Neueste Heute 02.05.2024 01.05.2024
China Crossed Biden's Red Line On Ukraine, So What?
01.05.2024, 21:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Crossed Biden's Red Line On Ukraine, So What? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, It’s ridiculous to have red lines if you are not going to do anything when they are crossed. So what should Biden do? China Has Crossed Biden’s Red Line on Ukraine A Wall Street Journal Op-Ed moans China Has Crossed Biden’s Red Line on Ukraine. President...
If Treasury Bonds Hit 5%, You're Gonna See Some Serious Sh*t
01.05.2024, 18:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - If Treasury Bonds Hit 5%, You're Gonna See Some Serious Sh*t Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Almost as if all of us Austrian Economists (read: any carbon based life form using common sense when it comes to finance) live in an echo chamber together, a third expert I respect came out over the last few days and has warned that 5% on the 10 year treasury...
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...
"House Destocking": China Politburo Hints New PLan To Fix BIggest Drag On The Economy
01.05.2024, 04:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "House Destocking": China Politburo Hints New PLan To Fix BIggest Drag On The Economy China's Politburo meeting on economic policy took place today, and as SocGen's Wei Yao reports, the most important takeaway from the meeting is that policymakers are shifting their attention to housing destocking, as they pledged to 'study measures'. As usual about...
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...
Weaker Growth And Higher Inflation... Why Consensus Was Wrong
29.04.2024, 15:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Weaker Growth And Higher Inflation... Why Consensus Was Wrong Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The weak GDP figure for the first quarter came with a double negative. Poor consumer spending and exports, plus a rise in core inflation, The US administration’s enormous fiscal stimulus, underscores the importance of considering the weaker-than-expected data...
Relentless Chinese Bond Rally Hints at Yuan Challenge Ahead
29.04.2024, 05:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Relentless Chinese Bond Rally Hints at Yuan Challenge Ahead By Charlie Zhu and Helen Sun, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists Three things we learned last week: 1. China’s bond rally seems unstoppable amid a shortage of quality assets for investments. From government bonds to corporate debentures, traders keep hunting for yields in all...
"What Is The Sound Of One Hand Clapping" Asks BOJ Head Ueda As The Yen Collapses
29.04.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "What Is The Sound Of One Hand Clapping" Asks BOJ Head Ueda As The Yen Collapses By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management "What is the sound of one hand clapping," asked Kazuo Ueda, sitting alone in seiza. The dollar had just crossed above 158 to the yen, a level not seen in 34-years, back when he joined the University of Tokyo as professor...
Man Who Filmed Ashli Babbitt Killing Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison
28.04.2024, 18:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Man Who Filmed Ashli Babbitt Killing Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison Authored by Joseph M. Hanneman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), John Earle Sullivan, the onetime racial-justice activist and provocateur who filmed the deadly shooting of Ashli Babbitt at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to six years in federal prison by a judge in...
These Are The Countries That Have Become 'Sadder' Since 2010
28.04.2024, 00:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The Countries That Have Become 'Sadder' Since 2010 Can happiness be quantified? Some approaches that try to answer this question make a distinction between two differing components of happiness: a daily experience part, and a more general life evaluation (which includes how people think about their life as a whole). The World Happiness...
Yuan Devaluation Fever Heats Up As China Stockpiles Metals
26.04.2024, 16:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yuan Devaluation Fever Heats Up As China Stockpiles Metals Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Gold trading in China has exploded and stocks of copper have risen sharply prompting speculation that policymakers are on the brink of a yuan devaluation. Even though it’s still a tail-risk, it’s one requiring greater vigilance as the...
"Our Enemy, The Fed"
26.04.2024, 13:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Our Enemy, The Fed" Authored by George Ford Smith via The Mises Institute, The first thing to know about Dr. Thomas E. Woods, Jr.’s’ book Our Enemy, the Fed is he’s giving it away. Click the link, get your copy and read the whole book. Clearly, such intellectual charity is not only rare but in the educational spirit of Mises.org. The subject...
UK Defense Chief Says Ukraine To Increase Long-Range Strikes In Russia
26.04.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UK Defense Chief Says Ukraine To Increase Long-Range Strikes In Russia Just as President Biden was signing into effect the newly approved foreign defense package which includes $60 billion for Ukraine, the United Kingdom also rolled out its own massive aid package (though paling in comparison), first unveiled Tuesday. Britain announced its single largest...
Former British PM Liz Truss Warns About Global Threat Of The Left
26.04.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Former British PM Liz Truss Warns About Global Threat Of The Left Via The Epoch Times, Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss spoke Monday at The Heritage Foundation about how the United States and the United Kingdom are facing very challenging forces in the global left, not just in terms of their extremist activists, but also in the power they hold...
Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate The U.S. Economy
26.04.2024, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate The U.S. Economy Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Having used up all of the rest of the batshit, insane, counterintuitive economic dirty tricks left in the "we'll literally do anything but cut spending" bag, the Biden administration is pushing what could be the most destructive idea for our country since prohibition:...
Saudi Arabia's Massive Futuristic Vanity Projects Falter Amid Gaza War
26.04.2024, 01:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Saudi Arabia's Massive Futuristic Vanity Projects Falter Amid Gaza War Authored by Giorgio Cafiero via The Cradle Launched in 2017, Saudi Arabia’s NEOM, a sprawling high-tech development on the northwestern Red Sea coast, was introduced as the crown jewel of Vision 2030. This futuristic desert megaproject, extending over some Jordanian and Egyptian...
Is Dune A Copy Of Our Real World
25.04.2024, 17:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is Dune A Copy Of Our Real World By Michael Every of Rabobank The Golden Path USD/JPY is at 155, a fresh 34-year high, with the Yen slumping 10.2% year-to-date and suggestion that intervention may not come until we get to 160, a level last seen in 1986. USD/CAD is off recent lows at 1.37 but under pressure (as noted by Christian Lawrence): some suggest...
Falling Bond Yields Show It's Crunch Time In China
25.04.2024, 16:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Falling Bond Yields Show It's Crunch Time In China Authored by Simon Black, Bloomberg macro strategist, Sovereign yields in China have been falling in recent months, in marked contrast to almost every other major country. This is a key macro variable to watch for signs China is ready to ease policy more comprehensively as its tolerance is tested for...
Chinese FX Outflows Soar, Priming The Next Bitcoin Surge
24.04.2024, 05:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chinese FX Outflows Soar, Priming The Next Bitcoin Surge Last October, when we pointed out that China's FX outflows had just hit a whopping $75BN - the single biggest monthly outflow since the 2015 currency devaluation - we concluded that the "unfavorable interest rate spread between China and the US will "likely imply persistent depreciation and outflow...
World's Biggest M&A Deal Is Terrible For Bonds
23.04.2024, 17:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - World's Biggest M&A Deal Is Terrible For Bonds Four years ago, we wrote an article, mocking the unspeakable reality that it appeared "The Fed and The Treasury had now merged"... Last week, that reality dawned on one of Wall Street's best and brightest as BofA Chief Investment Strategist Michael Hartnett headlined his latest note with a 'zeitgeist' quote...
Trump Lawyer Rages At "Waste Of Taxpayers' Dollars" As Judge Approves Trump's $175 Million Bond In New York Civil Case
22.04.2024, 21:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Lawyer Rages At "Waste Of Taxpayers' Dollars" As Judge Approves Trump's $175 Million Bond In New York Civil Case Authored by Sam Dorman, Catherine Yang, and Juliette Fairley via The Epoch Times, Former President Donald Trump and New York Attorney General Letitia James reached an agreement on April 22 regarding his $175 million bond in his New...
Former Obama White House Senior Policy Advisor Charged With 'Child Sex Offenses'
22.04.2024, 16:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Former Obama White House Senior Policy Advisor Charged With 'Child Sex Offenses' A 46-year-old former senior policy advisor the Obama administration appeared in a UK court over child sex offense charges. Rahamim 'Rami' Shy, who worked for the White House under both President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is accused of arranging...
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...
Sam Altman Powers Up America With Clean Energy Startup Investment
22.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sam Altman Powers Up America With Clean Energy Startup Investment Sam Altman and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz are betting on solar power and energy storage that can supply a low-carbon future to artificial intelligence data centers. Altman, the face of the AI chatbot boom, has also invested in nuclear power technology to fuel America's...
Commercial Real Estate Foreclosures Soar To Levels Not Seen In Nearly A Decade
22.04.2024, 11:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Commercial Real Estate Foreclosures Soar To Levels Not Seen In Nearly A Decade Larger cracks are appearing in the US commercial real estate market at a time when uncertainty around the regional bank industry flashes red. The latest report from real estate data provider ATTOM shows CRE foreclosures topped 625 in March, up 6% from February and 117%...
Judge Who Handed Down $454 Million Trump Penalty Set To Rule On Validity Of Reduced Bond
21.04.2024, 20:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Judge Who Handed Down $454 Million Trump Penalty Set To Rule On Validity Of Reduced Bond Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times, After weeks of trying to secure a bond and arguing to an appeals court that a $454 million bond was “impossible,” former President Donald Trump secured a $175 million bond to stay judgment only to now have to make...
Debt Matters: Why It's Time To Position Into Countries With Low Outstanding Debt
21.04.2024, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Debt Matters: Why It's Time To Position Into Countries With Low Outstanding Debt Authored by Robert Burrows via BondVigilantes.com, In an era of economic uncertainty and volatility, the importance of managing national debt has never been more evident. Investors seek stability and long-term growth opportunities, so the spotlight turns towards countries...
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...
World Bank Report Highlights Advantage Of Central Bank Gold Revaluation Accounts
19.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - World Bank Report Highlights Advantage Of Central Bank Gold Revaluation Accounts By Jan Nieuwenhuijs of Gainesville Coins Recently the World Bank released a handbook for asset managers on why to invest in gold. At Gainesville Coins I have written numerous articles on gold revaluation accounts and how these can be deployed by central banks to absorb...
Huge Bond Wagers Make Some Hedge Funds Too-Big-To-Fail, IMF Warns
18.04.2024, 21:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Huge Bond Wagers Make Some Hedge Funds Too-Big-To-Fail, IMF Warns Who could have seen this coming? btw this is where the next really big crash will start https://t.co/XcK2RezYEk — zerohedge ( zerohedge) February 1, 2024 Bloomberg's Ye Xie reports that a small group of funds has accumulated such large short wagers in the Treasury market that they could...
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...
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...
IMF Warns Biden's Fiscal Profligacy Poses "Significant Risks" To Global Economy 'In Great Election Year'
17.04.2024, 22:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IMF Warns Biden's Fiscal Profligacy Poses "Significant Risks" To Global Economy 'In Great Election Year' The IMF said the the quiet part out loud today (admittedly wrapped in 100s of pages of PhD-ese) in their benchmark Fiscal Monitor this morning: pointing out that America's recent economic performance is partially the result of the country's unsustainable...
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...
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...
Watch Live: House Subcommittee Reveals Chinese Gov't Involvement In America's Fentanyl Crisis
16.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch Live: House Subcommittee Reveals Chinese Gov't Involvement In America's Fentanyl Crisis Submitted by David Asher, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and former senior advisor to the State Department on China, At 0800 ET, the China Subcommittee in the House of Representatives will convene a critically important hearing on the Chinese government's...
US Says Over 90 Missiles & Drones Were Launched From Yemen In Past 48 Hours
16.04.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Says Over 90 Missiles & Drones Were Launched From Yemen In Past 48 Hours New statements from the Pentagon issued Monday have said the Houthis fired over 90 ballistic missiles and drones - most of which were intercepted by US and allied forces over the past 48 hours, once the Iranian attack kicked off in the overnight hours of Saturday. US Central...
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...
After Illegal Veto, Kentucky Becomes 45th State To End Sales Taxes On Gold And Silver
15.04.2024, 16:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - After Illegal Veto, Kentucky Becomes 45th State To End Sales Taxes On Gold And Silver Via Money Metals, In a high-stakes showdown with Gov. Andy Beshear over a gold and silver sales tax exemption, the Kentucky legislature today deemed his attempted line-item veto as an illegal act -- and directed the Secretary of State to enroll the exemption into law...
Nine Critical Energy Minerals For Investors
15.04.2024, 10:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nine Critical Energy Minerals For Investors Emission-free technologies such as electric vehicles (EVs), solar panels, wind turbines, and nuclear reactors are critical to reducing energy-related emissions and fulfilling net zero goals by 2050. In this graphic, Visual Capitalist partnered with Sprott to explore nine minerals crucial for these technologies...
Biden Reaches Out to Xi Jinping with Eye on Financial Stability
15.04.2024, 06:22 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 Biden Reaches Out to Xi Jinping with Eye on Financial Stability...
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...
Brazil Reinstating Visa Requirements, Including Submitting Bank Statements, For U,S, Travelers
13.04.2024, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Brazil Reinstating Visa Requirements, Including Submitting Bank Statements, For U,S, Travelers Brazil is reinstating its visa requirement for US tourists, previously lifted in 2019. Although e-visas were briefly available, the system was abolished. The processing time for visas averages five working days, but officials advise applying two months in...
Japan's Kishida Slams China In Address To Congress
12.04.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Japan's Kishida Slams China In Address To Congress Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivered an address to Congress on Thursday and declared China the "greatest strategic challenge" facing the world. "Close coordination between Japan and the US is required more than ever to ensure that deterrence that...
Futures Slide As "Punched In The Face" Market Eyes Surging Yields Ahead Of ECB, PPI
11.04.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Slide As "Punched In The Face" Market Eyes Surging Yields Ahead Of ECB, PPI Futures are weaker signaling further losses on Wall Street as stubborn inflation forces investors to reduce their expectations for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts; tech stocks are underperforming following the significant surge in Treasuries yields which has continued...
Euro Extends Decline After ECB Holds Rates At Highs, Hints At Cuts To Come
11.04.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Euro Extends Decline After ECB Holds Rates At Highs, Hints At Cuts To Come After yesterday's US CPI print - and the dramatic adjustment to market expectations of Fed policy action (timing and extent) - this morning's ECB was expected to be a nothing-burger with all eyes out for any confirmation that June is 'go-time' for Lagarde to cut (albeit a rare...
California's Latest Hustle: Utility Bills Based On Ratepayers' Income
11.04.2024, 04:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California's Latest Hustle: Utility Bills Based On Ratepayers' Income Authored by Jane L. Johnson via The Mises Institute, Utility bills - for electricity, natural gas, water, and garbage - have by long-standing tradition been based on customer usage, measured in kilowatt-hours of electricity, therms or Btu of natural gas, hundred cubic feet of water...
Could US Treasuries Become The Trade Of The Decade?
10.04.2024, 21:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Could US Treasuries Become The Trade Of The Decade? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The expediencies and policy extremes have yet to be explored, much less exploited. Napoleon is reputed to have said, "Do you know what amazes me more than anything else? The impotence of force to organize anything." This is the lament of someone...
Bank of Canada Keeps Rates Unchanged, Needs More Evidence Of Slowing Inflation Before Cuts
10.04.2024, 16:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bank of Canada Keeps Rates Unchanged, Needs More Evidence Of Slowing Inflation Before Cuts The BoC keeps rates unchanged for a sixth consecutive meeting even as officials signaled they're getting closer to rate cuts but - like the Fed - need more evidence of slowing inflation. The Canadian central bank left the benchmark overnight rate unchanged at...