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  • The End Of Lockdowns Looms – What Is The Biggest Danger?

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 8:05am EDT

    The End Of Lockdowns Looms – What Is The Biggest Danger? Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com, “The vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.” It feels like the various market threads are now coming together. We’re getting close to […]

  • Crucial Test Of Equity Sentiment As Monster Earnings Week Awaits

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 7:42am EDT

    Crucial Test Of Equity Sentiment As Monster Earnings Week Awaits By Peter Garnry, Head of Equity Strategy, Saxo Bank Summary: We observe more signs of stabilization in equities with volatility markets normalizing and Italian government bonds coming back from the lows. But this week will be the ultimate test of sentiment with earnings from Apple, […]

  • New Zealand Prepares To Lift Lockdown As Dr. Birx Says US Will Continue ‘Social Distancing’ Until End Of Summer: Live Updates

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 7:26am EDT

    New Zealand Prepares To Lift Lockdown As Dr. Birx Says US Will Continue ‘Social Distancing’ Until End Of Summer: Live Updates The great international experiment of coronavirus lockdowns, a movement that at its peak left more than half of the world’s population facing at least some legal restrictions on freedom of movement, has officially entered […]

  • It’s Time To Convert Cruise Ships Into Oil Tankers

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 7:20am EDT

    It’s Time To Convert Cruise Ships Into Oil Tankers Submitted by The Stonk Market, via ValueWalk, “The cruise industry is fu$ked,” the voice of a worried CEO echoed through a Zoom meeting Friday morning.  “What in the hell are we going to do?” The cruise industry has officially cratered.  Bookings have dropped to levels never […]

  • Bill Gates Says His Foundation Is Abandoning Other Initiatives To ‘Focus 100%’ On Coronavirus

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 6:55am EDT

    Bill Gates Says His Foundation Is Abandoning Other Initiatives To ‘Focus 100%’ On Coronavirus In his latest attempt to undermine President Trump over his decision to cut funding to the WHO, Bill Gates has decided to dedicate the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – the world’s wealthiest charity – solely to battling the novel coronavirus. […]

  • Southern European Tourism (21% Of GDP) Is On Its Knees… Will It Ever Get Back Up Again?

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 6:30am EDT

    Southern European Tourism (21% Of GDP) Is On Its Knees… Will It Ever Get Back Up Again? Authored by Nick Corbishley via WolfStreet.com, The tourism industry is in the “eye of the hurricane”, says Manuel Butler, executive director of the World Tourism Organization. “It was the first sector to be afflicted by the virus crisis and, unlike […]

  • Tesla Reportedly Sending Workers Back To Fremont Before Stay-At-Home Orders Expire

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 6:00am EDT

    Tesla Reportedly Sending Workers Back To Fremont Before Stay-At-Home Orders Expire So far, Elon Musk has done nothing but embarrass himself and show blatant disregard for his employees during the coronavirus pandemic. He argued with Alameda County about having to shut down his Fremont factory and, in January, said that panic around the virus was […]

  • Since Inception, The Euro Has Devalued 85% Against Gold

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 5:30am EDT

    Since Inception, The Euro Has Devalued 85% Against Gold Authored by Jan Nieuwenhuijs for Voima Insight, Technically, the euro was launched on January 1, 1999, although euro notes and coins started circulating in January of 2002. The first gold price recorded in 1999 was €7,879 euros per Kg – or €7.88 euros per gram (we’ll […]

  • UK Removes China From Official COVID-19 Statistics Over Wonky Death Toll

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 4:55am EDT

    UK Removes China From Official COVID-19 Statistics Over Wonky Death Toll The UK has removed China from its official coronavirus statistics due to the CCP’s insistence that just 4,636 people have died of the disease despite clear evidence to the contrary. According to the Daily Mail, the move is a snub due to Beijing’s early […]

  • Is China Going To “Win” In The Corona-Crisis?

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 4:20am EDT

    Is China Going To “Win” In The Corona-Crisis? Authored by Amir Taheri via The Gatestone Institute, “Is China Winning?” This was the cover headline that the British weekly The Economist unfurled earlier this month for a lengthy report on how the major powers might emerge out of the current coronavirus crisis. This is not the first time […]

  • “I Want My Life Back” – German Anti-Lockdown Protests Worsen

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 3:45am EDT

    “I Want My Life Back” – German Anti-Lockdown Protests Worsen More than a thousand anti-quarantine protesters turned out for a rally in the German capital, Berlin, on Saturday, resulting in dozens of arrests. This is a continuation from last weekend as social decay worsens. Saturday’s protest saw mainly leftist activist but also a mix of right-wing […]

  • Paris Hospital Nurses Recreate ‘Last Supper’ With Themselves As Jesus & His Apostles

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 3:10am EDT

    Paris Hospital Nurses Recreate ‘Last Supper’ With Themselves As Jesus & His Apostles Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Nurses at a hospital in Paris took a break from dealing with coronavirus patients to re-create Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper painting with themselves playing the part of Jesus and his apostles. The […]

  • Norges Bank Considers Revoking Offer To Incoming Wealth Fund CEO After Left Wing Outrage Campaign

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 2:35am EDT

    Norges Bank Considers Revoking Offer To Incoming Wealth Fund CEO After Left Wing Outrage Campaign The scandal unfolding at Norway’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, one of the largest piles of oil capital in the world, is beginning to look less like an unseemly glimpse into the incestuous world of Norway’s elite, and more like […]

  • Even The EU Are A Bunch Of ‘Karens’: Barnier Complains About Brexit Negotiations

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 2:00am EDT

    Even The EU Are A Bunch Of ‘Karens’: Barnier Complains About Brexit Negotiations Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, ‘n Guns blog, So, this happened… EU lead negotiator for the free trade agreement with the United Kingdom is complaining in the press again. “The United Kingdom cannot refuse to extend the transition and at […]

  • A Navy Destroyer Is Heading To Port, Crippled By Another COVID-19 Outbreak At Sea

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 1:05am EDT

    A Navy Destroyer Is Heading To Port, Crippled By Another COVID-19 Outbreak At Sea Will yet another major US Navy warship be disabled by the coronavirus pandemic like the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier fiasco?  The Navy now reports its Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the USS Kidd has at least 33 confirmed COVID-19 cases among the crew, nearly […]

  • Here’s “Polyamory”: Multi-Partner Sexual-Rights Crusade On The Horizon

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 12:15am EDT

    Here’s “Polyamory”: Multi-Partner Sexual-Rights Crusade On The Horizon Authored by John Murawski via RealClearInvestigations.com, It was only a few months ago that someone last treated Cassie Johns like a freak. During a doctor’s office visit in February, she was asked to list her emergency contacts. Johns, a preschool teacher in Seattle, wrote down two people […]

  • Japan Printer Go Brrr As BOJ Launches Unlimited QE, Expands Corporate Bond Buying

    ZeroHedge - Apr 27th 2020 12:14am EDT

    Japan Printer Go Brrr As BOJ Launches Unlimited QE, Expands Corporate Bond Buying As was purposefully leaked last week to avoid any chance of market surprise, that giant monetary chemistry lab that is the Bank of Japan did precisely as had been reported, and on Monday morning the BOJ joined the Fed’s and announced it […]

  • “Driving The Gringos In The White House Crazy”: Iran & Venezuela Deepen Sanctions-Busting Cooperation

    ZeroHedge - Apr 26th 2020 11:50pm EDT

    “Driving The Gringos In The White House Crazy”: Iran & Venezuela Deepen Sanctions-Busting Cooperation Two so-called ‘rogue states’ recently targeted for US-imposed regime change are helping each other fight coronavirus as well as Washington-led sanctions.  Late last week it was revealed Venezuela received a huge boost in the form of oil refinery materials and chemicals to […]

  • COVID-19 Color-Revolution: California Declares Nation Statehood As Trump Moves To Quell ‘Mutiny’

    ZeroHedge - Apr 26th 2020 11:25pm EDT

    COVID-19 Color-Revolution: California Declares Nation Statehood As Trump Moves To Quell ‘Mutiny’ Authored by Joaquin Flores via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Bloomberg published a stunning piece on April 9th promoting the secession of California from the U.S., in an op-ed by Francis Wilkinson titled Gavin Newsom Declares California a ‘Nation-State’, which resurrected John C. Calhoun in […]

  • “We Haven’t Had A Crisis Like This”: Tom Barrack Says US Property Market Is In “Chaos”

    ZeroHedge - Apr 26th 2020 11:00pm EDT

    “We Haven’t Had A Crisis Like This”: Tom Barrack Says US Property Market Is In “Chaos” If there is one person who knows real estate, it’s Tom Barrack, and if what Tom Barrack sees in the US real estate market is accurate, a real estate crash worse than 2008 is coming. Speaking to Bloomberg TV, […]

  • Pandemic Opportunities Arise For Trump But Will He Take Them?

    ZeroHedge - Apr 26th 2020 10:35pm EDT

    Pandemic Opportunities Arise For Trump But Will He Take Them? Authored by Tim Kriby via The Strategic Culture Foundation, The Coronavirus Pandemic much like any crisis, in a political sense, opens the doors for new opportunities. It seems as though governments cannot make major changes without a strong boot in the rear from some set […]

  • Gov. Newsom Urges Californians “Stay Home” As Heatwave Sends Desperate Californians To Open Beaches

    ZeroHedge - Apr 26th 2020 10:10pm EDT

    Gov. Newsom Urges Californians “Stay Home” As Heatwave Sends Desperate Californians To Open Beaches Tens of thousands of people flooded beaches in Southern California over the weekend as the first major heatwave of the year strikes, even as Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded with everyone to stay home to flatten the pandemic curve.  Newsom tweeted Friday: “It’s going […]

  • Diamond Offshore Files For Bankruptcy

    ZeroHedge - Apr 26th 2020 9:50pm EDT

    Diamond Offshore Files For Bankruptcy Once upon a time, it was the most admired offshore drilling company in the US, and a perennial LBO candidate due to its rock-solid cashflows. A little over a decade later, the cashflows are gone, and Houston’s Diamond Offshore Drilling has just filed for bankruptcy listing debts of more than […]

  • Kadish: The US Needs To “Stop Playing The Chump”

    ZeroHedge - Apr 26th 2020 9:45pm EDT

    Kadish: The US Needs To “Stop Playing The Chump” Authored by Lawrence Kadish via The Gatestone Institute, The United States needs to stop playing the chump… For generations America has fattened up the very nations that would seek to destroy us.   Prior to Tokyo’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans bought Japanese goods, helping pay […]

  • US Beefs Up Gunship Presence In Gulf Ready To Back Trump’s Iran ‘Red Line’

    ZeroHedge - Apr 26th 2020 9:20pm EDT

    US Beefs Up Gunship Presence In Gulf Ready To Back Trump’s Iran ‘Red Line’ American forces in the Persian Gulf have greatly bolstered their ability to respond to Iran at a moment President Trump has renewed trading threats and barbs with the Islamic Republic, ordering the US Navy “to shoot down and destroy any and all […]