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Just A Correction, Or Is The Bull Market Over?
23.04.2024, 19:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Just A Correction, Or Is The Bull Market Over? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Is this just a correction after a strong bullish advance from November, or is the bull market ending? If you read some of the headlines, you would suspect the latter. As noted by MarketWatch last week: “For the first time since early November 2023...
US PMIs Scream Stagflation As Manufacturing 'Contracts', Prices Rise, Heaviest Job Cuts Since GFC
23.04.2024, 16:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US PMIs Scream Stagflation As Manufacturing 'Contracts', Prices Rise, Heaviest Job Cuts Since GFC After a mixed bag from preliminary April European PMIs (Services strong-er, Manufacturing weaker-er, surging prices)... “Accelerated increases in input costs, likely driven not only by higher oil prices but also, more concerningly, by higher wages, are...
AI Crusades: San Fran Lunatic Goes 'Donkey Kong' On Waymo Robotaxi
23.04.2024, 03:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AI Crusades: San Fran Lunatic Goes 'Donkey Kong' On Waymo Robotaxi A viral video on X shows a person going full 'Donkey Kong' on an autonomous Waymo vehicle in the crime-ridden downtown area of San Francisco over the weekend. This plays into a much larger trend of people lashing out against self-driving cars. Local media outlet KRON4 said the...
Markets Can Absorb Geopolitic Risks, To A Point
22.04.2024, 23:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Markets Can Absorb Geopolitic Risks, To A Point By Michael Msika and Jan-Patrick Barnert, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists Geopolitics is having an impact on investment decisions again, and risks are rising as well as equity volatility. Yet under the hood, the stock market is absorbing the shock relatively well so far. Stress levels...
How Trust (Or The Lack Of It) Affects America's Trajectory
22.04.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Trust (Or The Lack Of It) Affects America's Trajectory Via SchiffGold.com, America’s trust in its institutions has rapidly eroded over the past 20 years. We have a lower level of trust in our judicial system and elections than most European countries. Some of this is natural, as Americans are uniquely individualistic, but much of it arises...
How Debt-to-GDP Ratios Have Changed Around The World Since 2000
22.04.2024, 10:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Debt-to-GDP Ratios Have Changed Around The World Since 2000 Government debt levels have grown in most parts of the world since the 2008 financial crisis, and even more so after the COVID-19 pandemic. To gain perspective on this long-term trend, Visual Capitalist's Marcu Lu visualized the debt-to-GDP ratios of advanced economies, as of 2000 and 2024...
"You Are Quite Openly Jewish": London Police Under Fire For Confrontation With Man Near Anti-Israeli March
21.04.2024, 18:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "You Are Quite Openly Jewish": London Police Under Fire For Confrontation With Man Near Anti-Israeli March Authored by Jonathan Turley, The London police are under fire this week for threatening to arrest a man wearing a kippah near a pro-Palestinian march. Officers inform Gideon Falter, head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism watchdog, that he...
Gold Miners Will Trade At "Multiples" Of Current Prices
21.04.2024, 16:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Miners Will Trade At "Multiples" Of Current Prices Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Friend of Fringe Finance Lawrence Lepard released his most recent investor letter this week. He gets little coverage in the mainstream media, which, in my opinion, makes him someone worth listening to twice as closely. Larry was kind enough to allow me to share...
„Freiheitspreis der Medien“ muss dem Feind wehtun
21.04.2024, 13:33 Uhr. QPress - https: - Offenbar ist auch der Freiheitspreis der Medien inzwischen unter die ideologischen Räder gekommen. Die letzten Verleihungen sprechen Bände. Der Trend zur Politisierung einer Vielzahl von vergleichbaren Preisen, die früher mal für echte Werte standen, ist kaum zu übersehen. Und wenn dabei "Frieden" die vorderste Floskel ist, kann man davon ausgehen...
Breakfast Cereals Scrutinized For Pesticide That May Harm Reproduction
20.04.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Breakfast Cereals Scrutinized For Pesticide That May Harm Reproduction Authored by Sina McCullough via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Imagine starting your day with a bowl of cereal that could be silently affecting your family’s health. Recent studies show that chlormequat, a pesticide linked to reproductive issues, has been found in popular breakfast...
The World's Economic Myths Are Hitting Their Limits
20.04.2024, 00:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The World's Economic Myths Are Hitting Their Limits Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World blog, There are many myths about energy and the economy. In this post I explore the situation surrounding some of these myths. My analysis strongly suggests that the transition to a new Green Economy is not progressing as well as hoped. Green energy planners...
Cocoa Hyperinflation Accelerates As Grindings Show No Demand Destruction
19.04.2024, 20:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cocoa Hyperinflation Accelerates As Grindings Show No Demand Destruction Cocoa hyperinflation is insane. The latest data from the futures market shows that cocoa prices in New York surged above the $12,000 per ton level today as the pace of processing in factories remains robust. This indicates that demand destruction has yet to emerge despite...
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...
What Happened To Bitcoin?
19.04.2024, 12:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Happened To Bitcoin? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, Those who involved themselves in Bitcoin markets after 2017 encountered a different operation and ideal than those who came before. Today, no one much cares about what came before, speaking of 2010-2016. They are only watching the upward price momentum and are thrilled...
Swiss Watch Exports Crash In China & Hong Kong
19.04.2024, 10:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Swiss Watch Exports Crash In China & Hong Kong Fears of a luxury slowdown are materializing. New data from the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry shows that exports of luxury timepieces tumbled the most since 2020 as demand crashed in Asia. Swiss watch exports dropped in March. Their value fell by 16.1% compared with the same month in 2023 to...
Breaking Down The 2024 Bitcoin Halving: Implications & Predictions For Bitcoin Miners
18.04.2024, 20:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Breaking Down The 2024 Bitcoin Halving: Implications & Predictions For Bitcoin Miners Authored by 'El Sultan Bitcoin' via Bitcoin Magazine, The Bitcoin halving event, a pivotal occurrence, is scheduled for April, 19 2024. This quadrennial event will reduce the block subsidy for Bitcoin miners from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC, thereby halving the reward that...
"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...
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...
Sanctuary Cities Set Migrant Sex Offenders Free Instead Of Handing Them Over To ICE
18.04.2024, 02:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sanctuary Cities Set Migrant Sex Offenders Free Instead Of Handing Them Over To ICE Long painted as safe havens of humanitarianism by the establishment media, sanctuary cities are slowly being exposed for the underlying hypocrisy that motivates their policies. Red states such as Texas and Florida have been very effective in pulling back the curtain...
Doug Casey On The New American Dream: "You'll Own Nothing and Be Happy"
18.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Doug Casey On The New American Dream: "You'll Own Nothing and Be Happy" Via InternationalMan.com, International Man: According to a recent study by Investopedia, the classic middle-class American Dream now costs over $3.4 million. That’s the estimated lifetime cost of marriage, two children, cars, homes, healthcare, education, and retirement. It’s...
"Do Not Touch Me... I Am A Faculty Member": Cornell Professor Disrupts Coulter Speech
17.04.2024, 21:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Do Not Touch Me... I Am A Faculty Member": Cornell Professor Disrupts Coulter Speech Authored by Jonathan Turley, Monica Cornejo, an assistant professor of interpersonal communication, was forcibly removed from a Cornell University event this week after disrupting a speech by conservative commentator Ann Coulter. She is only the latest faculty member...
Gold's Resilience Shows A Currency Crisis Isn't Far Away
17.04.2024, 19:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold's Resilience Shows A Currency Crisis Isn't Far Away First it was Michael Hartnett, warning that the "Explosion In Gold Shows Investors Are Preparing For The Endgame", now it's Bloomberg's turn. According to BBG Markets Live reporter Mark Cranfield, the resilience of precious metals in the face of rising bond yields and a strong US dollar suggests...
Stocks Will Get Bad Breadth From Higher Yields
17.04.2024, 15:59 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks Will Get Bad Breadth From Higher Yields Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Higher yields threaten to make already-fraying breadth in US stocks even worse. This points to heightened short-term risks for the market, although the medium-term positive trend remains intact. Breadth measures for the US market have in many cases deteriorated...
"No Clear Trend What Happens Next": Stocks Are Displaying Bearish Features Last Seen In 2022
17.04.2024, 14:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "No Clear Trend What Happens Next": Stocks Are Displaying Bearish Features Last Seen In 2022 By Tatiana Darie, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist The stocks selloff is displaying features that were often seen back when shares plunged in 2022, which is a warning for equities now. The S&P 500 has fallen for seven of the past 11 trading sessions...
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...
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...
A Generation Lost To Climate Anxiety
17.04.2024, 03:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Generation Lost To Climate Anxiety Authored by David Zaruk via RealClear Politics, In a far-reaching new essay in The New Atlantis, the environmental researcher Ted Nordhaus makes a damning and authoritative case that while the basic science of CO2 and climate is solid, it has been abused by the activist class in service of a wildly irresponsible...
Reflation Trade Is The New Bullish Narrative
16.04.2024, 17:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Reflation Trade Is The New Bullish Narrative Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Economic “reflation” is becoming the next bullish narrative as equity valuation increases continue to outpace earnings gains, at least according to Gold Sachs and Tony Pasquariello. “If GS is correct on the big calls, the macro backdrop is set...
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...
These Inflation Trades Have Most Catching Up To Do
16.04.2024, 15:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Inflation Trades Have Most Catching Up To Do Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Markets are unprepared for price growth that is becoming entrenched. But even though the risk-reward in shorting Treasuries or buying gold or Bitcoin is diminishing, we can instead pinpoint the assets that have the most potential to catch up to persistent...
Central Banks Are Wrong About Rate-Cuts
16.04.2024, 13:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Central Banks Are Wrong About Rate-Cuts Authored by Daniel Lacalle, When we talk about monetary policy, people do not understand the importance of interest rates reflecting the reality of inflation and risk. Interest rates are the price of risk and manipulating them down leads to bubbles that end in financial crises, while imposing too high rates can...
Earnings Season Has Started: Here Is The Emerging Picture
16.04.2024, 04:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Earnings Season Has Started: Here Is The Emerging Picture Banks kicked off Q1 earnings last Friday with a painful start: XLF fell 1.3% on Friday alone led by a 6% plunge in JPM stock, and dropped even more on Monday despite strong results from Goldman. While JPM earnings beat (most) expectations, and left 2024 Net Interest Income guidance unchanged...
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...
Futures, Bitcoin Jump, Oil Drops As Markets Move Beyond This Weekend's Scripted Military Exchange Between Iran And Israel
15.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Bitcoin Jump, Oil Drops As Markets Move Beyond This Weekend's Scripted Military Exchange Between Iran And Israel Following the emotional rollercoaster of this weekend geopolitical "straight to DVD" soap opera, in which Iran pretended to retaliate to Israel's embassy bombing with an attack that was meant to be a dud (and succeeded), which in...
CNN Is Wrong... Deflation Is A Good Thing
15.04.2024, 12:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CNN Is Wrong... Deflation Is A Good Thing Authored by Soham Patil via The Mises Institute, A recent video by CNN states that lower prices are bad for the United States economy and that consumers must get used to the newer, higher prices. The video goes so far as to say, “We’re never going to pay 2019 prices again.” The video claims that deflation...
Vom Albtraum der Faeser-Demokratie
15.04.2024, 09:40 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - Götzendienst-Polizei überwacht den Diskurs: Es geht nicht mehr um Wahrheit, sondern nur noch um Gefolgschaftstreue oder VerratNancy Faeser. Ihr Vorname bedeutet „die Begnadete“. Dafür kann sie nichts. Für ihre anmaßende und engstirnige Herrschsucht aber schon. „Ich-kann-mich-nicht-erinnern“-Kanzler Scholz nahm sie trotzdem (deswegen?) in...
"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...
A Reliable Voting Bloc For Decades, Minorities Now Look For Alternatives To Democrats
14.04.2024, 20:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Reliable Voting Bloc For Decades, Minorities Now Look For Alternatives To Democrats Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Democrats gathered at the state fairgrounds in Columbia, South Carolina, to await the results of their party’s primary election. President Joe Biden, the only candidate to campaign in the state, won...
"China Is About To Start Bidding" - Will Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs Spark The 'Halving' Rally?
14.04.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "China Is About To Start Bidding" - Will Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs Spark The 'Halving' Rally? Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, The potential approval of the first batch of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Hong Kong could be a big catalyst for Bitcoin’s halving rally, commentators say. Hong Kong could approve 4 Bitcoin ETFs...
The Exodus Continues: Blue Regions Still Bleeding As Residents Escape Democrat Policies
14.04.2024, 01:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Exodus Continues: Blue Regions Still Bleeding As Residents Escape Democrat Policies Can Democrats take a hint? The answer is obviously no, but with millions of people flooding out of Democrat controlled places and relocating to more conservative regions one might think they would finally get the message. Blue cities and states across the US have...
Let’s Be Honest: The Economy Is NOT Doing Well
13.04.2024, 16:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Let’s Be Honest: The Economy Is NOT Doing Well Authored by Connor O'Keeffe via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The American economy is not all right. But to see why, you need to look beyond the dramatic numbers we keep seeing in the headlines and establishment talking points. Money in a file illustration photograph. (Thomas White/Reuters) Take, for...
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...
US Domestic Deposits Tumble $60BN As Small Bank Loan Volumes Shrank Most Since SVB
12.04.2024, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Domestic Deposits Tumble $60BN As Small Bank Loan Volumes Shrank Most Since SVB Money-market funds saw a small outflow last week (surprisingly small given how close to Tax-Day we are), leaving them still near record highs over $6 Trillion (and the trend of increased deposits at banks has been accelerating)... Source: Bloomberg Interestingly, amid...
The Secular Trend In Treasuries Is Breaking Down
12.04.2024, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Secular Trend In Treasuries Is Breaking Down Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, For all of the risk aversion boosting Treasuries today, the 40-year bond bull market is receding further into history as the bear market tightens its grip. The mean growth rate in USTs is falling, leaving bonds still overbought and therefore subject...
UMich Inflation Expectations Jump Higher At Start Of April, Sentiment Sinks But Democrats Happy
12.04.2024, 16:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UMich Inflation Expectations Jump Higher At Start Of April, Sentiment Sinks But Democrats Happy CPI is resurgent, PPI's trend is no longer lower, and this morning we saw import and export prices rising (or not falling) at their fastest pace in a year... Source: Bloomberg We say all that because this morning, we are told by UMich that in preliminary...
German Defense Chief Compares Putin To Hitler
12.04.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - German Defense Chief Compares Putin To Hitler Amid the recent days of stepped-up major Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, which the Kremlin on Thursday said is necessary in response to Ukrainian forces' own cross-border attacks on Russian oil refineries, the rhetoric out of Europe is becoming unhinged. In but the latest example of this...
"Peak Coal? Hmm, How To Put It: No"
11.04.2024, 20:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Peak Coal? Hmm, How To Put It: No" Have you ever wondered why climate warrior Greta Thunberg rarely, if ever, protests China for being the world's biggest polluter? Instead, the child runs around the West, pushing climate misinformation and disinformation (see here) that sparks climate anxieties among the youth. Hi GretaThunberg! Why did you delete...
Berkeley Students Disrupt Dinner At Law Dean’s Home; Accuse Law Professor of Assault
11.04.2024, 20:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Berkeley Students Disrupt Dinner At Law Dean’s Home; Accuse Law Professor of Assault Authored by Jonathan Turley, UC Berkeley’s law school dean, Erwin Chemerinsky, and his wife, law professor Catherine Fisk, faced a bizarre scene this week when third-year students invited into their home for a dinner held a disruptive protest and refused to leave...
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...