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All Three Pillars Holding Up The Economy Have Cracked
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 4:40pm ESTAll Three Pillars Holding Up The Economy Have Cracked Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, All three pillars propping up workforce spending are cracking. Plan accordingly. Karl Marx and Henry Ford both understood the key pillar of an industrial economy: the workforce has to earn enough to buy the output of the economy. If […]
Russia’s Crude Oil Shipments Slump By 11% In Two Months
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 3:45pm ESTRussia’s Crude Oil Shipments Slump By 11% In Two Months By Charles Kennedy of Oilprice.com Russian crude oil exports by sea have dropped by 11% from a recent high in October, due to maintenance at the Baltic port of Primorsk, pressure for Russia to align with its OPEC+ quota, and increased sanctions pressure. In the […]
Biden-Harris Supplies Record $15 Billion Low-Interest Loan To PG&E For Combating “Climate Change”
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 3:25pm ESTBiden-Harris Supplies Record $15 Billion Low-Interest Loan To PG&E For Combating “Climate Change” The Biden-Harris administration has provided a low-interest loan commitment to California utility giant PG&E to tackle “climate change” and bolster its power grid. The move reflects the administration’s broader push over the first term: out-of-control compulsion to spend taxpayer funds like a […]
2025’s Best (And Worst) US States For Sound Money
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 3:05pm EST2025’s Best (And Worst) US States For Sound Money Authored by Jp Cortez via The Mises Institute, The newly-released 2025 Sound Money Index has identified Wyoming, South Dakota, and Alaska as the states with the most favorable policies toward constitutional sound money, while Vermont, Maine, and California take the most hostile stances. Released annually by the Sound Money […]
Trump Might Reverse ‘Very Stupid’ Long-Range Strikes On Russia
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 2:45pm ESTTrump Might Reverse ‘Very Stupid’ Long-Range Strikes On Russia Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, President-elect Donald Trump suggested at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Monday that he could reverse President Biden’s decision to support long-range missile strikes on Russian territory. Trump said it was a “big mistake” for the Biden administration to greenlight the escalation […]
Russia Says Ukraine Allies Are ‘Accomplices’ In Moscow Assassination Of A Top General
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 2:05pm ESTRussia Says Ukraine Allies Are ‘Accomplices’ In Moscow Assassination Of A Top General Update(1405): Russia has blasted the West for staying quiet after Ukraine openly boasted of assassinating a top Russian general earlier in the day, identified as Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who was killed when a scooter bomb detonated remotely upon his leaving his […]
“Final Big Market Cap Event Of Year”: All Eyes On Novo’s CagriSema GLP-1 Results
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 1:40pm EST“Final Big Market Cap Event Of Year”: All Eyes On Novo’s CagriSema GLP-1 Results The next big market cap event for Novo Nordisk is the top-line efficacy results for its experimental obesity drug, CagriSema, with data from a late-stage trial expected by the end of the year. Novo previously stated that CagriSema could potentially lead to 25% weight […]
Ugly, Tailing 20Y Auction Lifts Yields From Session Lows
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 1:25pm ESTUgly, Tailing 20Y Auction Lifts Yields From Session Lows In the week’s lone coupon auction, moments ago the US sold $13BN in 20Y paper in the form of 19Y, 11M reopening of cusip UF3, which ugly at best. The high yield of 4.686% was the highest since April, above November’s 4.680% and tailed the When […]
GOP Report: Liz Cheney Should Be Investigated By FBI Over Jan. 6 Investigation
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 12:40pm ESTGOP Report: Liz Cheney Should Be Investigated By FBI Over Jan. 6 Investigation Authored by Casey Harper via The Center Square, A new Republican oversight report accuses former Congresswoman Liz Cheney of colluding with witnesses in the Jan. 6 Select Committee investigation that she oversaw. The bombshell report released Tuesday said Cheney should be investigated […]
Asking Rents Fall 0.7% To Lowest Level Since March 2022
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 12:25pm ESTAsking Rents Fall 0.7% To Lowest Level Since March 2022 By Mark Worley of Redfin The median U.S. asking rent fell 0.7% year over year in November to $1,595, the lowest level since March 2022. Rents were down 1.1% on a month-over-month basis. The median rent is now 6.2% lower than when it hit an […]
Turley To Debate Liberal Professor On ZeroHedge: Free Speech, Musk, And X
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 12:05pm ESTTurley To Debate Liberal Professor On ZeroHedge: Free Speech, Musk, And X Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter in late 2022 caused a media shit storm with calls for imminent bankruptcy, the infamous ADL shakedown, and disinformation alarm bells in the beltway think tank community. Duking it out two years after the acquisition will be George […]
Trump’s Return To The World Stage Is Already Claiming Numerous Victims
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 11:25am ESTTrump’s Return To The World Stage Is Already Claiming Numerous Victims By Elwin de Groot, head of macro strategy at Rabobank Trump’s return to the world stage – even though his official inauguration is on January 20 – is already claiming numerous victims. Arguably, even the fall of both the French and German government in […]
5 Takeaways From The Stock Market Over The Last 4 Years
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 10:10am EST5 Takeaways From The Stock Market Over The Last 4 Years Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, Over the past few years, the New York Stock Exchange has looked more like Spain in July, as the running of the bulls has become a regular event on the world’s largest stock exchange. The tech-heavy […]
Boeing’s Failed Plea Deal: What Happens Next
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 9:35am ESTBoeing’s Failed Plea Deal: What Happens Next Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Months after the Department of Justice (DOJ) offered Boeing a plea deal to avoid criminal fraud charges, a U.S. judge threw a curveball in the case, rejecting the deal after taking issue with a “diversity and inclusion” provision […]
For 2nd Trump Term, America Must Unite Around Progress Mindset
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 7:20am ESTFor 2nd Trump Term, America Must Unite Around Progress Mindset Authored by Clay Routledge via RealClearPolitics, In the middle of a Trump transition, the “Resistance 2.0,” and the inevitable partisan mud-slinging, it is easy to lose faith in humanity’s future. Polls show growing pessimism about everything from democracy to economic mobility to climate change. Yet […]
China Is Now 39% Of Global Auto Production; Dominating Europe, Japan, U.S.
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 6:55am ESTChina Is Now 39% Of Global Auto Production; Dominating Europe, Japan, U.S. China has transformed itself from a minor player in the auto industry two decades ago to the world leader in car production and exports, particularly in electric vehicles (EVs), the New York Times reported late last month. But the trend of China’s impact […]
Bullish Cattle Bets Soar As US Herd Crisis Sparks Breakout To Record High Price
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 4:15am ESTBullish Cattle Bets Soar As US Herd Crisis Sparks Breakout To Record High Price Institutional investors are increasing bullish bets on live cattle futures, pushing them to their highest levels in five years, as America’s herd size dwindles to its lowest point in more than six decades. The latest CFTC data via Bloomberg shows money managers […]
UK Govt Approves Sale Of Royal Mail To Czech Billionaire
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 3:30am ESTUK Govt Approves Sale Of Royal Mail To Czech Billionaire Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The British government has approved the £3.6 billion (€4.34 billion) sale of International Distribution Services (IDS), the parent company of Royal Mail, to EP Group, owned by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský. The decision, announced on Monday by IDS […]
Israel Closes Embassy In Ireland Over ‘Extreme Anti-Israel Policies’ And ‘Antisemitic Rhetoric’
ZeroHedge - Dec 17th 2024 2:45am ESTIsrael Closes Embassy In Ireland Over ‘Extreme Anti-Israel Policies’ And ‘Antisemitic Rhetoric’ Israel is closing its embassy in Ireland in protest of what it claims are “extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government.” While this doesn’t amount to a full severing of diplomatic relations, it does represent a dramatic display of Israel’s defensiveness in the […]
Give Me Liberty, Not Pronouns
ZeroHedge - Dec 16th 2024 11:25pm ESTGive Me Liberty, Not Pronouns Authored by Kenin Spivak via RealClearPolitics, It’s time to defrock the word police. The election, polls, and anecdotal evidence confirm that Americans want to end the obnoxious recitation of pronouns – “Latinx,” “birthing persons,” and other entries in the radical left lexicon – except in eulogies for progressive virtue signaling. […]
Russia, Germany, Turkey Condemn Israeli Land Grab In Syria
ZeroHedge - Dec 16th 2024 11:00pm ESTRussia, Germany, Turkey Condemn Israeli Land Grab In Syria “Strengthening the Golan is strengthening the State of Israel, and it is especially important at this time. We will continue to hold onto it, cause it to blossom and settle in it,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, confirming reports that Israel will expand its […]
Two Homeland Security Agents Sold Drugs Previously Seized As Evidence For Up To $300,000
ZeroHedge - Dec 16th 2024 9:20pm ESTTwo Homeland Security Agents Sold Drugs Previously Seized As Evidence For Up To $300,000 It’s another one of those “do as I say, not as a do” examples that continue to emerge during President Biden’s administration… This time, it was two Homeland Security agents in Utah, who allegedly sold seized drugs through an informant, earning […]
Astaxanthin – The Ultimate Anti-Inflammatory And Anti-Aging Nutrient
ZeroHedge - Dec 16th 2024 8:55pm ESTAstaxanthin – The Ultimate Anti-Inflammatory And Anti-Aging Nutrient Authored by Derek Henry, Holistic Health Coach for Healing the Body, At the root of every disease process is inflammation, a first defence process used by the body in order to try and heal itself. The problem is that when your body is in that state chronically it […]
Trump Says Assad’s Ouster In Syria Was An ‘Unfriendly Takeover’ By Turkey
ZeroHedge - Dec 16th 2024 8:30pm ESTTrump Says Assad’s Ouster In Syria Was An ‘Unfriendly Takeover’ By Turkey In a wide-ranging question and answer session from the press, President-elect Donald Trump speculated over what was behind the collapse of Syria and the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. He said the jihadist rebel victory in Syria was really an ‘unfriendly takeover’ by Turkey. […]
“Deeply Conflicted” Judge Rules Trump Doesn’t Have Immunity In New York ‘Hush Money’ Case
ZeroHedge - Dec 16th 2024 7:43pm EST“Deeply Conflicted” Judge Rules Trump Doesn’t Have Immunity In New York ‘Hush Money’ Case President-elect Donald Trump does not have immunity in the so-called “hush money” case in New York, Judge Juan Merchan ruled in a decision on Dec. 16. The conduct described by the 34 felony counts of which Trump was convicted earlier this […]