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  • Nasdaq Futures Tumble, Stocks Slide As SoftBank Unwinds, Dollar Jumps

    ZeroHedge - Sep 8th 2020 7:51am EDT

    Nasdaq Futures Tumble, Stocks Slide As SoftBank Unwinds, Dollar Jumps Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2020 – 07:51 If SoftBank’s presence in the public markets was enough to send global markets to 9 consecutive all time highs while stretching tech valuations to unprecedented levels, then it is to be expected that SoftBank’s unwind of its notorious “Nasdaq […]

  • Byron Wien Warns “This Market Is Vulnerable”

    ZeroHedge - Sep 8th 2020 6:00am EDT

    Byron Wien Warns “This Market Is Vulnerable” Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2020 – 06:00 Authored by Christoph Gisiger via TheMarket.ch, Blackstone’s market maven Byron Wien sees a significant correction risk. He warns of rising speculation in the stock market, the vulnerable state of the U.S. economy and possible turmoil in the course of the presidential election. […]

  • US Troops & Abrams Tanks Arrive In Lithuania For Military Drills Along Border With Belarus

    ZeroHedge - Sep 8th 2020 5:30am EDT

    US Troops & Abrams Tanks Arrive In Lithuania For Military Drills Along Border With Belarus Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2020 – 05:30 Weeks ago NATO formally rejected embattled President Alexander Lukashenko’s claim that the military alliance was busy building up forces along border areas with Belarus. “NATO troops are at our gates. Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and … Ukraine are ordering […]

  • Wealth Tax – A Warning To (All) Taxpayers

    ZeroHedge - Sep 8th 2020 5:00am EDT

    Wealth Tax – A Warning To (All) Taxpayers Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2020 – 05:00 Authored by Thor Lihaug via TheDuran.com, Over the last two decades, Western economies have been increasingly driven by debt.  A significant contributor to the 2008 stock market crash was unsustainable debt.   How did we fix the problem? We loaned even […]

  • Confiscating Books In Sweden

    ZeroHedge - Sep 8th 2020 3:30am EDT

    Confiscating Books In Sweden Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2020 – 03:30 Authored by Judith Bergman via The Gatestone Institute, In June, four armed Swedish police officers seized and confiscated the entire stock of the book Det här är en svensk tiger (“This is a Swedish Tiger”), written by Swedish author and standup comedian, Aron Flam. The book tells the story […]

  • Kremlin Says NATO Jets Engaged In “Mock Missile Strikes” Against Russia

    ZeroHedge - Sep 8th 2020 2:45am EDT

    Kremlin Says NATO Jets Engaged In “Mock Missile Strikes” Against Russia Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2020 – 02:45 The Kremlin has lashed out at US and NATO forces, saying amid the ongoing tit-for-tat intercepts over the Black and Baltic Seas, NATO is dangerously escalating its tactics to include “mock missile strikes” targeting Russian border areas.  Defense Minister […]

  • WWII: How An Error Turned The Tide During The Battle Of Britain

    ZeroHedge - Sep 8th 2020 2:00am EDT

    WWII: How An Error Turned The Tide During The Battle Of Britain Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2020 – 02:00 Authored by Brad Bird via The Epoch Times, Eighty years ago this month one of the great turning points of the Second World War took place, one that saved the radar and airfield defences of an England on the […]

  • At A Time Of Rapidly Creeping Authoritarianism, Assange’s Case Is More Crucial Than Ever

    ZeroHedge - Sep 8th 2020 12:00am EDT

    At A Time Of Rapidly Creeping Authoritarianism, Assange’s Case Is More Crucial Than Ever Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2020 – 00:00 Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com, My home state of Victoria has become the center of attention in the anti-lockdown movement for its authoritarian crackdown against not just people who are in violation of lockdown […]

  • Global Times Announces New Tesla Service Center Hours After Video Surfaces Of Dramatic Crash Aftermath

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 11:30pm EDT

    Global Times Announces New Tesla Service Center Hours After Video Surfaces Of Dramatic Crash Aftermath Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 23:30 In what may or may not be damage control from Tesla, the CCP – or both – Tesla is suddenly reportedly setting up a new sales and service company in Southwest China, according to a […]

  • New York Assistant Principal Under Fire For Video Screaming “F**k The Police”

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 11:00pm EDT

    New York Assistant Principal Under Fire For Video Screaming “F**k The Police” Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 23:00 Authored by Jonathan Turley, Steven Lysenko clearly is not part of the Blue Lives Matter movement.  Lysenko was shown recently on a video screaming “F**k the Police” and other profanities. That is a common form of political […]

  • India Test Fires ‘NextGen Hypersonic Weapon’ As Border Tensions With China Surge

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 10:30pm EDT

    India Test Fires ‘NextGen Hypersonic Weapon’ As Border Tensions With China Surge Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 22:30 With a military standoff between India and China intensifying, the Indian military has decided to increase geopolitical instabilities in the region, on Monday, as it test-fired a new class of ultra-modern weapons that can travel at hypersonic speeds.  The Defence […]

  • Stockman Sidesteps ‘Systemic Racism’, Says Real Evil Is “Relentless Aggrandizement Of State Power”

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 10:00pm EDT

    Stockman Sidesteps ‘Systemic Racism’, Says Real Evil Is “Relentless Aggrandizement Of State Power” Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 22:00 Authored by David Stockman via The Future of Freedom Foundation, Law And Order Howling When all else fails, Fake Republicans like Richard Nixon back in the day and Donald Trump today turn to “Law & Order” […]

  • “No Recovery In Sight”: Container Volumes At The Port Of Los Angeles Flatline

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 9:00pm EDT

    “No Recovery In Sight”: Container Volumes At The Port Of Los Angeles Flatline Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 21:00 Submitted by Christopher Dembik, head of macro analysis at Saxo Bank In today’s edition, we focus once again on global trade and the U.S. economy in these unusual circumstances. One of our favorite coincident trade indicators […]

  • Dear Gavin Newsom, Explain This $hit!!!

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 8:30pm EDT

    Dear Gavin Newsom, Explain This $hit!!! Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 20:30 We are sure, somewhere deep down in the bureaucracy of banality that is California’s representative government, there is good reason for each of these ‘policies’… but seriously, one could be forgiven for thinking that the Golden State’s massive liberal majority is just making […]

  • “It Was Like Stepping On My D*ck”: Jake Tapper Reamed Buzzfeed Ben For Steele Dossier Upstage

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 8:00pm EDT

    “It Was Like Stepping On My D*ck”: Jake Tapper Reamed Buzzfeed Ben For Steele Dossier Upstage Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 20:00 Hours after CNN reported the existence of the now-infamous Steele Dossier on January 10, 2017 – choosing to withhold key details because they hadn’t been “independently corroborated,” BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith decided to kick […]

  • Beijing Delays Visas For Journalists From WSJ, CNN & Bloomberg As President Xi Cracks Down On Dissent

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 7:35pm EDT

    Beijing Delays Visas For Journalists From WSJ, CNN & Bloomberg As President Xi Cracks Down On Dissent Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 19:35 In its latest attack on Western journalists that’s part of both a broader “New Cold War” with the US, and a crackdown on dissent in the aftermath of the pandemic, engineered by […]

  • California (Quietly) Limits Unpopular Law That Restricted Freelancers

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 7:10pm EDT

    California (Quietly) Limits Unpopular Law That Restricted Freelancers Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 19:10 Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, California Gov. Gavin Newsom quietly signed a law on Sept. 4 repealing parts of an unpopular law that put independent contractors in the state out of work and limited the earnings of freelancers, including […]

  • Goldman Warns Of “Near-Term Setback” For Stocks As Record Bullish Nasdaq Sentiment Suffers Near-Record Shock

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 6:45pm EDT

    Goldman Warns Of “Near-Term Setback” For Stocks As Record Bullish Nasdaq Sentiment Suffers Near-Record Shock Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 18:45 In a stark reminder of the market excesses reached last week, Goldman writes that the Nasdaq had one of the largest 2-day declines in the last 30 years after the SoftBank gamma trade was […]

  • How Do Trump & Biden Compare On Support From Military?

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 6:20pm EDT

    How Do Trump & Biden Compare On Support From Military? Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 18:20 Authored by Karl Evers-Hillstrom via OpenSecrets.org, President Donald Trump is edging out Democratic nominee Joe Biden in political donations from members of the military, even as more U.S. troops say they would vote for Biden over their current commander in chief. Trump has […]

  • Daily Briefing – September 7, 2020

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 6:10pm EDT

    Daily Briefing – September 7, 2020 Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 18:10 In this Real Vision Daily Briefing, managing editor, Ed Harrison, and senior editor, Ash Bennington, answer questions from Real Vision subscribers, about markets, their respective journeys, as well as Real Vision itself. Ed shares his experience of working in the foreign service, and […]

  • Old Man Winter To Plunge Restaurants Into Further Chaos

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 5:55pm EDT

    Old Man Winter To Plunge Restaurants Into Further Chaos Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 17:55 Expanded patios have been key to survival for some restaurants, clubs, and entertainment venues able to make up for the lost indoor space due to public health orders limiting capacity, or, in some cases, outright banning indoor gatherings. With fall and winter steadily approaching, […]

  • O’Reilly: What’s The ‘Matter’ With BLM?

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 5:30pm EDT

    O’Reilly: What’s The ‘Matter’ With BLM? Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 17:30 Authored by Bill O’Reilly, A friend of mine has a sign on his lawn that says “Black Lives Matter.” Since I grew up with him in Levittown, New York, where blacks were not allowed to purchase homes, that piqued my interest. He explained […]

  • NYC Commercial Real Estate Sales Plummet 54% To Lowest On Record

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 5:05pm EDT

    NYC Commercial Real Estate Sales Plummet 54% To Lowest On Record Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 17:05 While Wall Street debates if it is time to move on from the Big Short 2.0 (malls) to the Big Short 3.0 (hotels), the broader commercial real estate market continues to implode and nowhere more so than in […]

  • Trump Mulls Decoupling US From China: “If Biden Wins, China Will Own This Country”

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 4:15pm EDT

    Trump Mulls Decoupling US From China: “If Biden Wins, China Will Own This Country” Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 16:15 Tapping into the candidate of the 2016 campaign who repeatedly pledged to “bring back” US companies to American soil, the president has made some bombshell Labor Day remarks strongly hinting at decoupling the US and Chinese […]

  • The Fed’s Dilemma: Support Jobs or Head Off Asset Bubble

    ZeroHedge - Sep 7th 2020 3:50pm EDT

    The Fed’s Dilemma: Support Jobs or Head Off Asset Bubble Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 15:50 Submitted by Masao Muraki, strategist at SMBC Nikko Securities On 3 Sep, US tech stocks plunged and the VIX rose. Meanwhile, US bank stocks outperformed the S&P500 by 2.8%. Since March we have highlighted the possibility that the Fed’s […]