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  • Space Force Starts Recruiting With First Ad: “Maybe Your Purpose Isn’t On This Planet”

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 6:45pm EDT

    Space Force Starts Recruiting With First Ad: “Maybe Your Purpose Isn’t On This Planet” Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 18:45 Authored by Jake Anderson via TheMindUnleashed.com, Less than two years from when President Trump announced the creation of the 6th major division of the United States Armed Forces, Space Force has launched its first commercial, […]

  • Daily Briefing – May 14, 2020

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 6:40pm EDT

    Daily Briefing – May 14, 2020 Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 18:40 Real Vision’s Managing Editor Ed Harrison is joined by Roger Hirst to discuss the latest developments in markets, macro, and the coronavirus crisis. Peter Cooper talks about how China, Hong Kong, and South Korea are facing setbacks with a new wave of cases.

  • Free COVID Testing For Ultra Rich At This Miami Condo High Rise 

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 6:25pm EDT

    Free COVID Testing For Ultra Rich At This Miami Condo High Rise  Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 18:25 It must be wonderful being ultra-rich in South Florida, living in a multi-million dollar flat overlooking the clear blue water. What’s even better about being an elite in a pandemic is that you can receive free virus testing while some parts […]

  • Crisis & 2020 Election: Investors Should Brace For An Earthquake Of Change

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 6:05pm EDT

    Crisis & 2020 Election: Investors Should Brace For An Earthquake Of Change Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 18:05 Submitted by Joseph Carson, former chief economist of Allianz Crisis often produces a dramatic and unpredictable change in economics, finance, and politics.  If history is a guide investors should brace for an earthquake of change. Political change […]

  • “These Threats Will Not Be Taken Lightly”: States Mull Crackdown On Intentional Corona Spreaders

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 5:45pm EDT

    “These Threats Will Not Be Taken Lightly”: States Mull Crackdown On Intentional Corona Spreaders Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 17:45 With the country paralyzed by lockdowns and more than 2/3 of Americans  afraid to go back to work once they’re lifted, fear of catching coronavirus has gripped large swaths of the country. Playing on that […]

  • The Collapse Of Main Street And Local Tax Revenues Cannot Be Reversed

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 5:25pm EDT

    The Collapse Of Main Street And Local Tax Revenues Cannot Be Reversed Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 17:25 Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The core problem is the U.S. economy has been fully financialized, and so costs are unaffordable. To understand the long-term consequences of the pandemic on Main Street and local […]

  • The Fed’s Visible Hand: Powell Buys $305 Million In ETFs In Two Days

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 5:19pm EDT

    The Fed’s Visible Hand: Powell Buys $305 Million In ETFs In Two Days Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 17:19 On Tuesday, the US officially crossed over into some bizarro version of a crony, centrally-planned mandated pricing model that is anything but a market when the Fed started buying corporate bond ETFs for the first time […]

  • Has President Trump Figured Out That Anthony Fauci Is A Con Man?

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 4:45pm EDT

    Has President Trump Figured Out That Anthony Fauci Is A Con Man? Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 16:45 Authored by David Stockman via Economic Policy Journal, If you don’t think the fix is in, please take note of the big news of the morning. Namely, that the allegedly ultra-busy Dr. Fauci had time last evening […]

  • Strategist: I Have Received More Emails From People Who Are Bullish Because “Everyone” Is Bearish, Than From Actual Bears

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 4:25pm EDT

    Strategist: I Have Received More Emails From People Who Are Bullish Because “Everyone” Is Bearish, Than From Actual Bears Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 16:25 The time to buy is when there is blood (or a viral pandemic) in the streets and everyone is bearish, right? “Of course” the bulls will yell, and even without […]

  • Banks, Bonds, Black Gold, Bitcoin, & Bullion Bounce Despite Jobspocalypse

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 4:01pm EDT

    Banks, Bonds, Black Gold, Bitcoin, & Bullion Bounce Despite Jobspocalypse Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 16:01 Over 36 million newly jobless Americans in the last 8 weeks… and the Nasdaq is up over 30% in the same period… Mixed bag in US stocks today (more below) with Dow best, Small Caps and Trannies lagged… This […]

  • Three Reminders From The Bill Of Rights

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 3:45pm EDT

    Three Reminders From The Bill Of Rights Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 15:45 Authored by Jacob Hornberger via The Future of Freedom Foundation, As a condition for accepting the Constitution, the American people demanded the enactment of the Bill of Rights immediately after ratification of the Constitution. They had been assured that the Constitution was […]

  • Connecticut Fat Finger: In Absurd Comma Separator Error, State Reported 298,680 Jobless Claims, Really Meant 29,846

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 3:43pm EDT

    Connecticut Fat Finger: In Absurd Comma Separator Error, State Reported 298,680 Jobless Claims, Really Meant 29,846 Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 15:43 Just when we thought we’d seen it all, here comes Connecticut. Earlier this morning, when reporting on the latest surge in initial claims, which came in just under 3 million or half a […]

  • Buffet-Goers Beware: Shocking Video Shows Just How Easily Coronavirus Can Spread

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 3:31pm EDT

    Buffet-Goers Beware: Shocking Video Shows Just How Easily Coronavirus Can Spread Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 15:31 An experiment recently carried out by Japanese TV News channel NHK in partnership with a team of scientists demonstrated how easily the virus could spread at a crowded event. The 10 test subjects who agreed to participate in […]

  • Markowski: Secular Nature Of The Stock Market & Fed’s Uphill Battle

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 3:15pm EDT

    Markowski: Secular Nature Of The Stock Market & Fed’s Uphill Battle Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 15:15 Authored by Michael Markowski via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The secular nature of the stock market is well documented. The S&P 500’s rally from its March 2020 low to within 13.2% of its 2020 high has been primarily fueled by the […]

  • Quartz Fires Nearly Half Of Its Journalists, Blames COVID For Failure Of Subscription Strategy

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 3:00pm EDT

    Quartz Fires Nearly Half Of Its Journalists, Blames COVID For Failure Of Subscription Strategy Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 15:00 Quartz, once a pioneering and extremely trendy source for business and economic news that produced several journalist blue-check super-stars who have mostly since moved on to different outlets as the company became increasingly irrelevant after […]

  • Fed Chair Powell’s ‘Solution’ Is The Root Of The Problem

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 2:45pm EDT

    Fed Chair Powell’s ‘Solution’ Is The Root Of The Problem Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 14:45 Authored by Michael Maharrey via SchiffGold.com, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell went negative in a webcast speech on Wednesday, May 13. I’m not talking about negative interest rates, although that could be coming down the pike as well. Powell went negative on the […]

  • Traders Mock Powell As Negative Rate Bets Surge

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 2:30pm EDT

    Traders Mock Powell As Negative Rate Bets Surge Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 14:30 If Jerome Powell hoped that he had put to rest the topic – and debate- of negative interest rates in the US (if only for a few weeks) he failed. One day after Powell’s ad hoc appearance in a Peterson Institute […]

  • Bank Of Mexico Cuts Rates By 50bps To 5.50% As Expected

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 2:15pm EDT

    Bank Of Mexico Cuts Rates By 50bps To 5.50% As Expected Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 14:15 Heading into today’s rate cut decision by the Mexican Central Bank, analysts were nearly unanimous, with 20 out of the 22 analysts expecting a 50bpcut, 1 a 75bp cut, and the remaining one 100bp. The majority was right, […]

  • Wall Street Bonuses Set To Drop By Up To 30%

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 2:00pm EDT

    Wall Street Bonuses Set To Drop By Up To 30% Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 14:00 A chaotic year for finance professionals, which has seen their routine upended with many forced to work from home and unable to frequent their favorite watering holes and strip clubs with buddies after work, is about to get even […]

  • The Real Killer Is COVID-Lockdown-Driven Unemployment

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 1:45pm EDT

    The Real Killer Is COVID-Lockdown-Driven Unemployment Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 13:45 Authored by Christopher Dembik, head of Macro Analysis at Saxo, Summary:   Today, the U.S. Federal Reserve will release a survey confirming the economy is doomed for a long and painful downturn. Chairman Powell said in a webinar at the Peterson Institute for International […]

  • What Real-Time Indicators Say About The True State Of The US And Global Economy

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 1:30pm EDT

    What Real-Time Indicators Say About The True State Of The US And Global Economy Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 13:30 With the official GDP update on the current state of the US economy not due for months, we take a look at the latest real-time indicators compiled by some of the largest banks. We start […]

  • US-Backed Forces Seize Syrian Commercial Bank In Oil-Rich Northeast Province

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 1:15pm EDT

    US-Backed Forces Seize Syrian Commercial Bank In Oil-Rich Northeast Province Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 13:15 Via AlMasdarNews.com, U.S.-backed forces have seized a Syrian Commercial Bank branch in the Al-Hasakah Governorate, as they expelled all the employees inside the building and established full control over the site. The Syrian Commercial Bank is the largest commercial bank […]

  • “Elon Is An Arrogant Ass”: Green Energy Blog Unloads On Tesla CEO In Stunning Diatribe

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 1:00pm EDT

    “Elon Is An Arrogant Ass”: Green Energy Blog Unloads On Tesla CEO In Stunning Diatribe Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 13:00 It’s been an interesting experiment over the last 72 hours, watching the former liberal poster-boy Elon Musk’s approval rating with Democrats and the left decline sharply, while being embraced by such right wing icons […]

  • Impeachment Boomerang: Contacts Exposed Between US Embassy & Hunter Biden-Connected Ukraine Energy Firm

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 12:47pm EDT

    Impeachment Boomerang: Contacts Exposed Between US Embassy & Hunter Biden-Connected Ukraine Energy Firm Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 12:47 Authored by John Solomon via JustTheNews.com, During President Trump’s impeachment, former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch testified to Congress that she knew little beyond an initial briefing and “press reports” about Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian natural gas […]

  • Burundi Becomes 2nd African Nation To Expel WHO

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2020 12:25pm EDT

    Burundi Becomes 2nd African Nation To Expel WHO Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 12:25 Tanzania isn’t the only African country that’s asked the WHO to pack its things and get out. Reuters reports That Burundi is expelling the national head of the WHO and three of his subordinates as the country prepares for a presidential […]