• Morgan Stanley Asks When Emerging Markets Will Get On The Reflation Train

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 3:00pm EDT

    Morgan Stanley Asks When Emerging Markets Will Get On The Reflation Train Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 15:00 By Chetan Ahya, Morgan Stanley’s Chief Economist and Global Head of Economics When Will EMs Get on the Global Reflation Train? The global economy has been on a strong run since its historic contraction last quarter, and […]

  • California Judge Strikes Down Trump’s WeChat Ban Over First Amendment Concerns

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 2:35pm EDT

    California Judge Strikes Down Trump’s WeChat Ban Over First Amendment Concerns Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 14:35 In what has become a sideshow to the TikTok drama consuming the business press, President Trump gave his “blessing” to the proposed deal to spin off TikTok’s global business into a US-based company, averting a Sunday night deadline […]

  • Is It Time For El-Erian To Be A Fed President?

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 2:10pm EDT

    Is It Time For El-Erian To Be A Fed President? Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 14:10 Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, Economic advisor Mohamed A. El-Erian discusses Fed goals and the methods to achieve them. He has a much different take than the current set of groupthink members. Feasible vs Desirable Please consider The Fed […]

  • Biden Gets Softballs, While Trump Gets Balls Busted

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 1:45pm EDT

    Biden Gets Softballs, While Trump Gets Balls Busted Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 13:45 With the election just 44 days away, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are both campaigning as hard as they can; with Trump giving hour-long speeches to stadiums packed with energized supporters, and Biden struggling to read from a […]

  • Dozens Of US Tanker Trucks Filled With Oil Leave Syria For Iraq

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 1:20pm EDT

    Dozens Of US Tanker Trucks Filled With Oil Leave Syria For Iraq Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 13:20 Via AlMasdarNews.com, The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that the American forces transferred a large amount of oil from eastern Syria to Iraq over the weekend. The agency quoted local sources as saying that “a convoy […]

  • MSM Welcomes “Whistleblowers” Reporting Partying College Students Breaking COVID Rules

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 12:55pm EDT

    MSM Welcomes “Whistleblowers” Reporting Partying College Students Breaking COVID Rules Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 12:55 A recent report in Reuters takes the surprising step of hailing college students who report friends and fellow students for breaking COVID-19 social distancing rules as “whistleblowers”.  “As some U.S. college students party, others blow the whistle,” Reuters says. […]

  • Bias

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 12:30pm EDT

    Bias Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 12:30 By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management Bias S&P 500 implied volatility remained unusually elevated even as the index erased Q1 losses and hit all-time highs. Like most things in markets, there are no definitive explanations, only theories. The Nov 3rd election supports implied vol (election-day […]

  • Madrid Braces For Lockdown As UK Nears COVID-19 “Tipping Point”: Live Updates

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 12:09pm EDT

    Madrid Braces For Lockdown As UK Nears COVID-19 “Tipping Point”: Live Updates Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 12:09 Summary: Madrid braces for lockdown UK Health Secretary warns action coming US outbreak slows to 41k new cases California, New York cases accelerate Germany sees cases decline Belgium cases top 100k Russia tops 6k again * * […]

  • Iran’s Rouhani Vows “Crushing Response” After Pompeo Declares Restoration Of All Sanctions 

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 11:45am EDT

    Iran’s Rouhani Vows “Crushing Response” After Pompeo Declares Restoration Of All Sanctions  Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 11:45 Pompeo on Saturday announced the restoration of all sanctions on Iran, following the expiration of a 30-day window for the Islamic Republic to come back into conformity to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). But as even […]

  • “Not There Yet” – The Correction Continues

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 11:20am EDT

    “Not There Yet” – The Correction Continues Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 11:20 Authored by Bryce Coward via Knowledge Leaders Capital blog, We’ve been writing for the last month about the risks, and then the corrective activity in the stock market. Even as the market didn’t peak until the first few days of September, it […]

  • “We Have Our Options”: Pelosi Doesn’t Rule Out Impeachment Over Supreme Court Pick

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 10:55am EDT

    “We Have Our Options”: Pelosi Doesn’t Rule Out Impeachment Over Supreme Court Pick Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 10:55 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) didn’t bat an eye when ABC “This Week” host and former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos floats the idea of impeaching President Trump over filling the vacancy on the Supreme Court following […]

  • Trump ‘Blesses’ Deal Valuing TikTok At $60 Billion As ByteDance Keeps ‘Secret Sauce’

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 10:31am EDT

    Trump ‘Blesses’ Deal Valuing TikTok At $60 Billion As ByteDance Keeps ‘Secret Sauce’ Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 10:31 Last night, TikTok parent ByteDance denied President Trump’s boasts about a $5 billion fund to finance the teaching of ‘the real American history’. Despite this, the deal appears to still be moving forward, at least, according […]

  • Here Are The Most Popular ESG Fund Holdings

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 9:55am EDT

    Here Are The Most Popular ESG Fund Holdings Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 09:55 Every several years it’s same old: not long after the start of the post-crisis era, the investing craze du jour was solar, followed by 3D printers and cloud stocks; when that fizzled it was replaced with craft burgers/sandwiches which then morphed […]

  • Biden Refuses To Release List Of Supreme Court Contenders

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 9:37am EDT

    Biden Refuses To Release List Of Supreme Court Contenders Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 09:37 It’s no secret that Republicans take filling judgeships much more seriously than Democrats. President Trump released his first list of prospective Supreme Court nominees before he was even elected, back in September 2016, and – in what was taken at […]

  • The Criminal Prosecution Of Boeing Executives Should Begin

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 9:14am EDT

    The Criminal Prosecution Of Boeing Executives Should Begin Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 09:14 Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, Damning details of purposeful malfeasance by Boeing executives emerged in a Congressional investigation. FAA, Boeing Blasted Over 737 MAX Failures On Wednesday, the Transportation Committee Blasted FAA, Boeing Over 737 MAX Failures The 238-page document, written […]

  • US Close To Declaring Qatar Major Non-NATO Ally, Deepening Military Ties

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 8:45am EDT

    US Close To Declaring Qatar Major Non-NATO Ally, Deepening Military Ties Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 08:45 Despite this week’s “shock” Trump administration announcement that Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera must now register in the United States as a ‘foreign agent’, Washington ties with the tiny oil and gas rich monarchy continues to warm, especially […]

  • Iranian Court Orders The Amputation of The Fingers Of Three Teenagers Under Sharia Law

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 8:10am EDT

    Iranian Court Orders The Amputation of The Fingers Of Three Teenagers Under Sharia Law Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 08:10 Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have previously discussed the brutality of Islamic nations enforcing medieval Sharia law. Iran has given the world another shocking addition to the long list of beheadings, floggings, and other forms […]

  • Russia ‘Forced’ To Create Hypersonic Missiles After US Exited Landmark Treaty: Putin

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 7:35am EDT

    Russia ‘Forced’ To Create Hypersonic Missiles After US Exited Landmark Treaty: Putin Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 07:35 Vladimir Putin has blamed the United States for Russia’s development of hypersonic weapons, saying specifically it was ultimately Washington’s withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty) in 2002 which triggered the experimental defense technology program.  As the […]

  • Brexit: Why Does Europe Continue To Speak English?

    ZeroHedge - Sep 20th 2020 7:00am EDT

    Brexit: Why Does Europe Continue To Speak English? Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 07:00 Authored by Tim Kirby via The Strategic Culture Foundation, The seemingly longest divorce proceedings in history continue as the United Kingdom is still struggling to ever so slowly wiggle its way out of the EU. The British are trying to work out […]

  • The Possible Limits Of China-Russia Cooperation

    ZeroHedge - Sep 19th 2020 11:30pm EDT

    The Possible Limits Of China-Russia Cooperation Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2020 – 23:30 Authored by Lawrence Franklin via The Gatestone Institute, China and Russia’s coordinated policies in foreign affairs and economic endeavors belie deep-seated fissures that might well prevent their current period of cooperation from evolving into a sustained alliance. Despite China’s planned participation in Russia’s […]

  • Popular Children’s App Allegedly Requests Minor To Take Naked Pictures

    ZeroHedge - Sep 19th 2020 11:00pm EDT

    Popular Children’s App Allegedly Requests Minor To Take Naked Pictures Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2020 – 23:00 A shocking claim, made by one parent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, alleges a popular smartphone app designed for children asked a  5-year-old user to take naked pictures of themselves and siblings while in the bathroom and threatened to strangle the child if […]

  • Taibbi: The Post-Objectivity Era

    ZeroHedge - Sep 19th 2020 10:30pm EDT

    Taibbi: The Post-Objectivity Era Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2020 – 22:30 Authored by Matt Taibbi via taibbi.substack.com From a speech given this week to the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Penn State University: We live in a time of incredible political division. Many of us have had the experience of talking to someone whose idea of reality […]

  • “Nobody Is Here!” – Movie Theaters Reopen, Audiences Stay Away

    ZeroHedge - Sep 19th 2020 10:00pm EDT

    “Nobody Is Here!” – Movie Theaters Reopen, Audiences Stay Away Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2020 – 22:00 “If you build it, they will come.” That moto was popularized by Kevin Costner’s character in the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, but such advice today in a post-pandemic world is bullshit. Take, for, example, Christopher Nolan’s movie Tenet, released […]

  • Too Much Centralization Is Turning Everything Into A Political Crisis

    ZeroHedge - Sep 19th 2020 9:30pm EDT

    Too Much Centralization Is Turning Everything Into A Political Crisis Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2020 – 21:30 Authored by Porter Burkett via The Mises Institute, Is American politics reaching a breaking point? A recent study by researchers from Brown and Stanford Universities certainly paints a grim picture of the state of the national discourse. The study attempts to […]

  • “Peak” SPAC: Playboy Enterprises Considering Going Public Through Blank Check Company

    ZeroHedge - Sep 19th 2020 9:00pm EDT

    “Peak” SPAC: Playboy Enterprises Considering Going Public Through Blank Check Company Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2020 – 21:00 Just because Playboy magazine no longer exists shouldn’t mean that the company shouldn’t have access to tap the capital markets in what is becoming the trendiest way on Wall Street: a SPAC. Playboy Enterprises could be the next […]