Neueste Heute 01.05.2024 30.04.2024
"Safe Haven" Yen Trending Towards Zero Against Gold
02.05.2024, 16:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Safe Haven" Yen Trending Towards Zero Against Gold Via SchiffGold.com, The yen was once known as a safe-haven currency for investors to protect themselves when broader markets are shaky or other currencies are dropping, but those days are numbered. A stable government and consistent (and low) interest rates have been some of the driving factors...
Will The West Get Ever Serious About Sanctions On Iran?
02.05.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Will The West Get Ever Serious About Sanctions On Iran? Author3ed by Con Coughlin via the Gatestone Institute, (Image source: iStock/Getty Images) If attempts by Western leaders to impose further sanctions against Iran in retaliation for its direct attack against Israel are to have any validity, they will need to be a great deal more effective than...
The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies From A To Z
01.05.2024, 22:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies From A To Z Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “As I look at America today, I am not afraid to say that I am afraid.” - Former presidential advisor Bertram Gross The American governmental scheme is sliding ever closer towards a pervasive authoritarianism. The American...
Thankfully, There Are No Russia-EU Fertilizer Pipelines For West To Blow Up
01.05.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Thankfully, There Are No Russia-EU Fertilizer Pipelines For West To Blow Up The chief executive of Yara International, Europe's largest fertilizer producer, warned the bloc is quickly "sleepwalking" into over-dependence on Russian fertilizers. This caution comes as Yara significantly reduced its production last year. Additionally, radicals in Brussels...
Eurozone Exits Recession
01.05.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Eurozone Exits Recession By Maartje Wijffelaars and Elwin de Groot of Rabobank Eurozone leaves recessionary territory The Eurozone economy grew by 0.3% q/q at the start of the year, exceeding expectations. Growth follows two quarters in which the economy mildly contracted. Among the largest member states, Spain again took the lead, growing by a stunning...
Ukraine Withdraws Abrams Tanks From Frontlines After Russian Drone Attacks
28.04.2024, 13:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukraine Withdraws Abrams Tanks From Frontlines After Russian Drone Attacks Authored by Will Porter via The Libertarian Institute, The Ukrainian military has opted to withdraw its US-supplied M1 Abrams main battle tanks from the front lines due to the threat posed by Russian drones, American officials told the Associated Press. Kiev has reportedly lost...
20% Of Retail Milk Samples Positive For Bird Flu: FDA
26.04.2024, 18:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 20% Of Retail Milk Samples Positive For Bird Flu: FDA Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), One in five samples of milk from grocery store shelves tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced late April 25. A dairy cow at a dairy farm in Ohio, on December...
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...
Palmer Luckey's Anduril & General Atomics Selected By USAF For Next Round Of AI Drone Program
26.04.2024, 04:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Palmer Luckey's Anduril & General Atomics Selected By USAF For Next Round Of AI Drone Program The US Air Force's hot pursuit of drone wingmen, known as collaborative combat aircraft, flying alongside piloted stealth fighter jets such as the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II and Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, is a major effort to modernize its...
"We Need To Splinter The UniParty Into A Thousand Pieces" - Stockman Slams Washington's Foreign Aid "Clusterf**k"
24.04.2024, 22:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "We Need To Splinter The UniParty Into A Thousand Pieces" - Stockman Slams Washington's Foreign Aid "Clusterf**k" Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog, The UniParty's Day Of Infamy, Part 1 The clusterf*ck in the US House of Representatives this past weekend is surely the final straw. The dreadful grip of the UniParty on national security...
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...
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...
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...
Tesla Shares Slide As Price-Cuts In US, China, & Germany Spark Worsening EV Price-War
22.04.2024, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Shares Slide As Price-Cuts In US, China, & Germany Spark Worsening EV Price-War Tesla shares tumbled nearly 6% on Monday morning, on pace for the seventh straight down session, as the EV-maker once again slashed vehicle prices across major markets—China, Germany, and the US—amid the worsening EV price war. In China, Tesla dropped Model...
Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period
22.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period US equity futures rose, putting the S&P on pace for its first gain after 6 straight days of losses, as focus shifted from Middle East tensions to a raft of company earnings this week, including four of the Mag7 tech megacaps which got hammered last week. At 7:40am, S&P emini futures...
US To Sanction Entire IDF Battalion Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses
21.04.2024, 17:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US To Sanction Entire IDF Battalion Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses Axios is reporting what marks an unexpected and unprecedented development in US-Israel relations: the Biden administration will in the coming days announce sanctions against an entire battalion of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Three US officials told the outlet that US Secretary...
FBI Warns Of Risk Of Chinese Hack Attack On Energy Infrastructure
20.04.2024, 02:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - FBI Warns Of Risk Of Chinese Hack Attack On Energy Infrastructure Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, The director of the FBI has warned that the Chinese state has its sights set on U.S. critical infrastructure to compromise U.S. economic and national security. Speaking at the Vanderbilt Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats, Christopher...
The Second Round of Retaliation Between Israel and Iran Has Just Begun
19.04.2024, 16:44 Uhr. Global Research - https: - All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name (only available in desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Click the share button … The post The Second Round of Retaliation Between Israel and Iran Has Just...
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...
"The Federal Reserve Is Clearly Trapped"
18.04.2024, 16:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The Federal Reserve Is Clearly Trapped" 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 his thoughts...
Futures Rise After 4 Straight Days Of Losses
18.04.2024, 14:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise After 4 Straight Days Of Losses US equity futures are higher after four consecutive days of selling, although that is the same pattern we have seen all week as futures initially rise only to dump later in the day. As of 7:40am, S&P futures are up 0.3% while tech stocks were set to outperform, pushing the Nasdaq 0.4% higher after TSMC delivered...
'They Must Be Destroyed': How Cuban Americans Face Assassination Threats, Terror List
17.04.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'They Must Be Destroyed': How Cuban Americans Face Assassination Threats, Terror List Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Several of Cuba’s latest “terrorists” live in Miami. (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty Images) Luis Zuniga, a former diplomat and political prisoner of the Castro regime, is one of 61 people...
Red States Fight Growing Efforts To Give "Basic Income" Cash To Residents
17.04.2024, 04:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Red States Fight Growing Efforts To Give "Basic Income" Cash To Residents By Kevin Hardy of Stateline South Dakota state Sen. John Wiik likes to think of himself as a lookout of sorts — keeping an eye on new laws, programs and ideas brewing across the states. “I don’t bring a ton of legislation,” said Wiik, a Republican. “The main thing I...
The Fundamental Unraveling Of America
16.04.2024, 22:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Fundamental Unraveling Of America Authored by Albin Sadar via American Greatness, By now, it must be overwhelmingly apparent to every American citizen that what candidate Barack Obama promised on the campaign trail back in 2008 has come to pass. Obama touted a “fundamental transformation of America” if elected president and, once elected, he...
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...
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...
It’s Official: Reflation Is Here
13.04.2024, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It’s Official: Reflation Is Here Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), For months and even years, the mainstream news has sought to spin terrible inflation news. It’s not so bad, it’s just transitional, it’s getting better, it’s not really a problem, and all your gloom about the value of the dollar is in your head...
Google Begins Blocking News From California Outlets Over State Bill
13.04.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Google Begins Blocking News From California Outlets Over State Bill Google has temporarily blocked access to California-based news outlets for some state residents, as the search giant escalates its battle with the state over a landmark bill which would force tech giants to pay online publishers for their content. In doing so, the company has revived...
Buying Votes: Biden Cancels Student Debt For 277,000 Borrowers Ahead Of Presidential Elections
13.04.2024, 03:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Buying Votes: Biden Cancels Student Debt For 277,000 Borrowers Ahead Of Presidential Elections On Friday, President Joe Biden announced that he would cancel the federal student debt of more than 277,000 Americans, equating to about $7.4 billion. This would bring the total of what is considered classical vote buying ahead of the November presidential...
Ford Lightning Price Cut "Sends Shockwaves Through EV Market"
12.04.2024, 02:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ford Lightning Price Cut "Sends Shockwaves Through EV Market" Shares of Rivian Automotive, Lucid Group, and Tesla Motors moved lower during the cash session in the US after Ford Motor announced price cuts for its electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck amid concerns about sliding demand across the EV industry. Meanwhile, an EV price war between the...
Judge Orders Witness Names To Remain Secret In Trump Classified Docs Case
10.04.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Judge Orders Witness Names To Remain Secret In Trump Classified Docs Case Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The federal judge overseeing the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has ordered that the names of potential witnesses remain secret, marking a victory for special counsel Jack Smith...
Hamas Can't Locate 40 Israeli Hostages Needed For 1st Round Of Ceasefire
10.04.2024, 19:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hamas Can't Locate 40 Israeli Hostages Needed For 1st Round Of Ceasefire Lebanese and Israeli sources are reporting that Hamas is open to releasing hostages as part of deal that would see IDF troops gradually retreat from the Gaza Strip, instead of its prior demand of full troop withdrawal as a precondition to letting the hostages go free. But any...
Student Loan Inflation, Here It Goes Again
09.04.2024, 18:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Student Loan Inflation, Here It Goes Again Via SchiffGold.com, As the Democratic Party has shifted away from its traditional base of working-class and middle-class Americans, to an increased reliance on college professors, students, and highly educated but low-paid professions, such as social workers, a new policy has risen to prominence: student loan...
One More Hot CPI Print Could Prove Existential Difference Between “Being And Nothingness” For Traders
09.04.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - One More Hot CPI Print Could Prove Existential Difference Between “Being And Nothingness” For Traders By Michael Every of Rabobank Being and Nothingness With a solar eclipse as the epic backdrop, and 10-year US Treasury yields over 4.40% and testing towards 4.50% despite (or because of?) pledged Fed rate cuts, markets are focused on US CPI tomorrow...
Working From Home "Here To Stay": Here's The Best States To Live When You Can Avoid The Office
09.04.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Working From Home "Here To Stay": Here's The Best States To Live When You Can Avoid The Office During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies transitioned to a work-from-home model to maintain operations, a practice many have continued, according to WalletHub, who recently studied work from home trends. From October 2023 to January 2024, over...
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...
Israel Pulls Troop Division From Gaza, Re-Enters Truce Talks, Cooling Geopolitical Pressure
08.04.2024, 17:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel Pulls Troop Division From Gaza, Re-Enters Truce Talks, Cooling Geopolitical Pressure Israel's military has confirmed that for the first time it is actually pulling troops from southern Gaza instead of adding them. Specifically ground forces are being withdrawn from Khan Younis following months of intense fighting which has destroyed much of the...
People Are Not Inflation Idiots
07.04.2024, 18:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - People Are Not Inflation Idiots Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (BearFotos/Shutterstock) Commentary There’s something about employed intellectuals. When they are trashing popular wisdom and perceptions of regular people, they are truly in their element. They love nothing better. It’s a way for them to show off...
Next Big Mineral Trade Revealed By Morgan Stanley
07.04.2024, 00:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Next Big Mineral Trade Revealed By Morgan Stanley Abandoning petrol-burning vehicles and adopting low-carbon technologies to power tomorrow's economy are trends accelerating across the nation. To do this, access to rare earth metals, key ingredients in many of these 'green' technologies, must be sourced domestically - not from China, an emerging...
Vectoring Dangerously
05.04.2024, 22:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Vectoring Dangerously Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “Strategic ambiguity requires strategic capabilities. Otherwise, it’s just make-believe.” - Lee Slusher on “X” If your situational awareness is well-tuned, you can put together a political weather report from the swirl of events that otherwise seem to confound the degenerate...
Yields Are Correct To Assume Jobs Market Has Not Yet Cracked
05.04.2024, 14:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yields Are Correct To Assume Jobs Market Has Not Yet Cracked Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The widening gap between household employment and payrolls is causing concern the weaker message from the household survey is the more accurate. However, the reality probably lies somewhere in between, and the jobs market is not yet weak...
Tesla Is Once Again The World's Best-Selling EV Company
05.04.2024, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Is Once Again The World's Best-Selling EV Company China’s BYD made waves for outselling Tesla in Q4 2023, prompting many to believe that the once dominant EV king would fall further behind in 2024. However, as Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu details below, figures for Q1 2024 are now out, and they reveal a dramatic 43% decline in BYD sales...
House Freedom Caucus Members Earmarked Nearly $1 Billion From Taxpayers
05.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Freedom Caucus Members Earmarked Nearly $1 Billion From Taxpayers By Adam Andrzejeski of OpenTheBooks The House Freedom Caucus was founded in 2015. Self-styled fiscal conservatives promoted themselves as a bulwark against establishment spending that would bankrupt the nation. It turns out that many are better at breaking their promises than stopping...
Janet Yellen Arrives In China For High-Stakes Economic Meetings
04.04.2024, 20:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Janet Yellen Arrives In China For High-Stakes Economic Meetings Authored by Dorothy Li and Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has arrived in China for a 6-day visit, a trip she said was necessary to “advance America’s economic and national security interests.” Ms. Yellen landed in the southern Chinese export hub...
Eating The Rich Won't Feed The Beast
02.04.2024, 23:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Eating The Rich Won't Feed The Beast Authored by Joakim Book via The American Institute for Economic Research, Wealth in a free society is a rough tallying score of how much economic value someone has provided to the rest of us. A rich person’s wealth — bar inheritance and cronyism — is a testament to how much they enriched us... As Johan...
30 Year Old Man Stabbed To Death On North Philadelphia Subway Platform
02.04.2024, 21:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 30 Year Old Man Stabbed To Death On North Philadelphia Subway Platform It's the latest in what can only be described as a disturbing string of violent attacks on and around Philadelphia-area SEPTA's mass transit stops. On Monday morning this week a man was stabbed to death on the platform at North Philadelphia's Somerset Station on the city's Market-Frankford...
M-16 Era Ends: Army's 101st Airborne Division Receives Next-Gen Assault Rifles
02.04.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - M-16 Era Ends: Army's 101st Airborne Division Receives Next-Gen Assault Rifles Army Futures Command announced last week that troops from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, have received the Army's next-generation rifles and light machine guns chambered in a new 6.8mm round. These new weapons are replacing the decades-old M-4 and...
SUV Rams Front Gate Of FBI Atlanta Headquarters
01.04.2024, 21:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - SUV Rams Front Gate Of FBI Atlanta Headquarters Ameristar Perimeter Security, the maker of the "wedge barrier," deserves a round of applause this afternoon after its barrier stopped an unauthorized vehicle stopped dead in its tracks at the front gate of the FBI Atlanta headquarters. Local media outlet Atlanta News First reports: A person rammed...
No Fooling: Gov. Newsom's $20 Minimum Wage Hits April 1
01.04.2024, 12:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - No Fooling: Gov. Newsom's $20 Minimum Wage Hits April 1 Authored by John Seiler via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A sign is posted on the exterior of a Round Table pizza restaurant in Albany, Calif., on March 25, 2024. California fast food restaurants are laying off some staff and reducing hours for other workers as they look to cut costs ahead of...