Today's Headlines
Bloomberg:
- China’s Main Trade Fair Struggles to Lure Buyers as Global Growth Slows.
- Bank Troubles to Test Japan Stocks as Traders Return From Break.
- Asian Shares to Rise After US Financials Rebound: Markets Wrap.
- Bank Stocks Nearing a Crisis-Era Threshold Raises Warning Sign.
- Bond Traders Bet on Biggest Fed Shift in Decades on Credit Risks.
- Preferreds Get Burned in Historic Rout Spreading From Banks.
- Five Key Charts to Watch in Global Commodity Markets This Week.
Zero Hedge:
- Downtown San Francisco Becomes A Ghost Town As Major Retailers Flee.
- Elon Musk: Why Does The Media Misrepresent Interracial Crime Stats "To Such An Extreme Degree"?
- Mayhem Unfolds In Oakland As Soros-Backed DA Fails To Enforce Law And Order.
- Weekend News Round Up - Newsquawk Asia-Pac Market Open.
- Size selling in time for the buyback bonanza.
- Basel IV Rules Are Coming And Will Make Bank Lives Even More Difficult.
- Like A Tweet, Lose Your Job.
- Buffett Turns Gloomy: The "Incredible Period" For The US Economy Is Coming To An End.
- Morgan Stanley: New Banking Rules Will Make Credit Standards Even Tighter.
- Georgia Passes Law To Crack Down On 'Far-Left' Prosecutors Who Are Soft On Crime.
- US Heading Toward Power Grid 'Reliability Crisis,' Energy Commissioner Warns.
- Tucker And Elon? Carlson Plots Next Moves - But Only If Fox Lets Him Out Of 2025 Contract.
- Escobar: Global De-Dollarization Nearing "Crossroads Moment".
- What's Behind The Record Collapse In Market Breadth, And What Happens Next.
- Front-Running The Fed Pivot Might Not Work Next Time.
- Parents More Likely To Question Routine Childhood Vaccinations Post-COVID: Research Report.
- The Bumpy Road Ahead For The World Economy.
- Majority Of Germans Say Migrants Bring More Problems Than Benefits, Want Limit On Refugees.
- Digital Fentanyl: The CCP’s Cyber Campaign To Destroy America.
- Alaskan Trucking Fleets Promise $150K Driver Salaries Amid Drilling Boom.
- High Levels Of Toxic Metals Found In Widely Consumed Drinks: Study.
- America Needs Permitting Reform To Reduce U.S. Reliance On Foreign Energy.
- Hunter Laptop Letter Pitched To Ex-Spooks As 'Debate Talking Point' To Help Biden.
- Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova: "Women's Sports Is Not The Place For Trans Athletes".
- California's Cannabis Market Crashes, Northern Counties Brace For Impact.
- Fauci's Never-Ending Victory Tour.
- "It's Spooky": Stanford Professor Warns Thousands Of US Banks Are "Potentially Insolvent".
- Hungary's PM Orbán: Progresssive Liberals Have Launched A "Nation-Destroying Virus" Against Western Nations.
- Class-Action Suit Launched Against Australian Government Over COVID Vaccine Injuries.
- The Ruination Of Great American Cities.
- Mystery Trader Bets $5 Million On VIX Exploding To 70 By September.
Wall Street Journal:
- Banks Are in the Grips of Investor Crisis of Confidence.
- U.S. Think Tank Reports Spurred China to Restrict Data.
- Forget ChatGPT. These Are the Best AI-Powered Apps.
- Workers in Tech Aren’t as Rich as They Used to Be.
- The Lockdowns Are Over, but the Damage Goes On. Workforce dropouts and drug overdoses became more common as the world obsessed over the virus.
- Miguel Cardona, Miseducation Secretary. National history test scores plummet, and he attacks Republicans.
- Investors Flock to Safety Plays, but Stock ‘FOMO’ Lingers.
- Syria Readmitted to Arab League, Ending Over a Decade of Isolation for Assad.
Barron's:
- Had bullish commentary on (CARR), (QRVO) and (TT).
- Had bearish commentary on (DIS) and (BLK).
CNBC:
- Here’s the No. 1 skill for raising highly resilient kids, says parenting expert and neuropsychologist.
- Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger are skeptical of A.I. hype — follow Berkshire’s annual meeting here.
- Restaurants embrace premium reservations to target big spenders.
- In a new hacking crime wave, much more personal data is being held hostage.
- The best wit and wisdom from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting.
- Here’s a full recap of everything Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger said at Berkshire’s annual meeting.
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NewsMax:
Fox News:
- Chicago PD's advice to burglarized store owners rubs businesses the wrong way.
- Favorite to win Kentucky Derby scratched from race at the last minute.
- Reparations panel approves huge payments for qualifying Black residents in California.
- 7 killed, others injured after vehicle slams into pedestrians in front of migrant shelter.
TheGatewayPundit.com:
- Greg Gutfeld: RFK Jr. Would Destroy Joe Biden in a Debate (VIDEO).
- 16-Year-Old Alexandria High School Student Dies Suddenly at Home.
- “This Poll is Brutal For Biden” – George Stephanopoulos as Joe Biden Hits Record Low Approval Rating in New ABC/WaPo Poll (VIDEO).
- “Ready for War” – Tucker Carlson Reportedly Wants a Massive Media Empire and is “Ready to Go “Defcon 1” to Force Fox News to Give Him his Freedom.
- Republican Oversight Committee Wants Answers From John Kerry About His Secret Talks With China.
- Update: IRS Whistleblower Will Share His Allegations Against AG Merrick Garland Lying to Congress.
- Homeless Encampment in Marin County, California Grows to TWO MILES Long (VIDEO).
- After a 70-Year Wait, Globalist Charles III Is Finally Crowned King of England – Deeply Religious Ceremony Captures the Imagination of Millions Around the World, but UK Sees Growing Apathy in Regards to Monarchy.
- Denver City Council Member Wants White Owned Businesses Taxed Extra and Redistributed to Black Owned Businesses (VIDEO).
- VIDEO: Watch All the Media Lapdogs Who Claimed That Gas Stove Bans Were a Right Wing Conspiracy.
- Biden Regime Approves Nation’s First ‘Congestion Pricing’ Tolling Plan For New York – Drivers Entering Manhattan at Peak Hours will be Charged.
- Attorney Mike Davis: “If We Don’t Win the White House and Senate in 2024 It’s Game Over – And Our Rights to Speak, Associate, Worship and Protect Ourselves” (VIDEO).
- RFK Jr. Says “CIA Involved In Assassinations and Fixing Elections” (VIDEO).
The Epoch Times:
Twitter:
- @IAPolls2022 - ABC/WP POLL: Biden approval rating hits all-time low of 36 percent Overall: • Approve — 36% • Disapprove — 56% Independents • Approve — 30% • Disapprove — 60%.
- @DrEliDavid - “Secondary bacterial pneumonia was a key driver of death in patients with Covid. It may even exceed death rates from the viral infection itself.” Remember how the "experts" mocked early treatment protocols advocating use of antibiotics (e.g., Zelenko protocol)? We knew that already from the Spanish flu, where most died from secondary bacterial infection. See who was the author of the paper on Spanish flu.
- @stillgray - This is the plan. Scientific American says a population decline will make the world a better place.
- @VigilantFox - @RobertKennedyJr Suspects the Biden Admin of Making Efforts to Prolong the Ukraine War
"All the decisions the United States has made since the start have been
about prolonging the war, about maximizing the violence of the war, and
being absolutely intransigence against the many opportunities to
actually settle the war," expressed. (video)
OpenVAERS:
- VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 957,953 Reports(+2,601 from prior week) Through April 28th, 2023.
SKirsch.com:
- Using the MGH numbers with our own VAERS queries, we have 247 cases per million doses from the MGH study divided by 5.97 cases per million doses from VAERS. 247/5.97 = 41. This suggests that the VAERS under-reporting factor (URF) is 41X.
Night Trading
- Asian indices are +.5% to +1.0% on average.
- Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 135.25 -1.25 basis points
- China Sovereign CDS 75.25 -2.75 basis points.
- China Iron Ore Spot 99.4 USD/Metric Tonne +.59%
- Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 47.9 -.01%.
- Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 54.4 +.06%.
- Bloomberg US Financial Conditions Index .01 +1.0 basis point.
- Volatility Index(VIX) futures 21.4 +.06%.
- Euro Stoxx 50 futures n/a.
- S&P 500 futures +.02%.
- NASDAQ 100 futures unch.
