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  • Here Are Some Things You Can Control In An Out-Of-Control World

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 6:05pm EDT

    Here Are Some Things You Can Control In An Out-Of-Control World Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog, It seems like lately, all the news is bad news and every day we’re losing more autonomy over our lives. 2020 has been “interesting” so far, to put it mildly. When the world seems so […]

  • Investing Is Dead: State Street Now Selling ETFs That Will Be Bought By The Fed

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 5:45pm EDT

    Investing Is Dead: State Street Now Selling ETFs That Will Be Bought By The Fed Two days ago we were shocked when we read a blog post by one of the most powerful investors in the world, the head of the global asset allocation at the world’s largest asset manager, Blackrock, who explained that in […]

  • Foxes In The Henhouse… Who Decides Where Bailout Money Goes?

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 5:25pm EDT

    Foxes In The Henhouse… Who Decides Where Bailout Money Goes? Authored by Peter Ewart via PGDailyNews.com, In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, trillions of bailout dollars in the U.S. and Canada are about to be fire hosed into particular areas of the economy.  Given that this is public money held by governments, who decides […]

  • US Futures Soar On Report Of Positive Results From Gilead Drug

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 5:06pm EDT

    US Futures Soar On Report Of Positive Results From Gilead Drug US equity futures are soaring after-hours following headlines from STAT news that Gilead Sciences’ experimental COVID-19 vaccine drug remdesivir is  “seeing rapid recoveries in fever and respiratory symptoms.” Almost all patients were discharged in under than a week, and only two patients died, STAT […]

  • Angry China Refutes “Groundless” US Charge It Conducted Banned Nuke Test

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 5:05pm EDT

    Angry China Refutes “Groundless” US Charge It Conducted Banned Nuke Test Though for the past two months global headlines have been consumed by non-stop coronavirus developments, since the weekend there’s been a sudden uptick in significant geopolitical events signalling tensions are rising in relation to various countries’ responses to the pandemic, including sanctions and tit-for-tat issues of […]

  • Facebook Cancels All Large Gatherings Until June 2021

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 4:59pm EDT

    Facebook Cancels All Large Gatherings Until June 2021 For anyone seeking guidance on the timeline of the US reopening, look no further than the most connected – literally – man in the world, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who just canceled all “large physical events” the firm had planned with 50 or more people until June […]

  • How To Think About The Fed Now

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 4:45pm EDT

    How To Think About The Fed Now Authored by Jeff Deist via The Mises Institute, [This text is excerpted from the introduction to Anatomy of the Crash, a Mises Institute ebook to be released in April 2020.] The Great Crash of 2020 was not caused by a virus… It was precipitated by the virus, and made worse by the […]

  • Conflict Of Interest: Facebook ‘Fact Checker’ Worked At Wuhan Biolab; Ruled Out Virus-Leak While ‘Debunking’ Articles

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 4:25pm EDT

    Conflict Of Interest: Facebook ‘Fact Checker’ Worked At Wuhan Biolab; Ruled Out Virus-Leak While ‘Debunking’ Articles A Facebook fact checker who has ‘debunked’ articles suggesting that COVID-19 may have leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) has a giant conflict of interest; she worked at the institute – which is now suspected of accidentally […]

  • Stocks Surge On Soaring Unemployment For 4th Week In A Row

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 4:01pm EDT

    Stocks Surge On Soaring Unemployment For 4th Week In A Row S&P is up 255.4 point cumulatively each Thursday in the past 4 weeks; over the same period we have lost 22.03 million jobs. Consumer Comfort has collapsed back below when Trump was elected Source: Bloomberg Overall macro-economic data has never disappointed and fallen this […]

  • Every Resident Of This Super-Wealthy Florida Island Has Been Given Access To COVID-Antibody-Testing

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 3:55pm EDT

    Every Resident Of This Super-Wealthy Florida Island Has Been Given Access To COVID-Antibody-Testing Antibody testing is going to be the next big project in attempting to understand and control the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. It’ll give us data not only on who currently has the virus, but much needed data on who has already had the virus.  […]

  • Boris Johnson’s Stand-In Backs Up Trump On China: “We’ll Have To Ask Some Hard Questions”

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 3:40pm EDT

    Boris Johnson’s Stand-In Backs Up Trump On China: “We’ll Have To Ask Some Hard Questions” Every Buzzfeed-reading lib who immediately dismissed reports about the real provenance of SARS-CoV-2 as just another White House smoke bomb should take note: UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, the man who is Britain’s de jure leader while Boris Johnson convalesces, […]

  • Bullard Warns “Depression” Is Possible; Says Americans Should Wear A Badge With Covid Test Results

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 3:36pm EDT

    Bullard Warns “Depression” Is Possible; Says Americans Should Wear A Badge With Covid Test Results One month ago, St Louis President James Bullard drastically reduced his chances to be the next Fed chairman when he was the first to predict (correctly) that Q2 unemployment may soar to 30% with GDP plunging 50%, an economic collapse […]

  • These Are The “Fake News” Sites That Told You ‘Distrusting China Over Coronavirus Was Dangerous’

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 3:26pm EDT

    These Are The “Fake News” Sites That Told You ‘Distrusting China Over Coronavirus Was Dangerous’ Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, Numerous virology experts are now on record as saying it cannot be dismissed, and multiple government and intelligence sources have confirmed that investigations are underway into the possibility that the coronavirus leaked from an unsafe Wuhan bio-lab and China lied about the […]

  • Mitch McConnell Says “Absolutely No Progress” Made To Replenish Small-Business Aid

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 3:10pm EDT

    Mitch McConnell Says “Absolutely No Progress” Made To Replenish Small-Business Aid We had a feeling a few minutes ago when we heard President Trump mention a $2 trillion infrastructure package as part of his plan to reopen the economy tonight, and as it turns out, we had good reason. Because Mitch McConnell just confirmed that […]

  • Trump To Hold “Major” News Conference At 6PM: Will Announce “Reopening” Guidelines, $2 Trillion Infrastructure Package

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 3:00pm EDT

    Trump To Hold “Major” News Conference At 6PM: Will Announce “Reopening” Guidelines, $2 Trillion Infrastructure Package Today at 6pm, Trump will hold a “major” news conference in which he will explain the “guidelines” for reopening America. Major News Conference tonight, the White House at 6:00 P.M. (Eastern), to explain Guidelines for OPENING UP AMERICA AGAIN! […]

  • Kashkari Urges Banks To Sell $200BN In Stock “Now” To Survive The Coming Crash And Avoid Another Bailout

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 2:54pm EDT

    Kashkari Urges Banks To Sell $200BN In Stock “Now” To Survive The Coming Crash And Avoid Another Bailout Yesterday, when looking at the latest credit loss reserve numbers from America’s top banks which amounted to $27 billion among the big 7 banks, a number which was understandably 4x greater than the total provisions set aside […]

  • Retaliation? China Suddenly Toughens Export Rules, Freezing Critical Medical Goods Destined For US

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 2:40pm EDT

    Retaliation? China Suddenly Toughens Export Rules, Freezing Critical Medical Goods Destined For US Just hours after President Trump, General Milley, and now the mainstream US media, increase the rhetoric volume on the source of the “Chinese Virus”, with questions about leaks from the Wuhan Lab growing louder, American firms producing medical goods in China have been […]

  • Can “Sickcare” Survive The Pandemic?

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 2:25pm EDT

    Can “Sickcare” Survive The Pandemic? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Like the rest of the financialization machine, sickcare was never sustainable. What was once known as healthcare in the U.S. has largely been replaced by sickcare: healthcare was focused on restoring and maintaining health and was owned and managed by community-based non-profit hospitals. Sickcare is focused on extracting […]

  • Flashback: Chinese Military Scientists Have Been Experimenting With Biotech As ‘New Domain Of Warfare’

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 2:10pm EDT

    Flashback: Chinese Military Scientists Have Been Experimenting With Biotech As ‘New Domain Of Warfare’ While the topic of Chinese government research dominating headlines thanks to a new report that COVID-19 escaped from a BSL-4 facility in Wuhan (reportedly not a bioweapon), it bears mention that the CCP has been pouring significant resources into the militarization […]

  • Here’s How Trump’s “Re-Opening The Economy” Presser Will Go

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 1:55pm EDT

    Here’s How Trump’s “Re-Opening The Economy” Presser Will Go Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, 35% Say the Re-Opening Plan Is Too Dangerous 35% of the population, 3 broadcast networks and 2 cable news networks will immediately blast the plan as not caring enough about lives.  That the plan is full of mistakes and […]

  • Morgan Stanley, Citadel, & BlackRock Now Advising The SEC On Changes To Circuit-Breaker Rules

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 1:40pm EDT

    Morgan Stanley, Citadel, & BlackRock Now Advising The SEC On Changes To Circuit-Breaker Rules Who better to help the SEC determine the market’s circuit breaker rules than Morgan Stanley, BlackRock and Citadel Securities? After all, what vested interest could they have in tilting the playing field in their own direction? But, alas, they are among the […]

  • COMEX Bombshell: Most ‘Eligible’ Vaulted-Gold Has Nothing To Do With COMEX

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 1:25pm EDT

    COMEX Bombshell: Most ‘Eligible’ Vaulted-Gold Has Nothing To Do With COMEX Authored by Ronan Manly via BullionStar.com, In the midst of the ongoing fractures in the paper gold markets that have triggered bullion bank panic from London to New York, forcing their public fronts, the LBMA and CME Group (COMEX) to rush out damage control statements claiming “healthy […]

  • Esper Slams China’s “Opaque, Misleading” Coronavirus Info; Beijing Responds: ‘What Else Do You Want From Us?’

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 1:10pm EDT

    Esper Slams China’s “Opaque, Misleading” Coronavirus Info; Beijing Responds: ‘What Else Do You Want From Us?’ Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who has expressed wariness toward China virtually since his confirmation, shared some harsh words for Beijing yesterday, then reiterated them on Thursday during an appearance on “The Today Show” – one of the Defense Secretary’s […]

  • The “Unsinkable” US Economy Strikes A Pandemic Iceberg – The Map Ahead

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 12:55pm EDT

    The “Unsinkable” US Economy Strikes A Pandemic Iceberg – The Map Ahead Authored by Patrick Hill via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The ‘unsinkable’ Titanic was designed to withstand a breach of four compartments, ensuring the ship would stay afloat.  On the evening of April 14, 1912, the ship hit an iceberg, breaching five compartments, and within two and […]

  • Up To $3.4 Billion In Stimulus Money Could Go To Dead People

    ZeroHedge - Apr 16th 2020 12:40pm EDT

    Up To $3.4 Billion In Stimulus Money Could Go To Dead People Who knows how many untold millions of dollars out of the massive $2.2 trillion CARES Act will be sent to dead people? We did the math below.  It is happening. As Republican Congressman from Kentucky Thomas Massie — who it must be recalled was a ‘lone […]