more comprehensively as its tolerance is tested for...
BHP Proposes $39 Billion Takeover Over Anglo To Form Copper Mining Giant
25.04.2024, 16:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - BHP Proposes $39 Billion Takeover Over Anglo To Form Copper Mining Giant The world's largest global diversified miner, BHP Group, is making a monster bet on surging future copper demand with the proposed takeover of Anglo American Plc. The bet is based on the thesis that the world's power grids need a major overhaul and that the electrification of...
This "Emperor" Has No Clothes
25.04.2024, 15:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - This "Emperor" Has No Clothes Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Does the Fed even matter that much to the real economy and investor portfolios? That’s an important question that doesn’t get nearly enough scrutiny. It’s possible that neither the Fed nor the reporters who cover the Fed want to ask hard questions about what the Fed...
US Futures Tumble After Facebook Implodes; GDP Data On Deck
25.04.2024, 14:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Tumble After Facebook Implodes; GDP Data On Deck The three-day rebound from last week's rout ended with a thud after the close yesterday when Meta imploded, plunging as much as 17% and losing $200 billion in market cap, after the company revealed disappointing revenue guidance coupled with higher capex projections. The report sent US futures...
Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Is Running On Eastern Coal
25.04.2024, 13:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Is Running On Eastern Coal Authored by John Seiler via The Epoch Times, When your cell phone gets hot, that means its processors are computing faster or you have a lot of apps open. The same is true for “server farms,” which Gigabyte.com explains are “a large number—up to thousands—of servers grouped...
Will The Anglo-American Axis Really Deploy Nukes To Poland?
25.04.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Will The Anglo-American Axis Really Deploy Nukes To Poland? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Polish President Andrzej Duda confirmed in an interview during his latest trip to the US that “If our allies decide to deploy nuclear weapons as part of nuclear sharing also on our territory to strengthen the security of NATO's eastern flank, we...
Iran Vs Israel: What Happens Next Now That Shots Have Been Fired?
25.04.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Vs Israel: What Happens Next Now That Shots Have Been Fired? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, In October of 2023 in my article ‘It’s A Trap! The Wave Of Repercussions As The Middle East Fights “The Last War”’ I predicted that a multi-front war was about to develop between Israel and various Muslim nations including Lebanon...
Are Pro-Palestinian Protests Being Hijacked By Marxists To "Destroy Capitalism, Freedom & Democracy"?
25.04.2024, 04:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Are Pro-Palestinian Protests Being Hijacked By Marxists To "Destroy Capitalism, Freedom & Democracy"? Just over a week ago, we asked our readers a very straightforward question: Who is funding this chaos? This question followed incidents where pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted critical infrastructure, such as shutting down airport terminals...
Biden Calls For Record High 44.6% Capital Gains Tax Rate
25.04.2024, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Calls For Record High 44.6% Capital Gains Tax Rate By John Kartch of Americans For Tax Reform President Biden has formally proposed the highest top capital gains tax in over 100 years. Here is a direct quote from the Biden 2025 budget proposal: “Together, the proposals would increase the top marginal rate on long-term capital gains and qualified...
Biden's $60BN Can't Fix Ukraine's Manpower & Recruitment Crisis
25.04.2024, 03:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's $60BN Can't Fix Ukraine's Manpower & Recruitment Crisis With Biden's $60 billion in funding for Ukraine now fully authorized and implemented, the question is now what? The US President on Wednesday announced just after signing the bill that the Pentagon will start sending equipment to Ukraine "in the next few hours" straight from the US stockpile...
Conservation Funding Helps Keep Family Farms Viable
25.04.2024, 00:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Conservation Funding Helps Keep Family Farms Viable Authored by Tom Croner via RealClear Wire, I’m an 81-year-old, seventh-generation farmer working with my son T. Richard on a multigenerational grain and hay farm in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. We grow corn, soybeans, wheat, rye, and hay. I'm proud to see him out there by himself at night, and...
Biden Takes Swipe At "MAGA Republicans" While Signing 'Vital' Ukraine, Israel Aid Bill
24.04.2024, 23:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Takes Swipe At "MAGA Republicans" While Signing 'Vital' Ukraine, Israel Aid Bill During Wednesday's signing ceremony authorizing the House and Senate-approved 95$ billion emergency foreign aid package, President Biden in his remarks took a swipe at "MAGA Republicans" for causing the holdup. "It’s a good day for America, it’s a good day...
US Steps Up Monitoring As FDA Warns Bird Flu Found In Pasteurized Milk From Grocery Stores
24.04.2024, 23:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Steps Up Monitoring As FDA Warns Bird Flu Found In Pasteurized Milk From Grocery Stores Dairy cattle moving between states must be tested for the bird flu virus, U.S. agriculture officials said Wednesday as they try to track and control the growing outbreak. AP reports that the federal order was announced a day after health officials said they...
The Next Global Hegemon Has To Be Even Larger Than The US
24.04.2024, 22:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Next Global Hegemon Has To Be Even Larger Than The US By Michael Every of Rabobank "Where it will end is very much up for grabs." Yesterday’s manufacturing PMIs shouted “stagflation”, even if some heard “rate cuts”. German manufacturing was 42.2, French 44.9, and Eurozone 45.6, as services were 53.3, 50.5, and 52.9 - but Europe must now...
Cocoa Drops Most Since April 2009, Some Losses Recovered In Muti-Day Volatility Rollercoaster
24.04.2024, 19:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cocoa Drops Most Since April 2009, Some Losses Recovered In Muti-Day Volatility Rollercoaster Cocoa futures in London on Tuesday plunged the most since April 2009, tumbling as much as 8.1%, while prices slid as much as 7.7% in New York. Prices recovered some losses on Wednesday morning. It appears the downdraft was caused by fast-money traders taking...
Overconfidence In NFL Drafts: A Lesson For Investors
24.04.2024, 16:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Overconfidence In NFL Drafts: A Lesson For Investors Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Most NFL general managers (GMs) are optimistic and displaying overconfidence today as they prepare for tomorrow’s NFL draft. The draft is a once-a-year opportunity for GMs to acquire talent. Like investors, GMs often think they are smarter...
WTI Jumps After Bigger-Than-Expected Crude InventoryBuild
24.04.2024, 16:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WTI Jumps After Bigger-Than-Expected Crude InventoryBuild Oil prices are drifting lower this morning, despite API reporting a surprise crude inventory draw last night, as hopes that geopolitical tensions are easing (hope is not a strategy) combined with a reduced expectation of economy-juicing rate-cuts are weighing on crude prices. Supporting the upside...
Jack Dorsey's Block Announces Development Of 'Full Bitcoin Mining System'
24.04.2024, 14:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jack Dorsey's Block Announces Development Of 'Full Bitcoin Mining System' Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, Payments firm Block, formerly known as Square, has announced plans to develop a Bitcoin mining system in response to challenges faced by mining operators. In an April 23 blog post, Block said it had completed development of a...
Futures Rise For Third Day As Tesla, Texas Instruments Surge Boosts Tech Stocks
24.04.2024, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise For Third Day As Tesla, Texas Instruments Surge Boosts Tech Stocks Equity futures rose for the third day in a row - last week's brutal drubbing a distant memory - with tech outperforming as Tesla soars premarket after Elon Musk vowed to launch less-expensive vehicles as soon as late this year while Texas Instruments jumped 7% after...
New Footage Shows Possible Explosion Before Cargo Plane Crashes In Fairbanks
24.04.2024, 13:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - New Footage Shows Possible Explosion Before Cargo Plane Crashes In Fairbanks New footage has emerged on X of what appears to be a possible explosion moments before the Douglas C-54 Skymaster cargo plane crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks, Alaska, on Tuesday evening. AP News said the Douglas C-54, a variant of the DC-4 airliner, crashed...
Flying Cars Are Becoming Reality In China
24.04.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Flying Cars Are Becoming Reality In China Multiple Chinese companies are focused on commercializing flying cars, utilizing a design that is different from the popular eVTOL aircraft that have been developed over the last several years, according to a new report from Nikkei this week. XPeng AeroHT, an affiliate of the electric vehicle startup, plans...
A $250 Million War Game And Its Shocking Outcome
24.04.2024, 06:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A $250 Million War Game And Its Shocking Outcome Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, At a cost of $250 million, Millennium Challenge 2002 was the largest and most expensive war game in Pentagon history. With over 13,500 participants, the US government took over two years to design it. The exercise pitted Iran against the US military...
Chinese FX Outflows Soar, Priming The Next Bitcoin Surge
24.04.2024, 05:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chinese FX Outflows Soar, Priming The Next Bitcoin Surge Last October, when we pointed out that China's FX outflows had just hit a whopping $75BN - the single biggest monthly outflow since the 2015 currency devaluation - we concluded that the "unfavorable interest rate spread between China and the US will "likely imply persistent depreciation and outflow...
Amash Battling Trump-Endorsed Deep-State Doozie For Michigan Senate Nomination
24.04.2024, 02:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Amash Battling Trump-Endorsed Deep-State Doozie For Michigan Senate Nomination Former Rep. Justin Amash on Monday announced that his Senate campaign had submitted the requisite signatures to appear on Michigan's Aug. 6 primary ballot. The GOP field for a shot at a Democrat-vacated seat includes an archetypal Deep Stater in former Rep. Mike Rogers, who...
Wave Goodbye To Another Set Of Freedoms With The New Digital ID
24.04.2024, 01:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wave Goodbye To Another Set Of Freedoms With The New Digital ID Authored by Graham Young via The Epoch Times, “Papers please” used to be the ostinato of totalitarian systems, at least in the movies. With the passing of the government’s Digital ID bills, Australians will have to become used to the digital equivalent - so what does that say about...
Next Ukraine Package 'Larger Than Normal' As Biden Tells Zelensky Aid Coming "Quickly"
24.04.2024, 01:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Next Ukraine Package 'Larger Than Normal' As Biden Tells Zelensky Aid Coming "Quickly" US officials have been quoted in Politico as saying the Biden White House is preparing a "larger than normal" weapons package for Ukraine to be sent quickly once Biden signs the bill into law authorizing $61 billion in spending, following the historic weekend House...
Ukraine Is Still Outgunned by Russia
23.04.2024, 23:50 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - Even if Congress passes the aid package, most of the artillery Ukraine needs won’t get to the front until next year....
Tesla Soars Despite Missing Across The Board, After Announcing Earlier Rollout Of "More Affordable Models"
23.04.2024, 22:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Soars Despite Missing Across The Board, After Announcing Earlier Rollout Of "More Affordable Models" As previewed earlier, today's TSLA print is likely to be ugly: the company is the only Mag7 member expected to reported negative earnings growth... ... as a result of anemic Q1 sales, where the (growing) delta between production and deliveries...
World's Biggest M&A Deal Is Terrible For Bonds
23.04.2024, 17:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - World's Biggest M&A Deal Is Terrible For Bonds Four years ago, we wrote an article, mocking the unspeakable reality that it appeared "The Fed and The Treasury had now merged"... Last week, that reality dawned on one of Wall Street's best and brightest as BofA Chief Investment Strategist Michael Hartnett headlined his latest note with a 'zeitgeist' quote...
NYU, Columbia, Yale Crack Down On Demonstrators As Anti-Israel Protests Intensify
23.04.2024, 16:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NYU, Columbia, Yale Crack Down On Demonstrators As Anti-Israel Protests Intensify Several pro-Palestinian protests at major universities have been forcibly shut down, as tension simmer over the Israel-Hamas war. NYU staff join protests (AFP via Getty Images) The protests, which have been growing in size and intensity over the last week, were met with...
Biden's America: 40% Of Renters Think They'll Never Own A Home, Up From 27% Last Year
23.04.2024, 15:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's America: 40% Of Renters Think They'll Never Own A Home, Up From 27% Last Year Bidenomics 101: the American dream of owning a home has become the American nightmare for almost half the US population. As housing specialist Redfin reports, rising home prices and mortgage rates "are making it harder to believe in the American dream of homeownership...
Euro Area PMI Activity Hits 11 Month High On Service Expansion As Manufacturing Recession Gets Worse
23.04.2024, 15:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Euro Area PMI Activity Hits 11 Month High On Service Expansion As Manufacturing Recession Gets Worse Europe's study in paradoxical contrasts continues. On the same day, ECB's de Guindos said a June rate cut looks like a set deal (unless there are surprises) with the end of inflation fight is in sight, the Euro-area's private-sector activity advanced to...
Futures Extend Rebound Into Second Day Ahead Of Tesla Earnings Despite Rising Yields
23.04.2024, 14:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Extend Rebound Into Second Day Ahead Of Tesla Earnings Despite Rising Yields US equity futures are higher for the second day, even as small-caps underperform after bond yields rise about +4bps and trade near session highs. As of 7:40am S&P and Nasdaq futures were 0.3% higher after Wall Street’s rebound from a $2 trillion selloff; European...
iPhone Sales In China Tumble 19% In Worst Quarter Since 2020
23.04.2024, 13:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - iPhone Sales In China Tumble 19% In Worst Quarter Since 2020 Apple shares are marginally lower in premarket trading in New York following a report that first-quarter iPhone sales in China had been the worst since early Covid. This comes ahead of an earnings report from the world's most valuable company next week and other souring reports from independent...
Sweden Wants EU To Sanction Russia's Shadow Fleet And Ban Its LNG
23.04.2024, 09:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sweden Wants EU To Sanction Russia's Shadow Fleet And Ban Its LNG By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The next round of EU sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine should include measures to address the shadow fleet of tankers helping Russia move its oil and a ban on EU imports of Russian LNG, Sweden’s foreign minister said on Monday...
EU Leaders Trying To Convince Greece & Spain To 'Sacrifice' Their Own Anti-Air Defenses For Ukraine
23.04.2024, 08:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Leaders Trying To Convince Greece & Spain To 'Sacrifice' Their Own Anti-Air Defenses For Ukraine NATO and European Union leaders are literally pressuring member states to sacrifice their own national defense for the sake of Ukraine, part of the ongoing saga of desperation which has led some Western nations to deplete domestic arms and ammo stockpiles...
"What Kind Of American Are You?"
23.04.2024, 05:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "What Kind Of American Are You?" Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, War, What's It Good For? We have only seen a handful of movies in a theater over the last decade. Ever since the kids grew up, there hasn’t been a reason to spend too much for too little. Regal Cinemas in Oaks was the place to go in the old days. It had 24 theaters...
On Earth Day, Biden Administration Backs Rooftop Solar With $7 Billion Grant
23.04.2024, 04:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - On Earth Day, Biden Administration Backs Rooftop Solar With $7 Billion Grant By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com U.S. President Joe Biden is announcing on Monday $7 billion in grants to help more than 900,000 low-income households install residential solar power, the White House said. President Biden will mark today’s Earth Day by traveling to...
Kolanovic Says "Correction Has Further To Go" Even As JPM's Trading Desk Remains "Bullish"
23.04.2024, 02:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Kolanovic Says "Correction Has Further To Go" Even As JPM's Trading Desk Remains "Bullish" On one hand, the technical storm appears to have subsided: as we correctly predicted last night, just days after the biggest CTA shake-out in over a year (thanks to the fake Iran-Israel war, which on Thursday shook out all the sell stops thanks to the latest brutal...
'The Most Secure Election In American History': John Eastman
23.04.2024, 02:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'The Most Secure Election In American History': John Eastman Authored by John Eastman via The Gatestone Institute, I would like to discuss some of the illegalities that occurred in the 2020 election and the proposed constitutional remedies that we thought we could advance. I would also like to discuss the lawfare that is sweeping across the country...
If You’re A Criminal, This Is the County To Avoid
23.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - If You’re A Criminal, This Is the County To Avoid Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Across a six-decade career, beginning as a 16-year-old ambulance driver to his ascension as America’s most renowned lawman, Grady Judd has made one thing clear. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd at the PCSO Emergency Communications Center...
Markets Can Absorb Geopolitic Risks, To A Point
22.04.2024, 23:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Markets Can Absorb Geopolitic Risks, To A Point By Michael Msika and Jan-Patrick Barnert, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists Geopolitics is having an impact on investment decisions again, and risks are rising as well as equity volatility. Yet under the hood, the stock market is absorbing the shock relatively well so far. Stress levels...
Gold Hammered As Short-Squeeze Saves Stocks Ahead Of Micro/Macro Storm This Week
22.04.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Hammered As Short-Squeeze Saves Stocks Ahead Of Micro/Macro Storm This Week The "calm before the storm" of earnings and big macro this week (and no WW3 this weekend) was all the algos needed to ramp stocks during the US cash session after being reminded that the buyback-blackout period is almost over... And S&P HOD as algos start frontrunning the...
White House Condemns "Antisemitic" Protests At Columbia University
22.04.2024, 19:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - White House Condemns "Antisemitic" Protests At Columbia University "I am horrified and disgusted with the antisemitism being spewed at and around the Columbia University campus," said New York City Mayor Eric Adams in a thread on X. "Hate has no place in our city, and I have instructed the NYPD to investigate any violation of law they receive a report...
Former Obama White House Senior Policy Advisor Charged With 'Child Sex Offenses'
22.04.2024, 16:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Former Obama White House Senior Policy Advisor Charged With 'Child Sex Offenses' A 46-year-old former senior policy advisor the Obama administration appeared in a UK court over child sex offense charges. Rahamim 'Rami' Shy, who worked for the White House under both President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is accused of arranging...
The Copper Supply Shortage Is Here
22.04.2024, 15:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Copper Supply Shortage Is Here Via SchiffGold.com, With the AI boom and green energy push fueling fresh copper demand, and with copper mines aging and not enough projects to match demand with supply, the forecasted copper shortage has finally arrived in earnest. Coupled with persistently high inflation in the US, EU, and elsewhere, I predict...
Sam Altman Powers Up America With Clean Energy Startup Investment
22.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sam Altman Powers Up America With Clean Energy Startup Investment Sam Altman and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz are betting on solar power and energy storage that can supply a low-carbon future to artificial intelligence data centers. Altman, the face of the AI chatbot boom, has also invested in nuclear power technology to fuel America's...