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America Is No Longer A Hyperpower, And Others Keep On Rocketing The Free World
16.05.2024, 18:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - America Is No Longer A Hyperpower, And Others Keep On Rocketing The Free World By Michael Every of Rabobank Stocks up, Stonks up, bonds up, gold up, crypto up, and copper up to a new record high. Almost everything rocketed after US CPI came a slither lower than expected --and 30 minutes earlier than scheduled on the BLS website, which markets looking...
There Isn't Much That Can Stop This Market For Now
16.05.2024, 15:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - There Isn't Much That Can Stop This Market For Now By Michael Miska, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist With US inflation and retail sales both cooling, bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates are back, and there isn’t much left that could stop stocks from hitting new highs. After most equity markets fully erased April losses...
These Are The Most Polluted Cities In The US
16.05.2024, 01:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The Most Polluted Cities In The US According to the World Health Organization, air pollution is responsible for 7 million deaths annually, and could cost the global economy between $18–25 trillion by 2060 in annual welfare costs, or roughly 4–6% of world GDP. And with predictions that 7 in 10 people will make their homes in urban...
Stimulus Today Costs Dearly Tomorrow
15.05.2024, 20:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stimulus Today Costs Dearly Tomorrow Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Since the pandemic-related bazooka of fiscal stimulus, the outstanding Federal debt has risen appreciably. In nominal dollar terms, the recent debt surge is mindboggling. However, the increase is on par with the government’s negligent ways over the last...
Goldman Warns Copper "Is Having A Cocoa Moment"
15.05.2024, 19:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Goldman Warns Copper "Is Having A Cocoa Moment" In a Goldman Materials note this morning covering China and copper, analyst James McGeoch pointed out that the base metal is "having a Cocoa moment." Comex copper futures for July delivery jumped nearly 5% to $5.12 a pound, exceeding an earlier record for the most active contract set in March...
Bitcoin Paves The Way For A New Era Of Free Market Banking
15.05.2024, 19:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin Paves The Way For A New Era Of Free Market Banking Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Hal Finney was a pioneering computer scientist, cryptographer, and prominent Cypherpunk who played a crucial role in the early development of Bitcoin. He was one of the first supporters, contributors, and adopters of Bitcoin. In short, Finney...
WTI Rebounds Off Lows After Across-The-Board Inventory Draws
15.05.2024, 16:39 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WTI Rebounds Off Lows After Across-The-Board Inventory Draws Oil prices are tumbling this morning despite lower CPI (juicing rate cut hopes), weak retail sales (but strong gas station spending), and a big draw reported overnight by API. It seems the main downside driver was IEA lowering its 2024 demand forecast. World oil demand is forecast to grow...
Consumer Prices Have Risen Every Month Since 'Bidenomics' Began, Up 19.5% To Record High
15.05.2024, 14:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Consumer Prices Have Risen Every Month Since 'Bidenomics' Began, Up 19.5% To Record High After a fourth straight month of hotter than expected PPI, analysts' expectations for CPI were tightly ranged around 0.3-0.4% MoM and printed +0.3% MoM (slightly below the 0.4% expected). The YoY headline CPI fell to +3.4% as expected from +3.5% prior Source: Bloomberg...
OpenAI To Start Generating AI Porn
15.05.2024, 13:56 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - According to Wired, in a commentary note of the Model Spec document, OpenAI discussed the prospect of initiating the generation of AI porn in age-appropriate contexts. The company that created ChatGPT, OpenAI, has revealed ambitions to transform the applications of its technology and hinted at a possible relaxation of its strict content standards. The...
US Futures Coiled Tightly Ahead Of Key CPI Print
15.05.2024, 13:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Coiled Tightly Ahead Of Key CPI Print Equity futures were set to hold yesterday's gains ahead of today's CPI report, but will move violently either higher or lower after today's CPI number is released, which will either validate or reject Jerome Powell’s latest signals that interest rates will be higher for longer (our CPI preview is here)...
Fiscal Bazooka: China Considers Buying Millions Of Homes To Save Property Market
15.05.2024, 13:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fiscal Bazooka: China Considers Buying Millions Of Homes To Save Property Market In April's politburo meeting, the Chinese government's newfound focus on an oversupplied housing market was setting the stage to usher in new rescue policies to stabilize the economy. Weeks later, Bloomberg reported that the government was considering a plan for local...
Should You Believe Faulty U.S. Crime Stats Or Your Own Lying Eyes?
15.05.2024, 11:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Should You Believe Faulty U.S. Crime Stats Or Your Own Lying Eyes? Authored by James Varney via RealClearInvestigations, Americans can be forgiven for suffering from whiplash regarding law and order. In recent weeks the Biden administration and many news outlets, including USA Today and The Hill, have touted declines in violent crime statistics...
OpenAI 'Exploring' How To Responsibly Generate AI Porn
15.05.2024, 02:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - OpenAI 'Exploring' How To Responsibly Generate AI Porn OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, has recently disclosed plans that could revolutionize its technology’s applications, signaling a potential shift in its traditionally stringent content policies. According to draft documentation released last week, the company is exploring how to 'responsibly' introduce...
Citadel's Ken Griffin Tells Qatar Audience: American Campus Chaos Is "Anarchy"
15.05.2024, 01:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Citadel's Ken Griffin Tells Qatar Audience: American Campus Chaos Is "Anarchy" On day one of the 2024 Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Citadel's Ken Griffin covered a wide range of hot-button issues. He criticized the Biden administration's latest wave of Chinese tariffs, the ongoing campus crisis terrorizing American colleges and universities, global...
Goldman Finds Commercial Power Demand In Virginia Explodes Higher As 'Next AI Trade' Soars
15.05.2024, 00:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Goldman Finds Commercial Power Demand In Virginia Explodes Higher As 'Next AI Trade' Soars All eyes are on the powering-up America theme as the surge in artificial intelligence sparks a nationwide boom in data center building. The urgent need to overhaul the nation's power grid to meet the skyrocketing demand for electricity is now front and center...
Record Household Debt, Jump In Delinquencies Signal "Worsening Financial Distress", Fed Warns
15.05.2024, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Record Household Debt, Jump In Delinquencies Signal "Worsening Financial Distress", Fed Warns While the market remains focused on tomorrow's CPI print, and to a lesser extent the April retail sales reports due at the same time, which will both be released at 8:30am on May 15. we should to flag another important report that doesn’t typically get a...
AMC Raised $250 Million In ATM Offering As 'Meme' Stocks Rocket Higher
14.05.2024, 14:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AMC Raised $250 Million In ATM Offering As 'Meme' Stocks Rocket Higher With AMC Entertainment and GameStop's short squeezes causing significant losses for short sellers on Monday, we noted the growing likelihood that "bankers are burning the phones at GME and AMC pitching ATM equity offerings for after the close." You know jefferies bankers are burning...
Anglo Goes Bold: Unveils Breakup Plan To Transform Into Copper Giant Amid BHP Takeover Battle
14.05.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Anglo Goes Bold: Unveils Breakup Plan To Transform Into Copper Giant Amid BHP Takeover Battle London-listed Anglo-American has unveiled a "clear, compelling, and decisive plan to unlock significant value from its portfolio." This strategy involves selling its platinum and diamond business units while concentrating on copper, positioning itself to...
The Broken Magic Trick Behind Dollar Dominance
14.05.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Broken Magic Trick Behind Dollar Dominance Authored by Peter Reagan via Birch Gold Group, The total debt owed by the United States federal government has reached incredible levels. Today, the total is $34,541,727,970,599.17 – but by the time you read this article, it’ll probably be higher. I say “probably” because the debt is growing...
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...
How Americans Feel About Federal Government Agencies
14.05.2024, 03:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Americans Feel About Federal Government Agencies Come election time, America won’t hesitate to show its approval or disapproval of the country’s elected political representatives. That said, feelings about the federal bureaucracy and its associated agencies are a little harder to gauge. Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao charts the results from an...
Key Events This Week: All Eyes On CPI As Fed Speakers Galore
13.05.2024, 15:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: All Eyes On CPI As Fed Speakers Galore After a very slow week, the key event for markets this week will be US inflation data with April’s PPI (Tuesday) and CPI (Wednesday) the highlights. We’ll see if the higher-than-expected US inflation seen in Q1 extends into Q2 or not. Markets will also hear from Powell (tomorrow) and Vice...
Apple Reportedly Near Deal To Infuse ChatGPT Into iPhones
13.05.2024, 15:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Apple Reportedly Near Deal To Infuse ChatGPT Into iPhones Apple is nearing a deal with Microsoft-backed OpenAI to infuse its large language model, known as ChatGPT, into the future iPhone operating system, according to Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the discussions. The two sides have been finalizing terms for a pact to use ChatGPT...
Futures Gain With All Time Highs In Sight As Key CPI Report Looms
13.05.2024, 14:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Gain With All Time Highs In Sight As Key CPI Report Looms US equity futures extended last week's solid gains when they traded just about 1% below all time highs, as investors awaited key CPI later this week that will shape the Fed's actions in coming months. As of 7:30am, contracts on the S&P 500 rose about 0.2% (but still below Friday's highs)...
Orange Juice Prices Primed For Breakout After Forecast Warns Brazil Set For Worst Harvest In Decades
13.05.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Orange Juice Prices Primed For Breakout After Forecast Warns Brazil Set For Worst Harvest In Decades Breakfast lovers are in for another jolt as orange juice prices surge to near-record levels. A new report released on Friday indicates that Brazil, the leading global exporter of OJ, is facing its worst harvest in over three decades. This alarming...
'Unusually Aggressive' Anti-Trump Grand Jury In Arizona Went Rogue With Indictments
13.05.2024, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Unusually Aggressive' Anti-Trump Grand Jury In Arizona Went Rogue With Indictments The Arizona grand jury that recently indicted 18 people for allegedly trying to help former President Donald Trump overturn the results of the 2020 election with so-called 'fake electors' went completely rogue and took 'aggressive steps to haul in witnesses,' to the...
Coffee Is Anti-Aging, Linked To Prevention Of Dementia And Sarcopenia: Study
13.05.2024, 03:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Coffee Is Anti-Aging, Linked To Prevention Of Dementia And Sarcopenia: Study Authored by Ellen Wan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Enjoying a cup of joe can offer more than just a pick-me-up: It has been shown to have numerous health benefits, especially for older people. Research has found that the natural molecule in coffee, trigonelline, can...
Goldman Asks: "Might This Be A Monetary Juncture Akin To 1995 Or 2011"
12.05.2024, 19:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Goldman Asks: "Might This Be A Monetary Juncture Akin To 1995 Or 2011" In a client note on Friday, Goldman's Mark Wilson commented on the money supply (M2) growth, which has noticeably turned upward following the most significant crash since the Great Depression. He questions if this is an inflection point in a "monetary juncture akin to 1995 or...
Ukrainian Suicide Drone Attack At Russia's Volgograd Oil Refinery Sparks Fire
12.05.2024, 14:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukrainian Suicide Drone Attack At Russia's Volgograd Oil Refinery Sparks Fire In defiance of repeated warnings from the Biden administration, the Ukrainian military is ramping up kamikaze drone attacks on the Russian energy complex, a move to hamper the nation's crude oil and crude product export revenues and curtail Moscow's ability to fund President...
The Land Of The Setting Sun: The Currency Crisis Of Japan Has Just Started
12.05.2024, 01:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Land Of The Setting Sun: The Currency Crisis Of Japan Has Just Started By Tuomas Malinen of The MT Malinen substack On Tuesday, we shortly commented the flash crash and the (assisted) recovery of the Japanese Yen between Friday and Monday, 26-29 April, on the GnS Economic’s Deprcon Outlook. In this entry, I will detail the reasons behind the crash...
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...
U.S. Representative Introduces Bill To End Federal Taxation On Gold And Silver
11.05.2024, 17:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - U.S. Representative Introduces Bill To End Federal Taxation On Gold And Silver Via Money Metals, Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) is seen at a campaign rally at the Westmoreland Fair Grounds in Greensburg, Pa., on May 6, 2022. | Gene J. Puskar/AP U.S. Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV) has re-introduced sound money legislation to remove all federal income...
Long-Awaited State Dept Review 'Absolves' Israel Of War Crimes
11.05.2024, 13:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Long-Awaited State Dept Review 'Absolves' Israel Of War Crimes Via The Cradle A US State Department report on Israel’s conduct in the Gaza Strip will be submitted to Congress on Friday and stop short of concluding Tel Aviv has "violated terms for the use of US weapons," according to US officials who spoke with Axios. The report, based on a months-long...
Hospitals Turn To Pay In Advance, In Full
11.05.2024, 04:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hospitals Turn To Pay In Advance, In Full By Mish Shedlock of MishTalk If you are in the hospital emergency room, and that’s where most people without insurance go, then you get treated. Otherwise, many hospitals are turning to pay in advance for services. Please Pay in Advance The Wall Street Journal reports Hospitals Are Refusing to Do Surgeries...
Stocks End Week On Muted Note As Stagflation Fears Mount
10.05.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks End Week On Muted Note As Stagflation Fears Mount Late Friday afternoon, US main equity indexes showed little change, with the S&P 500 on track for a 2% weekly gain after investors digested new concerns about a slowing economy and elevated inflation, rekindling fears of stagflation. During the session, Treasury yields increased due to...
ICE Expected To Roll Out ID Program For Illegal Immigrants This Summer
10.05.2024, 19:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - ICE Expected To Roll Out ID Program For Illegal Immigrants This Summer Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to roll out a controversial ID card pilot program for illegal immigrants being released into the US, with the stated objective of 'modernizing the documentation process for removal proceedings,' Fox News reports. Images show the...
After Cocoa Crash, Rabobank Says Bull Rally Likely Peaked
10.05.2024, 17:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - After Cocoa Crash, Rabobank Says Bull Rally Likely Peaked Rabobank analyst Paul Joules wrote in a note to clients that cocoa prices have likely peaked after crashing in the last several weeks. "A combination of weakening global demand and production responses, particularly from countries without a fixed farmgate price, will help alleviate the...
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...
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...
Chinese Stock Rally Likely To Stall Without Robust Earnings
10.05.2024, 04:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chinese Stock Rally Likely To Stall Without Robust Earnings By Henry Ren, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Earnings for China Inc. are looking somewhat better, though likely not enough to keep fueling the recent stock market rally. Strategists say the bounce spurred by low valuations needs a full-blown earnings recovery to continue. Remember...
How People Get Around In America, Europe, And Asia
10.05.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How People Get Around In America, Europe, And Asia This chart, via Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao, highlights the popularity of different transportation types in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, calculated by modal share. Data for this article and visualization is sourced from ‘The ABC of Mobility’, a research paper by Rafael Prieto-Curiel (Complexity...
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...
Biden's Handling Of Israel War Has "Tremendously Increased The Risk Of A Fresh Eruption"
09.05.2024, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's Handling Of Israel War Has "Tremendously Increased The Risk Of A Fresh Eruption" By Michael Every of Rabobank Yesterday saw the Riksbank in Sweden cut rates by 25bp to 3.75% for the first time since 2016 (as Brazil cut 25bp to 10.50% as expected, yet the BoJ opened the door to another tiny June hike). Rate cuts, and a month before the ECB is...
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...
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...
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...
A Deep Dive Into The Opioid Crisis
09.05.2024, 05:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Deep Dive Into The Opioid Crisis Authored by Matt Bivens, M.D. via Racket News, Editor’s note: the following is the first essay in a series, written by former Moscow Times co-worker and current E.R. doctor Matt Bivens. The remaining features will be published serially on his Substack site, The 100 Days. None of the articles in the series will be...
These Are The Countries With The Highest Rates Of Crypto Ownership
09.05.2024, 04:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The Countries With The Highest Rates Of Crypto Ownership This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu, ranks the top 10 countries by their rate of cryptocurrency ownership, which is the percentage of the population that owns crypto. These figures come from crypto payment gateway, Triple-A, and are as of 2023. Data and Highlights The table...
Office Tower Turmoil In NYC Worsens Ahead Of Trillion Dollar Maturity Wall
09.05.2024, 00:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Office Tower Turmoil In NYC Worsens Ahead Of Trillion Dollar Maturity Wall A combination of factors, including remote work, an exodus of progressive cities, higher interest rates for longer, and diminished credit availability, continues to pressure the office tower market nationwide. The latest example of challenges facing the $20 trillion commercial...