Neueste Heute 18.04.2024 17.04.2024
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...
Soros Nonprofit Gives 8-Figure Sum To Far-Left Super PAC
19.04.2024, 01:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Soros Nonprofit Gives 8-Figure Sum To Far-Left Super PAC Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, One of the many nonprofits run by far-left billionaire George Soros donated tens of millions of dollars to a major super PAC that funds multiple left-wing groups. According to Fox News, Federal Elections Commission (FEC) records posted Monday reveal...
Inside The Disinformation Industry
18.04.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Inside The Disinformation Industry Authored by Freddie Sayers via UnHerd.com, “Our team re-reviewed the domain, the rating will not change as it continues to have anti-LGBTQI+ narratives… The site authors have been called out for being anti-trans. Kathleen Stock is acknowledged as a ‘prominent gender-critical’ feminist.” This was part of an...
The Terrorist Threat the West Still Ignores
18.04.2024, 22:19 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - Domestic far-right terrorism has been increasingly internationalized—and requires a coordinated response....
Workers Who Had Their Middle-Class Status Offshored By 40-Years Of Neoliberalism Are Finally Vindicated
18.04.2024, 19:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Workers Who Had Their Middle-Class Status Offshored By 40-Years Of Neoliberalism Are Finally Vindicated By Benjamin Picton of Rabobank An Eye For An Eye Treasury yields fell yesterday for the first time this week. The 2-year was down 5.5bps to 4.93%, while Brent crude gave up 3% to be sitting well below the $90/bbl again. Crude is sending some interesting...
SAAB CEO Says Rising War Risk Drives Defense Spending; Missile Stocks In Bull Market
18.04.2024, 18:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - SAAB CEO Says Rising War Risk Drives Defense Spending; Missile Stocks In Bull Market Let's start with these five most recent headlines that show why defense spending needs to increase in a world evolving into a multi-polar state marked by conflict and uncertainty: World Stumbles Into "More Dangerous Decade" As Defense Spending Soars, Says Military...
Biden's 'Punishing' Iran Sanctions For Israel Attack End Up Being Meek Political Smokescreen
18.04.2024, 18:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's 'Punishing' Iran Sanctions For Israel Attack End Up Being Meek Political Smokescreen President Biden has unveiled the administration's promised new sanctions on Iran targeting the country's drone, steel and automotive industries, which is 'punishment' in response to the unprecedented Saturday overnight Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack...
It's Time To Pay Attention To Funding Risks Again
18.04.2024, 14:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's Time To Pay Attention To Funding Risks Again Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The risk of a squeeze in US funding markets is increasing as the yield curve bear steepens, i.e. longer-term yields rise more than short-term ones. More attractive bill yields and climbing interest-payment costs on government debt are depleting reserves...
Tucker Carlson: Congress Is Lying To You About FISA
18.04.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tucker Carlson: Congress Is Lying To You About FISA Authored by Tucker Carlson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours) The U.S. House is expected to vote Friday on a two-year extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, commonly known as FISA. This transcript has been edited for length and reprinted with permission from Tucker Carlson. A few...
Excused Juror Reveals Selection Process For Trump’s 'Hush-Money' Trial: 'All Have Prior Opinions'
18.04.2024, 02:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Excused Juror Reveals Selection Process For Trump’s 'Hush-Money' Trial: 'All Have Prior Opinions' Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A juror who was excused from serving on the Manhattan trial of former President Donald Trump provided details about the questions potential jurors were asked. Kara McGee an excused juror,...
AI, Gold, & Nuclear War
17.04.2024, 22:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AI, Gold, & Nuclear War Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, So-called artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm. Meanwhile, gold has shot up like a rocket over the past couple of months. In mid-February, gold was trading at $1,990. Two months later, gold is trading above $2,400 — a $410 gain in just two months. So here’s...
New NPR CEO Gave Ted Talk Asserting "Truth" Is A "Distraction"
17.04.2024, 20:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - New NPR CEO Gave Ted Talk Asserting "Truth" Is A "Distraction" Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, New NPR CEO Katherine Maher gave a Ted Talk during which she asserted that “truth” is a “distraction” which is “getting in the way of getting things done.” Calls are growing for NPR to have its government funding withdrawn after...
"War In The Middle East": Opinions Clash In Today's ZeroHedge Debate
17.04.2024, 19:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "War In The Middle East": Opinions Clash In Today's ZeroHedge Debate This weekend marked a major escalation in the long-running conflict between Israel and Iran, with the latter launching what some called a "performative" barrage of missiles at Israel amid the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Iran says the matter is "concluded" (for now) but remains...
New York College Suspends Professor "Energized" By Hamas Attack On Israel
17.04.2024, 18:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - New York College Suspends Professor "Energized" By Hamas Attack On Israel Authored by Lisa Schiffren via The College Fix, A tenured professor is suspended throughout the rest of the semester after writing an essay celebrating Hamas’ attack on Israel. “McCarthyism is real. I’ve been relieved of teaching responsibilities,” Hobart and William Smith...
"We Have 15,000 Samples In Wuhan ... Could Do Full Genomes Of 700 CoVs": Rand Paul Drops COVID Bombshell
17.04.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "We Have 15,000 Samples In Wuhan ... Could Do Full Genomes Of 700 CoVs": Rand Paul Drops COVID Bombshell Last week Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) wrote in a Tuesday op-ed that officials from 15 federal agencies "knew in 2018 that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was trying to create a coronavirus like COVID-19." These officials knew that the Chinese lab was...
WTI Down For 3rd Day After Crude Inventory Build (Thanks To Surge In 'Adjustment Factor')
17.04.2024, 16:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WTI Down For 3rd Day After Crude Inventory Build (Thanks To Surge In 'Adjustment Factor') Oil prices are extending their decline (third day in a row) this morning as, after a tumultuous period of geopolitics, traders are returning their focus to market fundamentals. A lack (so far) of response from Israel to Iran's retaliatory attack combined with The...
Futures Rebound After 3 Day Rout As Rates Drop From 2024 Highs
17.04.2024, 14:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound After 3 Day Rout As Rates Drop From 2024 Highs US equity futures and European markets are higher, reversing several days of losses after positive earnings from some of Europe’s biggest companies lifted the mood as markets were roiled by a more hawkish outlook for interest rates. Futures on the S&P 500 rose by 0.4% reversing three days...
US Push For A 'Middle East NATO' Failed To Emerge During Iran Strikes
17.04.2024, 08:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Push For A 'Middle East NATO' Failed To Emerge During Iran Strikes Via Middle East Eye The Islamic Republic’s Saturday attack on Israel was a made-for social media moment. It was also the ultimate test of US efforts to cobble together a coalition of Arab states and Israel in a so-called Middle East NATO, to jointly defend an attack from Tehran...
Red Colorado Counties Sue To Help ICE Arrest, Deport Illegal Immigrants
17.04.2024, 02:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Red Colorado Counties Sue To Help ICE Arrest, Deport Illegal Immigrants Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Two conservative Colorado counties—Douglas and El Paso—have sued the state of Colorado and its Democrat governor over laws that prevent local law enforcement from working with federal agents to arrest and deport illegal...
Less Than One Third Of US Men Enjoy Reading
17.04.2024, 02:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Less Than One Third Of US Men Enjoy Reading It’s National Libraries Week in the United States and to mark it we’re looking at readership patterns around the world. As Anna Fleck shows, based on data from Statista’s Consumer Insights survey shows, women were more likely to say that reading is one of their personal hobbies than men in all of the...
The Evolution Of Intelligence
17.04.2024, 01:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Evolution Of Intelligence The expert consensus is that human-like machine intelligence is still a distant prospect, with only a 50-50 chance that it could emerge by 2059. But what if there was a way to do it in less than half the time? Visual Capitalist partnered with VERSES for the final entry in our AI Revolution Series to explore a potential...
Coalition Of Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Defending Ken Paxton And His Top Deputy
17.04.2024, 01:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Coalition Of Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Defending Ken Paxton And His Top Deputy Authored by Jana J. Pruet via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A national coalition of 18 state attorneys general filed an amicus brief to defend Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster in a lawsuit initiated by the State...
Biden Refuses To Testify In GOP Impeachment Inquiry
17.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Refuses To Testify In GOP Impeachment Inquiry Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden will not be testifying to U.S. House of Representatives members who are engaged in an impeachment inquiry against him, the White House said on April 15. President Joe Biden speaks during a joint press conference with...
The US-Mexico Dispute Over GM Corn Safety Could Transform American Agriculture
16.04.2024, 23:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The US-Mexico Dispute Over GM Corn Safety Could Transform American Agriculture Authored by Amy Denney via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Mexico’s effort to keep genetically modified corn out of the country is triggering a trade dispute with the United States and Canada that could affect the future of agriculture. (Illustration by The Epoch Times...
WTI Rally Stalls On Crude Build, White House Hints At SPR Release
16.04.2024, 22:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WTI Rally Stalls On Crude Build, White House Hints At SPR Release Oil prices fell for the second day in a row (albeit very modestly today) as the 'WW3-on / WW3-off' headline-swings (supply) are wearing on traders, and less-and-less dovish expectations for The Fed weigh on demand expectations "Oil traders are hunkering down as bears are increasingly...
King Abdullah Warns Israel He Won't Let Jordan Become "The Theater Of A Regional War"
16.04.2024, 19:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - King Abdullah Warns Israel He Won't Let Jordan Become "The Theater Of A Regional War" The threat of a broader Middle East-wide war looms as Israel mulls retaliation for the massive weekend Iran drone and missile attack, but so far on Tuesday regional actors are strongly signaling they want to see a return to the status quo. Saudi Arabia has rejected...
Biden Admin Says "Limited Scope" Israeli Attack On Iran Still Coming
16.04.2024, 16:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Admin Says "Limited Scope" Israeli Attack On Iran Still Coming Israel's war cabinet reportedly met for several hours on Tuesday, and widespread speculation persists over a possible Israeli military response to Iran, but with few clear answers or indicators as yet revealed concerning what's coming next. What is clear is that the Netanyahu government...
Futures Rebound On Strong Earnings Even As Global Market Mood Remains Dismal
16.04.2024, 15:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound On Strong Earnings Even As Global Market Mood Remains Dismal S&P futures traded modestly in the green, erasing earlier losses and signaling a recovery after the S&P 500 fell more than 1% in the past two sessions, following stronger than expected earnings from index heavyweight UnitedHealth Group which soared 6% after reporting first-quarter...
World Leaders Urge Restraint as Israel Mulls Iran Response
16.04.2024, 01:05 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - Attacks from Iranian soil add a fifth theater to Israel’s ongoing war....
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...
Deborah Birx Gets Her Close-Up
15.04.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Deborah Birx Gets Her Close-Up Authored by Bill Rice via The Brownstone Institute, Most Americans will remember Dr. Deborah Birx as the “scarf lady” who served on the White House’s Covid Response Team beginning in February 2020. According to a recently-released (but little-seen) 24-minute mini-documentary, it was Birx – even more so than Anthony...
Hong Kong Approves First Bitcoin & Ether ETFs
15.04.2024, 20:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hong Kong Approves First Bitcoin & Ether ETFs Authored by Helen Partz via CoinTelegraph.com, Hong Kong’s securities regulator reportedly approved the in-kind creation model for Bitcoin and Ether ETFs instead of the cash-create model in the United States. Hong Kong has become the latest country to approve spot exchange-traded funds (ETF) for Bitcoin...
Massive Financial Strain – New Report Exposes Horrifying Situation
15.04.2024, 19:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Massive Financial Strain – New Report Exposes Horrifying Situation Authored by Peter Reagan for Birch Gold Group, One idea has become abundantly clear over the last four years: You can’t add 41% to the money supply and expect inflation to remain “transitory.” But that’s exactly what the Fed did over two years, after which President Biden...
Zelensky Condemns Iran, Uses Attack On Israel To Ask For More Money
15.04.2024, 19:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Zelensky Condemns Iran, Uses Attack On Israel To Ask For More Money Once again the specter of a major Middle East war has overshadowed the much bloodier and fiercer Russia-Ukraine war, and coming at a moment the Zelensky government is deeply struggling to attract more weapons and funding from Western capitals, most notably Washington. President Zelensky...
"Operation Praying Man Tis" Shows The US In Geopolitical Retreat
15.04.2024, 18:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Operation Praying Man Tis" Shows The US In Geopolitical Retreat By Michael Every of Rabobank If all you focus on is Brent oil, 10-year US Treasury yields, and the US dollar, relax: they are roughly where they were at the close on Friday before Iran unleashed over 300 suicide drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles at Israel: the geopolitical...
It's Not Just The Middle East: Here Are The Main Events This Busy Week
15.04.2024, 18:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's Not Just The Middle East: Here Are The Main Events This Busy Week While back on Friday the market's attention was mostly on the start of earnings season, this weekend's events have quickly shift focus and looking forward, the important question now is how Israel might respond to the (scripted) war between Iran and Israel, and whether it could lead...
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...
UK, France, Germany Join Biden's Call For Israel's Restraint While Russia Defends Iran's Strike As 'Self-Defense'
15.04.2024, 14:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UK, France, Germany Join Biden's Call For Israel's Restraint While Russia Defends Iran's Strike As 'Self-Defense' As Israel's war cabinet again meets Monday to debate how to respond to Iran's first-ever direct attack on Israel, intense international reaction continues, with leading European countries joining the Biden White House in urging restraint...
"This Person Is A Crazy Racist": New NPR CEO Exposed As Woke Activist
15.04.2024, 03:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "This Person Is A Crazy Racist": New NPR CEO Exposed As Woke Activist Last week, veteran NPR reporter Uri Berliner - a longtime 'Subaru driving' lefty who was raised by a 'lesbian peace activist mother' - wrote a scathing report accusing the network of overwhelming bias. Introspection was the last thing on NPR's mind, however, as new CEO Katherine Maher...
The Only Market Traders Followed During Saturday's Attack On Israel Was Bitcoin
15.04.2024, 00:58 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Only Market Traders Followed During Saturday's Attack On Israel Was Bitcoin By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management The Iranian attack on Israel appeared as an iPhone price alert well before any news service would run the story. That’s how markets work. Crypto is the only liquid asset class that trades on Saturday, so those of us who...
Javier Blas Outlines Ten Takeaways For Crude Market Following Iran's Direct Attack On Israel
14.04.2024, 21:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Javier Blas Outlines Ten Takeaways For Crude Market Following Iran's Direct Attack On Israel Iran's direct attack on Israel on Saturday evening is viewed certainly as an escalation in the Middle East conflict. Tehran's missile and drone attack (widely unsuccessful) has been well-telegraphed (read: here & here) for the last two weeks, pushing up...
Video Evidence Shows Several Iranian Cruise Missiles Scored Direct Hits
14.04.2024, 20:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Video Evidence Shows Several Iranian Cruise Missiles Scored Direct Hits Both Israel and the US have declared a 'victory' in defending against the overnight massive Iranian drone and missile attack, which reportedly saw over 300 projectiles sent toward Israel. Ground anti-air systems were very active, including the Iron Dome, David's Sling, and Arrow...
'Retaliation Risk' - What Wall Street Thinks Ahead Of Market Open
14.04.2024, 19:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Retaliation Risk' - What Wall Street Thinks Ahead Of Market Open The first actual 'market' response we have seen to Iran's attack on Israel is in crypto, which saw - rather intriguingly - a huge puke as the drones/missiles flew, and then some comeback as the impact of the attack seemed marginal at worst (and for now retaliation remains muted)... Source:...
Israel's Defense Against Iran Attack Overnight 'Likely Cost Over $1 Billion'
14.04.2024, 17:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel's Defense Against Iran Attack Overnight 'Likely Cost Over $1 Billion' Via Middle East Eye It cost Israel more than $1bn to activate its defense systems that intercepted Iran's massive drone and missile attack overnight, according to a former financial adviser to Israel's military. "The defence tonight was on the order of 4-5bn shekels [$1-1...
Geopolitical Risk – Hedging The Unhedgeable?
14.04.2024, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Geopolitical Risk – Hedging The Unhedgeable? Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, This is the first time (in a long time) that I contemplated not doing a weekend T-Report. What’s the point when by the time you read it, everything in the geopolitical realm may have changed? But, with so much going on and so much chatter about geopolitical...
Iran Threatens America's Military Bases Across Middle East If US Supports Israeli Counterattack
14.04.2024, 15:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Threatens America's Military Bases Across Middle East If US Supports Israeli Counterattack The Saturday evening fireworks show in the Middle East marked Tehran's first full-scale military attack on Israel. Although largely unsuccessful, concerns mount that US military bases in the region might be targeted with ballistic missiles and suicide drones...
US Helps Pro-Ukraine Media Run A Fog Machine Of War: Lee Fang
14.04.2024, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Helps Pro-Ukraine Media Run A Fog Machine Of War: Lee Fang Authored by Lee Fang via RealClear Investigations and LeeFang.com, Ukraine’s American-backed fight against Russia is being waged not only in the blood-soaked trenches of the Donbas region but also on what military planners call the cognitive battlefield – to win hearts and minds. A sprawling...
Russia Now Says It Expects 'Unconditional Capitulation Of Zelensky Regime' Before Peace
13.04.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Now Says It Expects 'Unconditional Capitulation Of Zelensky Regime' Before Peace Ukrainian cities and especially the country's energy infrastructure have been getting pounded by intensified Russian missile and airstrikes over the past several days and weeks, leading to widespread power outages across the country. Russia's defense ministry said...
Woman Who Went Viral for Hugging Trump at Chick-fil-A Explains Why Black Voters Support Him
13.04.2024, 20:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Woman Who Went Viral for Hugging Trump at Chick-fil-A Explains Why Black Voters Support Him Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A woman who recently went viral for hugging former President Donald Trump at a Chick-fil-A in Georgia and telling him not to worry about dishonest media coverage has revealed why she thinks black voters are increasingly...
The Political Left Has Proven Beyond A Doubt That They Are Authoritarians
13.04.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Political Left Has Proven Beyond A Doubt That They Are Authoritarians Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, Nearly 20 years ago when I started my work in the independent media the common mantra among my peers was noting the existence of the “false left/right paradigm” – The idea that Democrats and Republicans were essentially the same...