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Money's Grim Future
15.05.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Money's Grim Future Authored by Alan Lash via The Brownstone Institute, Prepare for total control of your economic life. That is the message from Brownstone Fellow Aaron Day at his 4-hour workshop in San Jose, California last Saturday, May 11th. Day has written the excellent book The Final Countdown, which carefully describes the increasingly aggressive...
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...
Samsung Tops Apple In Q1 Global Smartphone Shipments
15.05.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Samsung Tops Apple In Q1 Global Smartphone Shipments While not quite a duopoly, Apple and Samsung have long been known to produce the most popular smartphones from a global perspective. Over the past years, however, Chinese tech companies have started catching up and, at times, even overtaking Apple's iPhone product lines. In the following chart...
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...
WHO Makes Key Concessions Ahead Of Pandemic Treaty Vote
14.05.2024, 05:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WHO Makes Key Concessions Ahead Of Pandemic Treaty Vote Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The World Health Organization (WHO) has watered down some provisions of its pandemic agreements ahead of the upcoming World Health Assembly on May 27. Critics in the United States, however, say the changes don’t do enough to address...
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...
Why The Establishment Fears A Trump-Led Fed
13.05.2024, 18:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why The Establishment Fears A Trump-Led Fed Via SchiffGold.com, While in office, Trump blamed the Fed for tightening monetary policy. Now members of Trump’s team allegedly plan to give a re-elected Trump more power over the Fed, igniting panic from mainstream economists about a politicized Fed. Our guest commentator explains why the real risk,...
Why We Are At The Start Of A Multi-Year Gold Bull Market
11.05.2024, 15:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why We Are At The Start Of A Multi-Year Gold Bull Market By Jan Nieuwenhuijs of Gainesvillecoins.com Recently the dollar gold price aggressively broke a multiyear resistance level on the back of escalating wars, worrying asset bubbles, and sticky inflation. Long term indicators show gold is undervalued under these circumstances and can easily double...
Mapping Life Expectancy Around The World
11.05.2024, 11:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mapping Life Expectancy Around The World Over the last two centuries there has been significant progress in human health and longevity. Initially, in the early 19th century, life expectancy did not surpass 40 years globally, reflecting harsh conditions like extreme poverty, limited medical care, and poor sanitation. By 1950, this figure had seen notable...
Egypt Building A Militia Force To Handle Rafah Refugee Influx
11.05.2024, 10:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Egypt Building A Militia Force To Handle Rafah Refugee Influx Via Middle East Eye In a grand procession last week, Sinai militia leader Ibrahim al-Organi arrived at a ceremony to inaugurate the Arab Tribes Union, a new paramilitary entity that brings together five tribal groups from across Egypt. The celebration named President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi...
EU Leaders Confronts China's Xi Over Trade At Paris Summit
08.05.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Leaders Confronts China's Xi Over Trade At Paris Summit By Dorothy Li of The Epoch Times The European Union pressed China over its unfair trade practices as communist regime leader Xi Jinping began his official visit aimed at bolstering relationships with European leaders. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech to the...
Trump Develops 'Detailed' Plan On Achieving Ukraine Peace: Telegraph
05.05.2024, 13:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Develops 'Detailed' Plan On Achieving Ukraine Peace: Telegraph Trump has long touted on the campaign trail that he can stop the Ukraine war in 24 hours while taking shots a Biden's inability to oversee a negotiation that would ultimately end the war. The Daily Telegraph is now reporting, citing an unnamed source who is said to be close to the...
Russia Stepping Up 'Decapitation Strikes' - Belatedly Adds Zelensky to Criminal 'Wanted' List
05.05.2024, 03:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Stepping Up 'Decapitation Strikes' - Belatedly Adds Zelensky to Criminal 'Wanted' List Days ago, for the first time Russian forces mounted a major air attack on the Ukrainian command's southern headquarters in the port city of Odessa. This suggests Moscow is increasingly targeting Ukraine's top command and control centers. There's been another...
Gaza Pier Delayed Over Rough Seas, Pentagon Calls Project "Extremely Challenging"
04.05.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gaza Pier Delayed Over Rough Seas, Pentagon Calls Project "Extremely Challenging" This week has seen statements and reports indicating the US military constructed humanitarian pier on Gaza's coast is expected to be complete by some point this weekend. But the $320 million project has hit another snag, as the Pentagon has said its soldiers and engineers...
New Discovered Uranium Deposit In Poland Could Fuel Future Polish Nuclear Power Plant
04.05.2024, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - New Discovered Uranium Deposit In Poland Could Fuel Future Polish Nuclear Power Plant By Grzegorz Adamczyk of RMX.news The Świętokrzyska Industrial Group Industria (ŚGP Industria) has confirmed the presence of uranium in a deposit within the Świętokrzyskie Region in southern Poland. The company now plans to undertake further exploratory work to...
Zelensky Tells Commanders Ukraine Must Defeat Russia To Join NATO
04.05.2024, 14:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Zelensky Tells Commanders Ukraine Must Defeat Russia To Join NATO Ukraine's President Zelensky has reportedly told his top military commanders that Ukraine must win against Russia if it hopes to one day be admitted into NATO. Russian state media has captured and translated key lines of the speech. "I believe that we will be in NATO only if we win. I...
Bitcoin ETFs Suffer Worst Day Ever
02.05.2024, 16:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin ETFs Suffer Worst Day Ever Despite the lack of total carnage in spot bitcoin prices, yesterday was an ugly (nay the ugliest) day for the newly minted ETFs (although bitcoin is down over 10% this week). Most notably, BlackRock’s ETF saw around $37 million in outflows for the first time, while the remaining spot Bitcoin ETFs collectively notched...
Fighting Monsters
02.05.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fighting Monsters Authored by CJ Hopkins via off-guardian.org, Fighting monsters by serbiandude Published: Jan 3, 2023 So, I gave a little speech about art, and war. The Internationale Agentur für Freiheit, a Berlin art and cultural association, asked me to do that to open their exhibition, Make Art Not War. I couldn’t turn them down. As my readers...
Google Workers Sacked Over Israel Protests File Federal Labor Complaint
02.05.2024, 03:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Google Workers Sacked Over Israel Protests File Federal Labor Complaint Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Dozens of Google workers who were fired for protesting the tech giant’s cloud deal with the Israeli government filed a complaint on Monday with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over their termination. The complaint, obtained...
Biden's Dollar Weaponization - Growing Backlash Could Kill The Economy
01.05.2024, 23:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's Dollar Weaponization - Growing Backlash Could Kill The Economy Authored by Peter Reagan for Birch Gold Group, President Biden’s decision to participate in the Ukraine-Russia conflict back in February 2022 has taken a new and dangerous turn this year. The U.S. dollar could suffer dramatically as a result. Before we explore that new development...
Gold Flowers Amid April 'Stagflation' Showers; Stocks, Bonds, & Crypto Crushed
30.04.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Flowers Amid April 'Stagflation' Showers; Stocks, Bonds, & Crypto Crushed The final day of April was really ugly: ECI way hotter than expected (spooked markets), Case-Shiller home prices soared far more than expected (spooked markets more), Chicago PMI puked (while prices paid increased), Consumer Confidence crashed, and Dallas Fed Services slumped...
Don't Buy Rate-Hike Hype, Next Fed Move Is A Cut
30.04.2024, 16:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Don't Buy Rate-Hike Hype, Next Fed Move Is A Cut Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The Federal Reserve’s next move this year is likely to be a rate cut - despite the re-emergence of inflation - leaving markets at risk of a dovish repricing. When it comes to the Fed, it’s easy to get hung up on what they should do, and neglect...
"I'm Worried...[About] Four More Years" - Dallas Fed Manufacturing Contracts For 24th Straight Month
29.04.2024, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "I'm Worried...[About] Four More Years" - Dallas Fed Manufacturing Contracts For 24th Straight Month The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Outlook survey has now been in contraction (below zero) every month since May 2022, falling modestly to -14.5 in April (worse than the -11.2 expected). New Orders also remain negative (but did improve) and prices continue...
'FX Vigilantes' Strike - Yen Suddenly Crashes To April 1990 Lows Against The Dollar
29.04.2024, 05:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'FX Vigilantes' Strike - Yen Suddenly Crashes To April 1990 Lows Against The Dollar The yen crashed in early Asia trading, tumbling to match is exact lows from April 1990 in what is being blamed on a 'fat finger' trade or multiple barrier-option trades being triggered, by sources that have literally no idea. The plunge extended Friday's big drop which...
"The Yen Collapse Has Become Disorderly": Look For A Final, Sharp Decline Before It Hits A Floor
26.04.2024, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The Yen Collapse Has Become Disorderly": Look For A Final, Sharp Decline Before It Hits A Floor The BOJ came, issued the shortest statement in the history of central banks... ... and left, leaving traders stunned and speechless at the sheer idiocy of the world's most clownish central bank, which has decided to invite currency collapse the same abandon...
JPY Plunges To Fresh 34-Year-Lows After BoJ Does Nothing... Again
26.04.2024, 16:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - JPY Plunges To Fresh 34-Year-Lows After BoJ Does Nothing... Again Having already lost more than 10% of its value versus the US dollar this year, the yen plunged further overnight after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda indicated monetary policy will stay easy as he kept rates unchanged and showed little to no support for the embattled currency during...
Poland Ready To Help Ukraine Round Up Military-Aged Men
26.04.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Poland Ready To Help Ukraine Round Up Military-Aged Men Poland says it is ready and willing to help Ukraine with its crisis-level manpower and recruitment problems, as it could be poised to round up Ukrainian military-aged males and return them to their home country. Government officials are now strongly signaling just such a controversial plan. Polish...
Primary Protest Vote: 17% Of Republicans Vote Nikki Haley In Biggest Battleground State
24.04.2024, 15:18 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Primary Protest Vote: 17% Of Republicans Vote Nikki Haley In Biggest Battleground State On more than one occasion this primary season, the Biden-Harris campaign has been found itself on the wrong side of significant protest votes -- for example, when 13.3% of Michigan Democrats voted "uncommitted" to register their deep dissatisfaction with his handling...
Scientific American Claims It Is "Misinformation" That There Are Just Two Sexes
24.04.2024, 03:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Scientific American Claims It Is "Misinformation" That There Are Just Two Sexes Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Scientific American has published a piece claiming that “misinformation,” such as the notion that there are only two sexes, is “being used against transgender people” and in order to target “gender-affirming medical...
No Evidence FBI Used Counterterrorism Tactics on Catholics: Government Watchdog Report
22.04.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - No Evidence FBI Used Counterterrorism Tactics on Catholics: Government Watchdog Report Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An independent governmental watchdog investigation concluded that there was no evidence to support that the FBI was targeting Catholics based on a leaked memo. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan...
NATO Member Rolls Out Red Carpet For Hamas Chief
22.04.2024, 21:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NATO Member Rolls Out Red Carpet For Hamas Chief As head of NATO's second largest military, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has continued to stir controversy among allies by his Hamas-sympathetic stance. As early as last October, just on the heels of the Oct.7 Hamas terror attack, he was bluntly expressing that "Hamas is not a terror organization" but...
How Debt-to-GDP Ratios Have Changed Around The World Since 2000
22.04.2024, 10:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Debt-to-GDP Ratios Have Changed Around The World Since 2000 Government debt levels have grown in most parts of the world since the 2008 financial crisis, and even more so after the COVID-19 pandemic. To gain perspective on this long-term trend, Visual Capitalist's Marcu Lu visualized the debt-to-GDP ratios of advanced economies, as of 2000 and 2024...
The Intel Agencies Of Government Are Fully Weaponized
22.04.2024, 05:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Intel Agencies Of Government Are Fully Weaponized Authored by 'sundance' via TheConservativeTreehouse.com, Barack Obama and Eric Holder did not create a weaponized DOJ and FBI; instead, what they did was take the preexisting system and retool it so the weapons only targeted one side of the political continuum. This point is where many people understandably...
Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
21.04.2024, 19:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Should I Stay Or Should I Go? By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Should I Stay or Should I Go? Coming up for air after what was an intense week on the geopolitical and market side of things, I’m really being forced to reconsider my current recommendations (bearish bonds, stocks, and credit). I keep thinking: If I go, there will be trouble And if...
Gold Miners Will Trade At "Multiples" Of Current Prices
21.04.2024, 16:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Miners Will Trade At "Multiples" Of Current Prices Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Friend of Fringe Finance Lawrence Lepard released his most recent investor letter this week. He gets little coverage in the mainstream media, which, in my opinion, makes him someone worth listening to twice as closely. Larry was kind enough to allow me to share...
The Regime That Doesn't Care
20.04.2024, 13:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Regime That Doesn't Care Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, We’ve all come across warnings against doom scrolling. This is the practice of waking up in the morning, scouring headlines, seizing on the bad news, and dwelling on the darkness. You do this during downtimes in the day and in the evening. Your mood worsens, permanently....
Tech Wrecks As FedSpeak F**ks FOMO-Followers; Gold Hits New Record High
19.04.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tech Wrecks As FedSpeak F**ks FOMO-Followers; Gold Hits New Record High Well, that escalated quickly... In a week characterized by data supporting 'no landing' from a growth perspective and disappointment from a disinflation perspective... Source: Bloomberg This was reinforced by FedSpeak that was without exception - hawkish! As they suddenly realized...
Futures Reverse All Losses, Oil Slides After Iran Plays Down Israeli Attacks, Signals No Retaliation
19.04.2024, 14:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Reverse All Losses, Oil Slides After Iran Plays Down Israeli Attacks, Signals No Retaliation While US futures are still modestly in the red, they are not only well off the worst overnight levels, but they are almost unchanged since yesterday's close following a performative Israeli retaliation. which followed a performative Iranian attack, which...
Plaza Accord Lite? Japan, Korea Get Green Light From Yellen For FX Intervention
18.04.2024, 17:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Plaza Accord Lite? Japan, Korea Get Green Light From Yellen For FX Intervention One week ago, when Japan's PM Kishida visited the White House and unwittingly sparked the latest Beltway fashion scandal, when Jeff Bezos' current wife appeared dressed as a middle-aged stripper to the dinner honoring the Japanese delegation, sparking online outrage among...
Gold Vs. S&P 500: Which Has Grown More Over Five Years?
18.04.2024, 11:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Vs. S&P 500: Which Has Grown More Over Five Years? Gold is considered a unique asset due to its enduring value, historical significance, and application in various technologies like computers, spacecraft, and communications equipment. Commonly regarded as a “safe haven asset”, gold is something investors typically buy to protect themselves...
Reflation Trade Is The New Bullish Narrative
16.04.2024, 17:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Reflation Trade Is The New Bullish Narrative Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Economic “reflation” is becoming the next bullish narrative as equity valuation increases continue to outpace earnings gains, at least according to Gold Sachs and Tony Pasquariello. “If GS is correct on the big calls, the macro backdrop is set...
These Inflation Trades Have Most Catching Up To Do
16.04.2024, 15:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Inflation Trades Have Most Catching Up To Do Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Markets are unprepared for price growth that is becoming entrenched. But even though the risk-reward in shorting Treasuries or buying gold or Bitcoin is diminishing, we can instead pinpoint the assets that have the most potential to catch up to persistent...
These Are The Largest US Corporations By Number Of Employees
16.04.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The Largest US Corporations By Number Of Employees Revenue and profit are common measures for measuring the size of a business, but what about employee headcount? To see how big companies have become from a human perspective, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu visualized the top U.S. companies by employees. These figures come from companiesmarketcap...
The WHO's Road To Totalitarianism
16.04.2024, 05:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The WHO's Road To Totalitarianism Authored by Bert Olivier via The Brownstone Institute, Several articles on the proposed amendments to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) international health regulations have appeared here on Brownstone, such as this excellent introduction. Consequently, there is no need to repeat this information in a similar...
Earnings Season Has Started: Here Is The Emerging Picture
16.04.2024, 04:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Earnings Season Has Started: Here Is The Emerging Picture Banks kicked off Q1 earnings last Friday with a painful start: XLF fell 1.3% on Friday alone led by a 6% plunge in JPM stock, and dropped even more on Monday despite strong results from Goldman. While JPM earnings beat (most) expectations, and left 2024 Net Interest Income guidance unchanged...
Aluminum, Nickel Soar Then Slide After Western Sanctions On Russian Metals
15.04.2024, 15:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Aluminum, Nickel Soar Then Slide After Western Sanctions On Russian Metals Over the weekend we reported that, in a surprise move, the US and UK imposed new restrictions on trading Russian aluminum, copper and nickel in the latest bid to curb President Vladimir Putin’s ability to fund his war machine (as discussed previously, Russian oil is now trading...
US, UK Ban Deliveries Of Russian Copper, Nickel And Aluminum To Western Metals Exchanges: Here's What This Means
14.04.2024, 14:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US, UK Ban Deliveries Of Russian Copper, Nickel And Aluminum To Western Metals Exchanges: Here's What This Means On Friday, the US and UK imposed new restrictions on trading Russian aluminum, copper and nickel in the latest hollow bid to curb President Vladimir Putin’s ability to fund his war machine (as discussed previously, Russian oil is now trading...
Investors Bet On Further Rise In US Gasoline Prices
14.04.2024, 03:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Investors Bet On Further Rise In US Gasoline Prices By John Kemp, senior energy analyst at Reuters Portfolio investors have amassed one of the largest bullish positions in U.S. gasoline futures and options since before the coronavirus pandemic, anticipating that prices will continue climbing over the next few months. U.S. gasoline has emerged as the...
The Final Nail In The Coffin Of Synchronized Central Bank Actions
12.04.2024, 17:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Final Nail In The Coffin Of Synchronized Central Bank Actions By Elwin de Groot, head of macro strategy at Rabobank And now the end [to monetary tightening] is near … And so I face that final curtain … My friend I'll say it clear … I'll state my case, of which I'm certain [– Christine Lagarde] As we head into the weekend and gold prices...