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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...
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 Have "Grabbed Gold By The Throat" As Capital Flight Accelerates
24.04.2024, 17:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chinese Have "Grabbed Gold By The Throat" As Capital Flight Accelerates “Chinese speculators have really grabbed gold by the throat...” That is how John Reade, chief market strategist at the World Gold Council, describes the scramble in the communist nation among investors looking to move money anywhere but in the yuan or Chinese assets. As evidenced...
Flying Cars Are Becoming Reality In China
24.04.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Flying Cars Are Becoming Reality In China Multiple Chinese companies are focused on commercializing flying cars, utilizing a design that is different from the popular eVTOL aircraft that have been developed over the last several years, according to a new report from Nikkei this week. XPeng AeroHT, an affiliate of the electric vehicle startup, plans...
Tesla Q1 Preview: Investors Brace For "Worst Results In 7 Years", AI Pivot, Cybertruck, Robotaxis In Focus
22.04.2024, 20:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Q1 Preview: Investors Brace For "Worst Results In 7 Years", AI Pivot, Cybertruck, Robotaxis In Focus Tesla is slated to report earnings tomorrow and, as FT notes, investors are bracing for the "worst results in 7 years" from the EV manufacturer. Analysts predict that Tesla will post revenues of $22.3 billion for Q1, representing a year-over-year...
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...
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...
Securities Analyst Jobs In China Are "Permanently" Disappearing
21.04.2024, 02:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Securities Analyst Jobs In China Are "Permanently" Disappearing The days of million dollar analyst jobs in the securities industry in China look to be all but gone. That was the topic of a new Bloomberg article last week which detailed exactly how the industry is "retrenching after years of expansion". Bloomberg's description of the industry's cutbacks...
Apple's Dominance On Watch: Huawei Unveils New Smartphone Lineup With Advanced Chip
18.04.2024, 15:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Apple's Dominance On Watch: Huawei Unveils New Smartphone Lineup With Advanced Chip China's smartphone market has stumbled into a downturn as economic woes turn consumers cautious. At the same time, consumers are ditching Apple's new iPhone 15 and have embraced domestic brands. Huawei Technologies Co. is one of those domestic brands that gained popularity...
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...
Yuan Weakens After 'Unbalanced' Chinese Economy Sees GDP Beat In Q1 But Domestic Consumption, Production Disappoint
16.04.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yuan Weakens After 'Unbalanced' Chinese Economy Sees GDP Beat In Q1 But Domestic Consumption, Production Disappoint China’s economic growth beat expectations in Q1, rising +5.3% YoY - considerably stronger than the +4.8% consensus, and inching ahead of Q4's +5.2% YoY growth. Source: Bloomberg Notably, that this is the first time the market compares...
China Exports Collapse, Prompting Yuan Devaluation Fears
12.04.2024, 19:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Exports Collapse, Prompting Yuan Devaluation Fears China’s export growth tumbled in March compared to last year, sparking questions about a possible yuan devaluation at a time when China's biggest mercantilist competitor in Asia - Japan - has intentionally cratered its currency. Chinese Exports declined by 7.5% from a year earlier in March...
Central Banks Are Buying The Gold Top
12.04.2024, 15:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Central Banks Are Buying The Gold Top Via SchiffGold.com, In investing, “Buy low, sell high” is among the most well-known sayings, and generally, it’s good advice. But with gold still holding near its historic all-time highs, central banks led by China are bucking the classic adage and smash-buying more, buying the top to fortify themselves...
Berkeley Prosecutors Cut Probation Deal For Scientist Who Tried To Kill Colleague
11.04.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Berkeley Prosecutors Cut Probation Deal For Scientist Who Tried To Kill Colleague Authored by Jonathan Turley, I have been a criminal defense attorney for my entire career, but there is a case out of Berkeley, California that is a real head scratcher... David Xu was the chief metallurgist for a company called Berkeley Engineering and Research (BEAR)...
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...
What Is Driving Gold To All-Time Highs?
08.04.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Is Driving Gold To All-Time Highs? Submitted by BullionStar/Jesse Colombo After more than three years of stagnation, gold has awakened with a vengeance since early-March and has promptly surged by nearly $300 an ounce or 14% to an all-time high $2,330 — a sharp move for a safe-haven asset that has a reputation for its slow and steady trends....
Russia Finally Says 'Nyet' To Continued North Korea Sanctions Enforcement
08.04.2024, 00:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Finally Says 'Nyet' To Continued North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Authored by Joseph D. Terwilliger via AntiWar.com, Last week, a United Nations Security Council resolution to extend the mandate for the UN Panel of Experts on DPRK sanctions was vetoed by the Russian Federation, effectively disbanding the primary enforcement mechanism for the nine...
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...
China's Plunge Protection Team Bought $6.8 Billion In Stocks In The Second Half Of 2023
03.04.2024, 23:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's Plunge Protection Team Bought $6.8 Billion In Stocks In The Second Half Of 2023 By John Liu and April Ma, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists A new dataset is giving China investors a peek into stock purchases by state-backed funds, promising to offer some clarity on the role played by them in supporting the world’s second-largest...
Globale Einführung von CBDC schreitet voran
03.04.2024, 17:17 Uhr. uncut-news.ch - https: - Kit Knightly Die Terroranschläge in Moskau, der anhaltende Völkermord in Gaza und die Krebserkrankung der königlichen Familie beherrschen die Schlagzeilen. Währenddessen rückt auf den Finanzseiten der Welt die Einführung digitaler Zentralbankwährungen näher. China, dessen digitaler Yuan das große Vorbild war, befindet sich mitten in einem gigantischen...
Xiaomi SU7 EV Sells Out Of 2024 Inventory Within 24 Hours Of Launching
02.04.2024, 19:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Xiaomi SU7 EV Sells Out Of 2024 Inventory Within 24 Hours Of Launching The Xiaomi SU7 EV launch was such a resounding success that the vehicle sold out of all of its 2024 inventory within a span of 24 hours, according to InsideEVs. The automaker is the latest to throw its hat in the fray and make a grab for marketshare in China, alongside of leaders...
Chinese EV Makers Scramble To Offer Incentives To Compete With Tesla And "Disruptive" Xiaomi
02.04.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chinese EV Makers Scramble To Offer Incentives To Compete With Tesla And "Disruptive" Xiaomi The competition in China's EV world continues to heat up, as the market becomes more and more saturated. The country's automakers are aggressively trying to take advantage of Tesla's recent price hikes by offering incentives, while at the same time gearing...
PBOC's Yuan Flip-Flop Sows Confusion Among Traders
01.04.2024, 04:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - PBOC's Yuan Flip-Flop Sows Confusion Among Traders By John Liu and Zheng Wu, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and analysts 1. The use of a familiar tool to stabilize the yuan sowed confusion and touched off a debate among investors. The People’s Bank of China stepped in to halt a drop in the currency last week by strengthening the fixing, and...
Stocks, Gold, & Crypto Soar In Q1 Despite Rout In Rate-Cut Expectations
28.03.2024, 21:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks, Gold, & Crypto Soar In Q1 Despite Rout In Rate-Cut Expectations Q1 macro was characterized by a vast divergence between 'soft' surveys crashing as 'hard' data drifting higher... Source: Bloomberg The strong 'hard' data - and sticky inflation - along with endless jawboning, drove rate-hike expectations drastically lower in Q1. 2024 expectations...
Global CBDC Rollout Continues Apace
26.03.2024, 21:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Global CBDC Rollout Continues Apace Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, Terror attacks in Moscow, ongoing genocide in Gaza, and cancer in the Royal family are dominating the headlines. Meanwhile, on the financial back pages, all over the world the implementation of Central Bank Digital Currencies draws nearer. China, whose digital Yuan was...
US Futures Rebound Ahead Of Busy Data Calendar As New Record High Looms
26.03.2024, 13:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Rebound Ahead Of Busy Data Calendar As New Record High Looms It's as if Monday's modest dip never happened: S&P futures are trading are higher, surpassing Monday's highs, with both Tech and small-caps outperforming, as investors keep a close eye on any potential market impact from the collapse of a major commuter bridge in Baltimore after...
Globale CBDC-Einführung schreitet voran
26.03.2024, 09:50 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - China, whose digital Yuan was the major flagship CBDC, is in the middle of an immense trial covering over 25 million people. This week they released new guidelines for tourists using CBDCs for the first time.A journalist for the crypto-focused DLNews wrote of her experience using it, and while functionality might seem limited right now we should note...
Japan's Top FX Official Threatens "Appropriate Action" Against 'Short Speculators' As Yen Craters After Rate-Hike
25.03.2024, 14:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Japan's Top FX Official Threatens "Appropriate Action" Against 'Short Speculators' As Yen Craters After Rate-Hike A quick glimpse at the the Japanese Yen's price action (against the USD) since the BoJ 's decision to hike rates for the first time in 17 years and one could be forgiven for being confused as the 'hawkish' move has prompted aggressive 'dovish'...
Futures Slump, Dragged By Semis As Global Chip War Escalates
25.03.2024, 13:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Slump, Dragged By Semis As Global Chip War Escalates Futs are lower following the S&P's best weekly performance of the year (sparked by dovish comments by Fed chair Powell during the last FOMC) which sent the market up +2.3%. At 7:50am, S&P futures were 0.4% lower and Nasdaq futures dropped 0.6%, dragged by MegaCap tech names which were mostly...
LAW, IGIW, SAS, GCBE, MBS, ROTST.... A Day For Acronyms
24.03.2024, 21:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - LAW, IGIW, SAS, GCBE, MBS, ROTST.... A Day For Acronyms By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities A Day for Acronyms IGIW Let’s start with IGIW. I’m not sure it is an official one, but we can go with I Got It Wrong. I came into this week stating that it would be far more difficult for stocks to bounce 5% than drop 10%. I was looking for yields to continue...
Is China Prepping For Yuan Devaluation: Renminbi Tumbles After PBOC Pushes It Below Key Support Level
22.03.2024, 15:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is China Prepping For Yuan Devaluation: Renminbi Tumbles After PBOC Pushes It Below Key Support Level While everyone continues to watch the slow-motion trainwreck that is the Japanese yen, where the BOJ epically fucked up its latest monetary policy intervention, sending the yen plunging to a 34 year low despite its first rate hike in 17 years, the real...
S&P Futures Drop On Last Day Of Best Week Of 2024
22.03.2024, 13:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - S&P Futures Drop On Last Day Of Best Week Of 2024 Futures dropped modestly but were still on pace for their best week of the year after a raft of central bank meetings indicated that a pivot toward looser policy has been agreed upon at one of the recent central bank conclaves at the BIS tower in Basel, inflation - and 2% inflation target - be damned...
Futures Flat Ahead Of Fed
20.03.2024, 13:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat Ahead Of Fed US futures are flat after Tuesday’s record-high cash close, having rebounded from overnight session lows ahead of the Fed meeting where nobody expects any rate change and where some (but not consensus) expect a hawkish move in the dots to signal 2 rate cuts instead of 3 (Goldman and most big banks still expect 3 cuts) as...
Luxury Meltdown: Kering's Gucci Warning Sends Shares Crashing Most Since 1992
20.03.2024, 11:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Luxury Meltdown: Kering's Gucci Warning Sends Shares Crashing Most Since 1992 Shares of French luxury group Kering tumbled as much as 15% on Wednesday—the largest drop in more than three decades. The luxury goods company issued a profit warning, expecting sales at Gucci, its biggest brand, to plunge 20% year-on-year in the first quarter, notably because...
The 4th Bitcoin Halving Explained
19.03.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The 4th Bitcoin Halving Explained Sometime in April 2024, the reward that cryptocurrency miners receive for mining bitcoin (BTC) will go from ₿6.25 to ₿3.125, with significant consequences for the world’s most valuable digital currency. To help understand this quadrennial event, Visual Capitalist's Chris Dickert teamed up with HIVE Digital to...
Escobar: Confident Dragon Lays Out Modernization Roadmap
14.03.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Escobar: Confident Dragon Lays Out Modernization Roadmap Authored by Pepe Escobar, This is the Year of the Wooden Dragon, according to China’s classic wuxing (“five elements”) culture. The dragon, one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac, is a symbol of power, nobility and intelligence. Wood adds growth, development and prosperity. Call it...
Only The US Can Destroy The US Dollar
12.03.2024, 01:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Only The US Can Destroy The US Dollar Authored by Russell Clark of the Capital Flows and Asset Markets substack Being the reserve currency has enormous benefits. And in the entirety of financial history, the US is the first and only fiat reserve currency. Sterling, and any other reserve currencies derived their value from the ability to maintain their...
China's EV Market Starts 2024 With BEV Sales Slowing And Even More Price Cuts
11.03.2024, 09:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's EV Market Starts 2024 With BEV Sales Slowing And Even More Price Cuts Just when you thought the EV market couldn't get more saturated or competitive in China, sales have once again slowed and the country's market leader, BYD, is once again implementing price cuts. Sales of BEVs were up 18.2% in January-February compared to 20.8% for 2023, according...
"Made By China" Is Possibly The Biggest Risk To The Economy, And It Is Staring Us Right In The Face
10.03.2024, 22:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Made By China" Is Possibly The Biggest Risk To The Economy, And It Is Staring Us Right In The Face By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities The Threat of "Made by China 2025" I cannot remember the first time that we discussed the transition from “Made in China” to “Made by China.” I do know that back in April 2023 we Locked in Some Themes, one...
China Plans $27BN 'Big Fund' To Counter US' Tech War
10.03.2024, 03:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Plans $27BN 'Big Fund' To Counter US' Tech War China is preparing to raise billions of dollars for its largest-ever semiconductor fund, aiming to fast-track the advancement of cutting-edge technologies in response to Washington's worsening trade and tech war. According to Bloomberg, China's National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund...
De-Dollarization In Delhi - India Urges Gulf Exporters To Accept Rupees For Crude
06.03.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - De-Dollarization In Delhi - India Urges Gulf Exporters To Accept Rupees For Crude Four months after India's government rejected demands from Russian oil companies to pay for Russia's crude exports in Chinese yuan, it appears India is now hoping for a similar arrangement with Gulf crude exporters. Bloomberg reports that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)...
Futures Fall As Apple China Sales Tumble, China Congress Forecast Disappoints
05.03.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Fall As Apple China Sales Tumble, China Congress Forecast Disappoints And just like that the momentum-driven buying frenzy is over: S&P 500 futures are down 0.3%, and Nasdaq 100 futures slide 0.6%, jeopardizing the ridiculous stock market rally which is up 16 of the pat 18 weeks, as Apple shares tumbled more than 2% in premarket trading after...
Gloom, Doom: Apple's iPhone Sales In China Plunge 24%
05.03.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gloom, Doom: Apple's iPhone Sales In China Plunge 24% Just days after Goldman removed Apple from its "Conviction List" and Evercore ISI dropped Apple from its "Tactical Outperform" list, which both banks cited mounting concerns about an iPhone sales slowdown, particularly as China's economic troubles worsened. A new report shows Chinese iPhone sales...
China Sets Economic Growth Target At Around 5% This Year, Will Boost Defense Spending By 7.2%
05.03.2024, 04:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Sets Economic Growth Target At Around 5% This Year, Will Boost Defense Spending By 7.2% China will target economic growth of "around 5%" this year as it works to transform its development model (read magically grow while aggressively deleveraging), curb industrial overcapacity (read build less ghost cities while trying to contain the fallout from...
Bolivien und China vereinbaren Handel direkt in Yuan
02.03.2024, 05:05 Uhr. amerika21 - https: - Santa Cruz. Das staatliche Bankinstitut Banco Unión de Bolivia und die Chinesische Industrie und Handelsbank (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, ICBC) haben vergangene Woche eine Vereinbarung unterzeichnet, die es ermöglicht, Transaktionen in Yuan ohne Zwischenhändler... weiter 02.03.2024 Artikel von Jan Marinko zu Bolivien, Wirtschaft...
China Bans High Frequency Trader as Quant Trading Crackdown Expands
29.02.2024, 19:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Bans High Frequency Trader as Quant Trading Crackdown Expands Just days after China cracked down on quant funds, Beijing took our advice (from around 2009) and started cracking down on the market parasites better known as HFTs (which Michael Lewis decided to give a starring role in his 2014 book Flash Boys about five years after we first popularized...
Bitcoin Breaches $60,000, Hits Record High In A Dozen Other Currencies
28.02.2024, 14:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin Breaches $60,000, Hits Record High In A Dozen Other Currencies Bitcoin breached $60,000 for the first time in two years and three months after rising over almost 20% in the last three days... Source: Bloomberg The last time Bitcoin traded above $60,000 was on Nov. 12, 2021, when Bitcoin started its reversal, falling over 67% to the macro low...
Why Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Unnecessary And Dangerous
25.02.2024, 20:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Unnecessary And Dangerous Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The main central banks have been deliberating on the concept of introducing a digital currency. However, many citizens fail to grasp the rationale behind it when the majority of transactions in major global currencies are carried out electronically. Nevertheless...
Leaked Documents Expose China’s Hacking Capabilities, Targets
25.02.2024, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Leaked Documents Expose China’s Hacking Capabilities, Targets Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A massive cache of leaked documents from a Chinese hacking contractor further underscores the global cybersecurity threats posed by China’s communist regime, experts say. The documents, which were posted on GitHub by unknown...