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Xi Jinping Has Tough Economic Choices Ahead
26.04.2024, 19:17 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - China is likely to pick security over prosperity....
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...
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...
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...
"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...
'Threat Facing Our Country Is From The Far Left' And Socialistic Thugs, Not Trump: Bill Barr
23.04.2024, 01:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Threat Facing Our Country Is From The Far Left' And Socialistic Thugs, Not Trump: Bill Barr Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former Attorney General Bill Barr dismissed the idea that former President Donald Trump is a power-hungry “right-wing dictator,” noting that the real threat facing the United States is the...
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...
The Haven-Volatility Dog Has Not Yet Barked
19.04.2024, 17:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Haven-Volatility Dog Has Not Yet Barked Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Implied volatility of traditional havens such as the Swiss franc and US Treasuries remains remarkably subdued despite the situation in the Middle East, even as the former has outperformed most other havens, including the dollar. However, vol is beginning...
Hard Money Heat Check
19.04.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hard Money Heat Check Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance There are few things I like more about NBA basketball than when a player gets so hot that it seems as though they can't miss a shot, no matter where they are shooting from. The legendary video game NBA Jam captured this beautifully, for those that remember. A “heat check” is when a hot player...
Missouri Files Injunction To Block Biden's 'Illegal Student Loan Plan' While Lawsuit Plays Out
17.04.2024, 20:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Missouri Files Injunction To Block Biden's 'Illegal Student Loan Plan' While Lawsuit Plays Out Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced on Wednesday that the state has filed for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to block the Biden administration's "illegal student loan plan," referred to by a coalition of states as "Plan B," which was implemented...
7 Jurors Sworn In For Trump Trial, More To Come
17.04.2024, 16:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 7 Jurors Sworn In For Trump Trial, More To Come Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The first seven jurors have been selected and sworn in to serve on former president Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York, with the selection process continuing to pick another five to make up the 12-member jury panel, as lawyers grilled...
Morgan Stanley Shares Rebound On Strong Revenues
16.04.2024, 14:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Morgan Stanley Shares Rebound On Strong Revenues Morgan Stanley shares are quickly recovering from last week's mauling (after WSJ reported regulatory probes of how the bank handles wealth management clients “who are at risk of laundering money"), this morning after reporting Q1 wealth management and equities trading revenue that beat expectations...
More Than A Dozen Major Media Outlets Call On Biden, Trump To Commit To Presidential Debate
15.04.2024, 23:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - More Than A Dozen Major Media Outlets Call On Biden, Trump To Commit To Presidential Debate Authored by Alice Giordano via The Epoch Times, More than a dozen major media outlets released a statement this morning asking President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to commit to a presidential debate. “If there’s one thing Americans can agree...
Goldman Soars On "Near-Perfect" Top To Bottom Beat As Solomon Sees Rebound In Dealmaking
15.04.2024, 16:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Goldman Soars On "Near-Perfect" Top To Bottom Beat As Solomon Sees Rebound In Dealmaking With JPMorgan tumbling on Friday on a net interest income miss and disappointing guidance, suffering its worst earnings-day slump in decades, financials needed a solid report this morning and got it from the bank that once was the envy of all its Wall Street peers...
Harvard To Once Again Require SATs For Admissions
13.04.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Harvard To Once Again Require SATs For Admissions Harvard is joining the ranks of other universities in recognizing the obvious: SATs are a great way to measure aptitude. And now that Harvard is busy grappling with other issues like plagiarism among its top ranks, it has decided to quietly shuffle SAT requirements back to where they were pre-Covid...
Southeast Asia's Preferred Ally Switches In Favor Of China
12.04.2024, 08:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Southeast Asia's Preferred Ally Switches In Favor Of China If Southeast Asian countries had to choose a strategic partner, slightly more would now prefer to align with China than the United States. Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports that a poll conducted by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies found that 50.5 percent of respondents in the...
More Than $12,000 In Pork Stolen From Truck In Northeast Philadelphia While Driver Slept
12.04.2024, 01:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - More Than $12,000 In Pork Stolen From Truck In Northeast Philadelphia While Driver Slept Today in "signs that inflation continues to run out of control" news, more than $12,000 in pork was stolen from a Northeast Philadelphia truck this week, marking the 37th cargo theft in the area this year. The thieves made off with 56 cases of pork, according...
The Case For Owning Treasuries Is Evaporating
11.04.2024, 15:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Case For Owning Treasuries Is Evaporating Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Contrarians will love this column as it will show there is still no smoking gun for a recession in the US. They might see that as proof then that one must be imminent and yields are going much lower. But contrarianism for its own sake is rarely a good...
How Trump Could Beat The Deep State
11.04.2024, 01:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Trump Could Beat The Deep State Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Let’s say that Trump wins the November election. What would a second Trump presidency actually look like? Today we’re going to investigate that question. Let’s first back up to the 2016 election. Trump ran the most incompetent presidential transition process...
Investing Lessons From Your Mother
10.04.2024, 19:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Investing Lessons From Your Mother Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Your mother likely imparted valuable investing lessons you may not have known. With Mother’s Day approaching and bullish market exuberance present, such is an excellent time to revisit the investing lessons she taught me. Personally, when I was growing up, my...
Congressman Calls On RFK Jr's Running-Mate To Leave Race Over Trump
10.04.2024, 17:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Congressman Calls On RFK Jr's Running-Mate To Leave Race Over Trump Authored by Zachary Steiber via The Epoch Times, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is calling on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate to step aside, telling her that he’s worried the independent candidate could lead to former President Donald Trump beating President Joe Biden in November’s...
David Hogg Group Hit With Allegations Over Spending Practices And Policies
10.04.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - David Hogg Group Hit With Allegations Over Spending Practices And Policies Authored by Jonathan Turley, Gun control activist David Hogg has been hit with allegations over the spending practices of his group Leaders We Deserve PAC. Conservative outlets are reporting that the group spent comparably little on actual candidates as opposed to travel and...
In The Next Several Weeks, We Could See $300 Billion Of Liquidity Leaving The System
09.04.2024, 14:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - In The Next Several Weeks, We Could See $300 Billion Of Liquidity Leaving The System Submitted by Larry McDonald, creator of the Bear Traps Report and author of the newly published book "When Markets Speak" which has been #1 on Amazon over the last week across most non-fiction, finance categories. What’s Under the Surface? The heart of “conditioning...
Germany Reportedly Goes On Military Spending Spree To Hit NATO Spending Minimums For First Time
09.04.2024, 08:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany Reportedly Goes On Military Spending Spree To Hit NATO Spending Minimums For First Time In 2006, NATO defense ministers agreed that each member country would commit at least 2% of its GDP to defense spending. Nearly two decades later, some member countries have not met the target, only to be recently reminded by former President Trump to ramp...
Prices Up 2500% Since FDR Abandoned Gold
08.04.2024, 20:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Prices Up 2500% Since FDR Abandoned Gold Via SchiffGold.com, On April 5 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt abandoned the gold standard, wielding questionable legal power amidst America’s dire economic depression. His whimsical approach to monetary policy, including coin flips and lucky numbers, unleashed unprecedented inflation and price increases that...
Key Events This Week: CPI, FOMC Minutes, Q1 Earnings Kick Off And Fed Speakers Galore
08.04.2024, 15:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: CPI, FOMC Minutes, Q1 Earnings Kick Off And Fed Speakers Galore As DB's Henry Allen writes, markets had a rough start to Q2 last week, with the S&P 500 (-0.95%) posting its worst weekly performance in 3 months, whilst the US 30yr yield (+21.0bps) saw its biggest weekly rise since October, with yields extending gains again this...
Europe's South Takes The Lead
06.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Europe's South Takes The Lead By Maartje Wijffelaars, Senior Economist at Rabobank Brent crude oil extended its gains and broke through the 90 dollars a barrel threshold yesterday, for the first time since end-October last year. The commodity continues its ascend this morning and at the time of writing it’ll cost you 91.2 dollars to buy a barrel....
Behind Today's Stellar Jobs Print: It Was Literally ALL Part-Time Jobs (And Illegals)
05.04.2024, 18:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Behind Today's Stellar Jobs Print: It Was Literally ALL Part-Time Jobs (And Illegals) First things first: unlike the last two months when both the January and February jobs prints were beyond ridiculously manipulated and goalseeked to pass a terrible number as a strong one, the March print was not a complete disaster. To be sure, superficially the March...
Maybe The Academic Bubble Is Finally Popping
05.04.2024, 04:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Maybe The Academic Bubble Is Finally Popping Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Emily Karakis/Unsplash.com) Commentary Academia has fallen on hard times, most signified by the disgrace of Harvard. When high-paid, high-status professors are revealed as plagiarists, and then kept on with high six-figure salaries anyway...
FedEx, UPS Adding Delivery Fees In Parts Of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago
05.04.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - FedEx, UPS Adding Delivery Fees In Parts Of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago By Max Garland of Supply Chain Dive FedEx and UPS will add surcharges for deliveries in 82 ZIP codes this month, many of which cover parts of major urban areas, according to updates from both companies. The delivery area surcharge, or DAS, for the new ZIP codes will take effect...
"Central Banks Are Obviously Determined To Cut... Or Make You Think They Are Going To Cut"
04.04.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Central Banks Are Obviously Determined To Cut... Or Make You Think They Are Going To Cut" By Michael Every of Rabobank The bigger 'Bigger Picture' Fed Chair Powell noted the FOMC will wait for a clearer signal from the data before starting rate cuts, which he continues to expect to begin “at some point this year.” In particular, he said that recent...
"Urban Doom Loop" Of Vacant Offices: How Far Will It Go?
04.04.2024, 16:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Urban Doom Loop" Of Vacant Offices: How Far Will It Go? Via SchiffGold.com, Even the mainstream is starting to acknowledge the massive problem of vacant office buildings littering American cities, slowly turning them into post-Covid wastelands. While a few pundits are claiming (in somewhat Orwellian fashion) that the surge in empty commercial real...
Trump Leads Biden In 6 Of 7 Swings States, Pennsylvania Is Key
03.04.2024, 19:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Leads Biden In 6 Of 7 Swings States, Pennsylvania Is Key Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Polls have narrowed but Trump is still in the sweet spot. An electoral map shows Pennsylvania is directly on the roadmap to the White House. A Wall Street Journal poll Shows Trump Leads Biden in Six of Seven Swing States The poll of the election’s...
WTF Is Going On With Services PMI Prices-Paid?
03.04.2024, 16:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WTF Is Going On With Services PMI Prices-Paid? Following the mixed picture on Manufacturing PMIs (ISM up, S&P Global down), but strong impulse in prices in both surveys; today's Services PMIs offered no more clarity at all... S&P Global's Services PMI printed 51.7 final for March (flat to the flash print) but down from February's 52.3 - that is the...
Ranking The World's Most Popular Beers, By Generation
01.04.2024, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ranking The World's Most Popular Beers, By Generation What are the most popular beers by US generation? Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu has delved into the data based on a consumer survey conducted by YouGov which looks at what Millennials, GenX, and Baby Boomers like to consume the most. The “popularity” metric represents the % of people who had...
Why Is NATO And The Kiev Regime Terrified Of Russia's 'Zircon' Hypersonic Missile?
01.04.2024, 08:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Is NATO And The Kiev Regime Terrified Of Russia's 'Zircon' Hypersonic Missile? Authored by Drago Bosnic via infobrics.org, Even before the horrendous Crocus City Hall terrorist attack, the Russian military's long-range strike capabilities were sending shivers down the spines of NATO aggressors and their Neo-Nazi junta puppets. Weapons such as the...
How Much Do Food Stamps, Social Security, And Medicare Support The Economy?
31.03.2024, 21:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Much Do Food Stamps, Social Security, And Medicare Support The Economy? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Inquiring minds might be interested in a discussion of government transfer payments as a percentage of real income. I can help, but prepare to be disgusted. Data from BEA’s personal Income and outlays report. Real means inflation...
Biden's New Math: 25% = 100% So Free-Lunch For Everybody
30.03.2024, 14:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's New Math: 25% = 100% So Free-Lunch For Everybody Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk.com, The Biden administration just issued a new directive. If 25 percent of a school is low income, then everybody gets a free lunch. Free Lunch for Everybody The Wall Street Journal comments on Biden’s Free Lunch for Rich Kids There’s no such thing as...
Why The Department Of Justice Wants To Take Down Apple
30.03.2024, 13:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why The Department Of Justice Wants To Take Down Apple Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, On May 5, 2021, White House press secretary Jen Psaki issued a mob-like warning to social-media companies and information distributors generally. They need to get with the program and start censoring critics of COVID policy. They need to...
Debt And Dopamine: The Ghosts Of Christmas Present
26.12.2023, 01:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Debt And Dopamine: The Ghosts Of Christmas Present Authored by Amy Denney via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Most every Christmas growing up in the 1950s, Brad Harris got socks, a new pair of jeans, and—if he was fortunate—a new sweater. (Jordi Mora igual/Getty Images) He lived with his mom, who was a single parent, as well as his grandmother...
Watch: CNN Caught Editing RFK Jr Speech To Mislead Viewers
23.12.2023, 19:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: CNN Caught Editing RFK Jr Speech To Mislead Viewers When he appeared on CNN last week, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was confronted with a video from one of his speeches -- a video CNN clipped to convey a false impression that he had compared Covid restrictions to conditions in Nazi Germany. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr...
Bitcoin, Bullion, & Big-Tech Bounce As Rate-Cut Hopes Roar Higher
21.12.2023, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin, Bullion, & Big-Tech Bounce As Rate-Cut Hopes Roar Higher Personal Consumption growth slowed (3 months ago) and so did Core PCE inflation (to 2%); Jobless claims fell (to 2023 lows) as the LEI continued to tumble, signaling recession in 1H24. So, 'goldilocks', 'soft landing', 'everything is awesome', or 'we are all going to hell' - pick your...
Fed Backs Self Into Corner Just As Inflation Revives
21.12.2023, 19:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fed Backs Self Into Corner Just As Inflation Revives Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The magnitude of last week’s dovish swing by the Federal Reserve now makes a rate cut next year highly likely. Yet, as is so often the case with central banks focused on lagging variables, it could come at exactly the wrong time, with a profusion...
Yes, Talking Heads, We ARE Paying Attention
21.12.2023, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yes, Talking Heads, We ARE Paying Attention Authored by Frank Miele via RealClear Wire, For the last year, ever since Donald Trump announced his run for a second non-consecutive term as president, the political pundits have told each other that “no one is paying attention.” They did that for one reason only – because Trump has been consistently...
Colorado GOP Unveils 'Caucus' Loophole After State Supremes Boot Trump From Ballot
20.12.2023, 19:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Colorado GOP Unveils 'Caucus' Loophole After State Supremes Boot Trump From Ballot In response to the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to bar former President Donald Trump from appearing on state ballots, the Colorado Republican Party has trotted out a loophole - whereby they'll switch from a primary ballot system to a caucus system. In response to...
Global M&A Deals Hit Lowest Level In Decade
20.12.2023, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Global M&A Deals Hit Lowest Level In Decade Global mergers and acquisitions deals (covering a wide variety of transaction types) are at the lowest annual level in a decade as high interest rates, slowing economies, and geopolitical tensions challenge dealmakers. Data compiled by Bloomberg shows the value of M&A deals this year has reached $2.7...
2024 Markets: The End Of A Crappy Year, The Beginning Of A Worse One
19.12.2023, 13:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 2024 Markets: The End Of A Crappy Year, The Beginning Of A Worse One Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via GoldSwitzerland.com, As my last report for 2023, I wanted to hit the big issues blunt in the face—from debt and sovereign bond markets to themes on the USD, inflation, risk markets and physical gold. This will not be short, but hopefully simple...
Rickards' Five Forecasts For 2024
17.12.2023, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rickards' Five Forecasts For 2024 Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, I have five forecasts for 2024 to help keep you ahead of the curve in positioning your investment portfolio. My overall forecast is that 2024 will be more tumultuous and shocking than 2023. That may seem hard to credit. With two major wars going on, an indicted former...