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Gold Prices: Beyond Inflation And Real Yields
25.04.2024, 18:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Prices: Beyond Inflation And Real Yields Authored Robert Burrows via BondVigilantes.com, Renowned for its role as a hedge against economic uncertainty and inflation, gold has long captivated investors. One key factor influencing gold’s price is the relationship between real yields and inflation. Over the long term, gold has protected one against...
Governments Could Stop Inflation If They Wanted... They Will Not
22.04.2024, 20:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Governments Could Stop Inflation If They Wanted... They Will Not Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Inflation is no coincidence. It is a policy. Governments, along with their so-called experts, attempt to persuade you that inflation stems from anything other than the consistent, albeit slower, rise in aggregate prices year after year. Issuing more currency...
Tit-For-Tat Responses From Beijing To Trade Restrictions May Bring About A Full-Blown Trade War
22.04.2024, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tit-For-Tat Responses From Beijing To Trade Restrictions May Bring About A Full-Blown Trade War By John Liu, Zhu Lin and Abhishek Vishnoi, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists China’s most-promising industries are facing a growing threat of trade restrictions from Western governments, blurring the outlook for stocks that have the potential...
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...
Peter Schiff: The Data Looks Grim For The Dollar
17.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Peter Schiff: The Data Looks Grim For The Dollar Via SchiffGold.com, Peter’s back in Puerto Rico this week for his podcast after another week of record gold prices. In this episode, he discusses media coverage of inflation, this week’s CPI report, and Bitcoin’s weakening price relative to gold. Peter starts by recapping this week’s price action...
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...
Biden's Sticky Inflation: Auto Insurance Rates Record Biggest Annual Jump Since 1976
13.04.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's Sticky Inflation: Auto Insurance Rates Record Biggest Annual Jump Since 1976 Joe Biden's sticky inflation continues to ravage the working poor as Bidenomics falls flat on its face. The president's ally at the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, has yet to achieve the 2% inflation Fed target ahead of the November elections. As inflation heats...
The Freedom That Once Was The Internet
13.04.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Freedom That Once Was The Internet Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), It’s time to declare as regards the internet of old: Requiescat in Pace. In this photo illustration an internet page is displayed on a computer screen in London, England, on April 13, 2006. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images) It’s dead. We might as...
FDA Approves First Medication To Treat Severe Frostbite
19.02.2024, 10:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - FDA Approves First Medication To Treat Severe Frostbite The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first injectable medication to treat frostbite. Actelion Pharmaceutical’s Aurlumyn uses main ingredient iloprost to dilate blood vessels and prevent blood from clotting, reducing the risk of finger or toe amputation. The drug was initially...
Another Mega-Merger Is Brewing In The U.S. Shale Patch
15.02.2024, 18:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Another Mega-Merger Is Brewing In The U.S. Shale Patch By David Messler of OilPrice.com Summary: Devon Energy seeks to fill gaps in its Bakken acreage through potential merger with Enerplus. Enerplus' high-productivity assets and low lease operating costs make it an attractive target for Devon. Shareholder dissatisfaction looms amidst Devon's past acquisitions...
"Greatest Headwind" Facing US Office CRE Sector Is "Years Of Supply"
14.02.2024, 14:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Greatest Headwind" Facing US Office CRE Sector Is "Years Of Supply" There have been mounting concerns recently that the unfolding commercial real estate crash is accelerating and has rippled across the global financial system. From New York Community Bancorp to Japan's Aozora Bank Ltd. and Germany's Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG, sizable credit losses...
Inflation Uncertainty Leaves Global Bonds On Thin Ice
12.02.2024, 18:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Inflation Uncertainty Leaves Global Bonds On Thin Ice Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Inflation may have fallen from its peak around the world, but in the inflationary regime in which we remain, upside surprises are more likely. That would worsen already weak liquidity in global bonds and heighten the risk of rising yields. Global...
When Will Biden's "Charade Of Running For Re-Election" End?
09.02.2024, 22:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - When Will Biden's "Charade Of Running For Re-Election" End? Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Eventful Events “Putin confirms: ‘The United States is not run by its elected officials.'” - The Vigilant Fox on “X” Historians of the future, gathered round their campfires poaching armadillo tail-flaps in their own shells, will...
Why Did The Rockefellers Pressure Biden To Pause LNG Exports?
09.02.2024, 20:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Did The Rockefellers Pressure Biden To Pause LNG Exports? What began as an apparent attempt by the Biden administration to punish Texas over the border dispute turns out to be part of a successful campaign by wealthy donors - including the Rockefeller family - to pressure the government into shifting away from Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). As the...
Caught In Crosshairs Of A Cost-Of-Living Crisis
09.02.2024, 20:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Caught In Crosshairs Of A Cost-Of-Living Crisis Authored by E.J.Antoni via The Epoch Times, President Joe Biden recently took to a stage in North Carolina to tout his economic agenda, which includes bringing high-speed internet to rural America. But that’s hardly what Americans struggling with a cost-of-living crisis need to hear. Millions of Americans...
Americans Need Domestic Unity for Effective Foreign Policy
05.02.2024, 21:06 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - U.S. opponents are working to worsen polarization....
Poor Oral Health Speeds Up Irreversible Lung Disease: Study
05.02.2024, 03:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Poor Oral Health Speeds Up Irreversible Lung Disease: Study Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (SciePro/Shutterstock) That persistent cough and wheezing is bad enough without gum disease making it worse. New research reveals why periodontitis, a common gum infection, accelerates the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Yields Tumble, Futures Soar After Treasury Unexpectedly Slashes Borrowing Estimates
29.01.2024, 21:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yields Tumble, Futures Soar After Treasury Unexpectedly Slashes Borrowing Estimates After two very "eventful" quarterly refunding announcements by the Treasury, the first of which sent yields soaring to decade highs, when the Treasury forecast higher than expected coupon issuance in July, followed by a mirror image in October, when the Treasury surprised...
Treasury-Refunding Has More Market-Moving Potential Than Fed
29.01.2024, 17:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Treasury-Refunding Has More Market-Moving Potential Than Fed Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Wednesday sees the Federal Reserve meeting and the Treasury’s quarterly refunding announcement (QRA). It’s the latter, however, that has the most potential to upset markets through possible disruptions to liquidity and funding. The...
"Stagflation, Border Failure, & Regulatory Dysfunction" - Texas Manufacturing Collapsed In January
29.01.2024, 16:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Stagflation, Border Failure, & Regulatory Dysfunction" - Texas Manufacturing Collapsed In January The 'soft' data slaughterfest continues with a huge miss for The Dallas Fed's Manufacturing Outlook survey, plunging from -9.3 to -27.4 (dramatically worse than the -11 expected). This is the biggest miss since the COVID lockdowns and back to post-COVID...
Bonds Away: Rate-Cuts & Junk-Debt In 2024
26.01.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bonds Away: Rate-Cuts & Junk-Debt In 2024 Via SchiffGold.com, After a delicate dance of interest rate increases, Jerome Powell has declared victory on inflation and says to expect looser monetary policy this year. But with junk bond spreads not widening nearly as much as one would expect during an era of economic tightening, you’ve got to wonder...
Denver Health At "Critical Point" As 8,000 Migrants Make 20,000 Emergency Visits
25.01.2024, 20:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Denver Health At "Critical Point" As 8,000 Migrants Make 20,000 Emergency Visits Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The Denver hospital system is turning away local residents because it is flooded with migrant visits... ABC News reports Denver hospital system may collapse due to migrant crisis: ‘We are turning down patients’ Denver Health...
California Landscapers Brace For Gas-Powered Lawn Equipment Ban
24.01.2024, 03:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California Landscapers Brace For Gas-Powered Lawn Equipment Ban Authored by Ethan Brown via RealClear Energy, For Jazz Montgomery, it was a new career path. After opening Heavenly’s Lawn Care in 2020, he built a four-person crew, offering residential lawn care, pruning, and yard maintenance to customers in Costa Mesa, California. “But ever since...
Peter Schiff: The Dark Ages For US Housing And Manufacturing
23.01.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Peter Schiff: The Dark Ages For US Housing And Manufacturing Via SchiffGold.com, The president touted a manufacturing renaissance. However, economic indices show US manufacturing entering a Dark Age. Home sales are not looking bright, either. Peter explains in his recent podcast: Manufacturing is a complete disaster. In fact, we got the Philly Fed...
Wearing A Continuous Glucose Monitor: Troubling Trend Or Health Hack?
22.01.2024, 04:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wearing A Continuous Glucose Monitor: Troubling Trend Or Health Hack? Authored by Sheramy Tsai via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Illustration by The Epoch Times) In January 2023, 42-year-old Jenni Southerington reached a pivotal moment in her health. Skeptical about her prediabetes diagnosis, she started using a continuous glucose monitor. The device’s...
Price Wars Spark Rout In China's Consumer Sector
15.01.2024, 16:18 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Price Wars Spark Rout In China's Consumer Sector By Charlotte Yang, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist The seemingly relentless decline in prices of Chinese goods amid tepid consumer demand is denting expectations that corporate earnings can revive the flagging stock market. From electric vehicles to fast food, companies are engaging in...
After 20 Years, It's Time For American To Leave Iraq
13.01.2024, 05:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - After 20 Years, It's Time For American To Leave Iraq Authored by James Durso, op-ed via The Hill, It seemed like a good idea at the time… On Jan. 4, 2024, the U.S. assassinated Mushtaq Jawad Kazim al-Jawari, a commander in an Iran-linked Iraqi militia. The Pentagon press release called the militia a “terrorist group” and claimed the strike...
Israel Alarmed At 'Terrifying' Number Of Troops Wounded Since Start Of Gaza War
11.01.2024, 23:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel Alarmed At 'Terrifying' Number Of Troops Wounded Since Start Of Gaza War Via The Cradle, Over 6,000 members of the Israeli security establishment – including the army and the police – have been injured since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas and Hezbollah in Gaza and Lebanon, the Jerusalem Post reports Thursday, citing defense...
Premature Extrapolation: Inflation Bears Are Popping The Champagne Too Soon
11.01.2024, 18:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Premature Extrapolation: Inflation Bears Are Popping The Champagne Too Soon Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Confidence is growing that inflation has been defeated. What is typically forgotten is that it is a very lagging indicator, with most arguments based on the recent disinflation trend continuing. But forward-looking analysis...
Appeals Court Strikes Down Biden Admin's Washing Machine Regulations
10.01.2024, 19:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Appeals Court Strikes Down Biden Admin's Washing Machine Regulations Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier in the week blocked the Biden administration’s efforts to repeal Trump-era efficiency standards regulating water usage in dishwashers and laundry machines. In its ruling on Jan. 8, the court...
Bottleneck On Panama Canal Forces Top Tanker Operator To Reroute Ships
29.11.2023, 14:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bottleneck On Panama Canal Forces Top Tanker Operator To Reroute Ships Panama Canal is one of the world's most important trade routes. In the second half of this year, we have detailed in-depth about a parking lot of commercial vessels building on either side of the canal amid worsening drought conditions across Central America. This has reduced the...
"There's Nothing Encouraging On The Horizon" - Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey Slumps Again In November
27.11.2023, 19:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "There's Nothing Encouraging On The Horizon" - Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey Slumps Again In November For the 19th straight month, the Dallas Fed's manufacturing outlook survey was negative (indicating contraction), dropping to 4-month lows at -19.9 in November. Source: Bloomberg The new orders index has been negative for 18 months and dropped from...
Finland Is Hellbent On Positioning Itself As A Frontline NATO State Against Russia
22.11.2023, 08:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Finland Is Hellbent On Positioning Itself As A Frontline NATO State Against Russia Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Monday that his country will respond in accordance with its national interests if Finland closes the entirety of their joint border like the Finnish Interior Minister threatened...
America The Obese: How Taxpayers Are Forced To Ruin Their Health
22.11.2023, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - America The Obese: How Taxpayers Are Forced To Ruin Their Health Authored by Stephen Manuszak via The Mises Institute, The first piece of legislation passed by the new Congress of the United States of America after the ratification of the Constitution included a tariff on the import of foreign sugar. Although this tariff was passed as a means to raise...
China's Quasi-QE Isn't Enough To End Real Estate Crisis
20.11.2023, 04:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's Quasi-QE Isn't Enough To End Real Estate Crisis By Ye Xie, George Lei and Henry Ren, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategists Three things we learned in the past week: 1. Beijing’s stepped-up support for the property market might not be enough to spur a turnaround. In a meeting Friday, regulators told banks to meet all “reasonable”...
Price Shock-Risk Rises As Markets & Economy Diverge
16.11.2023, 14:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Price Shock-Risk Rises As Markets & Economy Diverge Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The economy and markets are giving divergent views on US recession risk, with the recent performance of several assets sending out a more negative message than justified by the economic data. Oil, copper, some cyclical sectors and yields look among...
Poor Liquidity To Keep Bonds On Thin Ice After Positioning Rout
15.11.2023, 17:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Poor Liquidity To Keep Bonds On Thin Ice After Positioning Rout Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Short covering on Tuesday drove a powerful rally in Treasuries, but deteriorating liquidity conditions means they face greater downside than upside risk. The outsized move in bond yields in the US and the rest of the world from a slightly...
Certain COVID-19 Vaccines Linked To Elevated Risk Of Guillain-Barré Syndrome
12.11.2023, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Certain COVID-19 Vaccines Linked To Elevated Risk Of Guillain-Barré Syndrome Authored by Ellen Wan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As the vaccination rate continues to rise, an increasing number of side effects are being reported. Research indicates that COVID-19 viral vector-based vaccines increase the risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)...
Policies Meant To Address Climate Change Can Worsen Human Suffering
03.11.2023, 11:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Policies Meant To Address Climate Change Can Worsen Human Suffering Authored by Philip Rosetti & Robert G. Eccles via RealClear Wire, Few people today would deny the negative impacts that pollution and climate change can have on human health and well-being. The challenge lies in tackling this given that there are almost always tradeoffs that must ...
"I Pray To God This Isn't World War III"
01.11.2023, 00:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "I Pray To God This Isn't World War III" Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance If there's one takeaway I have from witnessing the discourse over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it's that nuance is an absolute necessity when discussing it, yet nobody seems able to exercise even a modicum of nuance while doing so. Because the issue is complex, polarizing...
"More Like A Train Wreck Than A Soft Landing" - Dallas Fed Services Sector Survey Slumps In October
31.10.2023, 17:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "More Like A Train Wreck Than A Soft Landing" - Dallas Fed Services Sector Survey Slumps In October Growth in Texas service sector activity stalled in October, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. The revenue index, a key measure of state service sector conditions, fell eight points to 0.7, with the...
"Hearing A Lot More 'I Cannot Afford This'" - Sinking Dallas Fed Survey Signals "The Economy Is Slowing"
30.10.2023, 16:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Hearing A Lot More 'I Cannot Afford This'" - Sinking Dallas Fed Survey Signals "The Economy Is Slowing" Perceptions of broader business conditions continued to worsen in October, according to The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey. The general business activity and company outlook indexes remained largely unchanged at -19.2 and -17.1, respectively. Source:...
Testing The Financial Structures Inspired By Easy Money
30.10.2023, 15:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Testing The Financial Structures Inspired By Easy Money Authored by Jesse Felder via The Felder Report, Rising interest rates have historically created problems for certain areas of the economy and markets but they may be especially pernicious today given both the speed and magnitude of the rise and the risk-taking behaviors engendered by the extreme...
Dollar's Fate Is Sealed As Fed's Independence Eroded
26.10.2023, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Dollar's Fate Is Sealed As Fed's Independence Eroded Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, US fiscal policy is increasingly infringing upon the Federal Reserve’s independence, heightening already elevated secular inflation risks and condemning the dollar to an even deeper debasement in its value... It was good while it lasted. But the...
Wall Street Vol Legend "50 Cent" Unveils His Top 2024 Trade With "Extraordinary Upside"
26.10.2023, 00:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wall Street Vol Legend "50 Cent" Unveils His Top 2024 Trade With "Extraordinary Upside" Jonathan '50 cent' Ruffer - infamous for his scooping up massive profits in front of the options market steamroller over the past few years - is back with a new trade for 2024: Japanic! Jonathan '50 cent' Ruffer Instead of snapping up VIX options priced at 50 cents...
The BOJ Pain Threshold Is Near, If Not Already Reached
24.10.2023, 19:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The BOJ Pain Threshold Is Near, If Not Already Reached By Ven Ram, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist Shorter-dated volatility expressions in Japan’s currency markets may be underpricing the risk of sharp moves in the yen ahead of this month’s central bank review. For instance, the two-week implied volatility on USD/JPY is hovering around...
Bitcoin & Bonds Bid After 'Bearish-Bill' Bails; Black Gold & The Buck Breakdown
23.10.2023, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin & Bonds Bid After 'Bearish-Bill' Bails; Black Gold & The Buck Breakdown I don't like Mondays..." anymore... There have been 15 'Up' Mondays in a row for US equities (there hasn't been a down Monday since before July 4th) until today... Geopolitically, things did not appear to get seriously worse over the weekend but BoJ YCC-change chatter and...
Long Bond Trade Hinges On Health Of The Service Economy
23.10.2023, 15:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Long Bond Trade Hinges On Health Of The Service Economy Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, It’s hard to see what would drive a significant and sustained rally in bonds without a US recession. A downturn hinges on the services part of the economy, where the outlook is balanced. Powell’s comments on Thursday gave fuel to hawks...
"Cardboard Box Recession" An Ominous Sign Of Faltering Consumer, Schwab Warns
21.10.2023, 22:57 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Cardboard Box Recession" An Ominous Sign Of Faltering Consumer, Schwab Warns Earlier this year, Charles Schwab analyst Jeffrey Kleintop said the US was sliding into a "cardboard box" recession as consumers and small businesses were pressured by soaring interest rates and elevated inflation. On Tuesday, Kleintop joined Morningstar's The Long View...