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2021 Kickoff: Looking Through the Headlines with Mike Green
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 5:55pm EST2021 Kickoff: Looking Through the Headlines with Mike Green Mike Green kicks off the Real Vision Daily Briefing in 2021 with Real Vision’s Max Wiethe. Although markets sold off and volatility rose sharply, Mike was not particularly surprised by today’s price action and attributes today’s selloff to market participants who waited until 2021 to take […]
Over 432,000 Votes Removed From Trump In Pennsylvania, Data Scientists Say
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 5:40pm ESTOver 432,000 Votes Removed From Trump In Pennsylvania, Data Scientists Say Authored by Allen Zhong via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Pennsylvania election data shows that over 432,000 votes were removed from President Donald Trump during the November election, data scientists say. According to an analysis by the Data Integrity Group, obtained exclusively by The […]
Trump ‘Abruptly’ Overruled Pentagon Chief On Carrier Pullout From Middle East
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 5:20pm ESTTrump ‘Abruptly’ Overruled Pentagon Chief On Carrier Pullout From Middle East Late last week we noted there was a hopeful sign of potential US de-escalation in the Persian Gulf given the Pentagon announced it was bringing its only supercarrier for the Mideast and Persian Gulf region home. Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller ordered the USS Nimitz to return to […]
Saudi Arabia Lifts Its 3.5 Year Economic Blockade Of Qatar In US-Brokered Deal
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 5:00pm ESTSaudi Arabia Lifts Its 3.5 Year Economic Blockade Of Qatar In US-Brokered Deal Within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) a more than three-year diplomatic and economic war has raged between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which has even involved the closing of borders and airspace between the two (with UAE firmly in the Saudi camp), hardening […]
National Guard Activated to Help Support Police During Pro-Trump Protests
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 4:20pm ESTNational Guard Activated to Help Support Police During Pro-Trump Protests Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours) Supporters of President Donald Trump wave a Betsy Ross flag during a protest in Washington on Dec. 12, 2020. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) Some 100 National Guardsmen will be in Washington this week to help support police […]
Why There Is Literally No “Cash On The Sidelines”
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 3:48pm ESTWhy There Is Literally No “Cash On The Sidelines” Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In the later stages of a bull market advance, the financial media and Wall Street analysts start seeking out rationalizations to support their bullish views. One common refrain is “there are trillions of dollars in cash sitting on the sidelines just waiting to come into […]
“Look Out Below”: Carl Icahn Issues Major Warning On Markets, Warns Rally Will End In “Painful Correction”
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 3:30pm EST“Look Out Below”: Carl Icahn Issues Major Warning On Markets, Warns Rally Will End In “Painful Correction” It has been a difficult year – and decade – for billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who despite making $1.3 billion by shorting malls via CMBX 6, a trade we first pitched several years ago as the Big Short […]
NY Assemblyman Defends Bill Permitting Detainment Of Carriers Of “Contagious Disease”
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 3:15pm ESTNY Assemblyman Defends Bill Permitting Detainment Of Carriers Of “Contagious Disease” Authored by Isabel van Brugen via The Epoch Times, A New York Democrat on Sunday defended a controversial bill that could allow the state governor to “order the removal” or detention of an individual deemed to be a suspected case, contact, or carrier of a “contagious […]
230 Google Workers Form Silicon Valley’s First Union To Force Management To Embrace Their Progressive “Values”
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 2:58pm EST230 Google Workers Form Silicon Valley’s First Union To Force Management To Embrace Their Progressive “Values” Despite reporting a median worker pay of $258,708, one of the highest such numbers in the world, and more than 2x the average median pay reported by many of its biggest Silicon Valley rivals, Alphabet has long been a […]
Big Questions Hang Over Tech
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 2:31pm ESTBig Questions Hang Over Tech By Kriti Gupta and Heather Burke, writers at Bloomberg’s Market Live blog Expect the S&P 500 to continue rallying in 2021, but it won’t be anything like the run it had from March through year-end. The question is whether the economic recovery will be sturdy enough to support a rotation […]
Mexico Ready To Offer Assange Asylum, President Lopez Obrador Says
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 2:16pm ESTMexico Ready To Offer Assange Asylum, President Lopez Obrador Says On the day that a UK judge ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States, saying his health would be in jeopardy under the harsher, severe conditions of US federal supermax prison, Mexico has come forward with an unexpected offer. […]
Is An Upside Start To 2021 Setting Up For A Classic Rug-Pull?
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 2:00pm ESTIs An Upside Start To 2021 Setting Up For A Classic Rug-Pull? Real Investment Advice’s Lance Roberts explains in a Monday morning market update that the stock market could see additional upside but warns a correction could be nearing. Roberts tells investors stocks could be setting up for another push higher as momentum and margin debt increases […]
Peter Schiff: Will 2021 Be The Year The Chickens Come Home To Roost?
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 1:40pm ESTPeter Schiff: Will 2021 Be The Year The Chickens Come Home To Roost? Via SchiffGold.com, There aren’t many people sad to see 2020 in the rearview mirror. But there’s no guarantee that 2021 is going to be any better. In his podcast final podcast of 2020, Peter Schiff said that hopefully, the upcoming year will […]
Natgas Futures Jump On Colder Weather Trends Over Next Ten Days
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 1:25pm ESTNatgas Futures Jump On Colder Weather Trends Over Next Ten Days Natgas February Nymex contracts jumped 3.5% Monday morning due to colder weather trends and increased heating demand forecasted for the next ten days. Bespoke Weather Services said since last week, weather models have shifted “materially colder” for parts of the US through mid-January. “While […]
Morgan Stanley Warns “Market Ripe For A Drawdown” As “Risk/Reward Has Deteriorated Materially”
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 1:05pm ESTMorgan Stanley Warns “Market Ripe For A Drawdown” As “Risk/Reward Has Deteriorated Materially” For much of November and early December (recall “Stocks are Overbought And Frothy” Warns Wall Street’s Most Accurate Analyst”), Morgan Stanley’s chief US equity strategist, Michael Wilson, repeatedly warned that stocks are poised for an (at least) 10% correction around year-end, before […]
Amazon-Berkshire-JPM Health-Care Partnership Folds
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 12:51pm ESTAmazon-Berkshire-JPM Health-Care Partnership Folds In less than three years, a joint health-care venture designed by “the smartest men in the room” – that being the CEOs of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase – that was supposed to disrupt how companies pay for employee care has apparently itself been terminally disrupted. AMAZON-BERKSHIRE-JPMORGAN HEALTHCARE VENTURE TO SHUT […]
De Blasio’s Dance And The Delusional Politics Of 2021
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 12:35pm ESTDe Blasio’s Dance And The Delusional Politics Of 2021 Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in the Hill on the rise of delusional politics in America – a problem captured vividly on New Year’s Eve as Mayor Bill de Blasio dancing with his wife to a virtually empty Times Square. This is not Chicago where […]
Byron Wien Releases 10 Surprises For 2021: MMT, Trump TV, & A “Return To Normal” By Memorial Day
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 12:15pm ESTByron Wien Releases 10 Surprises For 2021: MMT, Trump TV, & A “Return To Normal” By Memorial Day Having correctly called for a surge in investor enthusiasm in 2020, accompanied by a disappointing economy in 2020 (along with a UK win in the Brexit debacle), Byron Wien, Vice Chairman together with Joe Zidle, Chief Investment […]
Congress Approves Rules Regulating Jan. 6 Electoral Vote Count
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 12:14pm ESTCongress Approves Rules Regulating Jan. 6 Electoral Vote Count Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The House of Representatives and the Senate on Sunday adopted rules that outline how the counting of Electoral College votes will take place on Jan. 6. Then-Vice President Joe Biden (C), presides over the counting of […]
Trump To Present ‘Real Election Numbers’ During Monday Night Speech
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 11:55am ESTTrump To Present ‘Real Election Numbers’ During Monday Night Speech President Trump on Monday suggested that the election results can’t be certified due to “verifiably WRONG” numbers, and teased the release of “the real numbers” during a speech in Dalton, Georgia set for 8:30p.m. eastern time tonight. How can you certify an election when the […]
New Year Kicks Off With High Hopes, Mixed Signals
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 11:41am ESTNew Year Kicks Off With High Hopes, Mixed Signals By Bloomberg commentator Jan-Patrick Barnert The year that everyone is pinning their hopes on is finally here. After a late 2020 rally, however, market signals are mixed about the potential for stocks to climb the next leg higher. Here’s a quick look at where we are […]
Oil Prices Plunge After Russia Seeks Output Hike In February
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 11:26am ESTOil Prices Plunge After Russia Seeks Output Hike In February Exaggerated by equity weakness, oil prices have plunged from hope-filled overnight exuberance as OPEC+ meets (virtually) and Russia proposes a 500k b/d output hike for February. WTI tested up near $50 overnight before plunging back below $47.50 on the Russia headlines… Bloomberg reports that the […]
What’s Behind Today’s Sudden Selloff: The Answer Lies In Georgia
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 11:15am ESTWhat’s Behind Today’s Sudden Selloff: The Answer Lies In Georgia There has been some confusion about the catalyst behind this morning’s sudden market selloff which followed promptly after the S&P hit a fresh all time high. While there has been no single, definitive news catalyst, the answer for the risk weakness is to be found […]
South Korea’s Military Dispatches Anti-Piracy Unit To Gulf After Iran Seized Tanker
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 10:59am ESTSouth Korea’s Military Dispatches Anti-Piracy Unit To Gulf After Iran Seized Tanker South Korea has announced it is sending the military’s anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit to the Persian Gulf after Iran seized a South Korean-flagged tanker off the Islamic Republic’s southern coast Monday, according to Yonhap News. “The foreign ministry and the South Korean embassy in Iran have […]
2020 Was A Snack, 2021 Is The Main Course
ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 10:40am EST2020 Was A Snack, 2021 Is The Main Course Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, One of the dishes at the banquet of consequences that will surprise a great many revelers is the systemic failure of the Federal Reserve’s one-size-fits-all “solution” to every spot of bother: print another trillion dollars and give it […]