Tag: Zero Hedge
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China’s Crackdown Threatens Hong Kong’s IPO Boom And Offshore Wealth
China’s latest push to choke off capital flight is starting to hit Hong Kong right where it hurts, according to a new feature from Bloomberg. For years, the city has served as the main offshore escape valve for mainland wealth — the place where Chinese founders, executives and wealthy families parked money, opened private bank accounts,…
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Silver Shock: CME Suspends Two Chinese Silver Brands from COMEX Delivery
ZeroHedge lit up the precious metals world this week by sharing a CME Group Special Executive Report that deserves careful attention, not panic, but very serious attention. On May 12, 2026, CME Group issued Special Executive Report SER# 9738, announcing that COMEX had suspended the approved status for warranting and delivery of two Chinese-origin silver…
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Ft. Knox Full Of Impure Gold Unfit For International Transactions
Authored by Jp Cortez via The Mises Institute, The bulk of the US gold reserves held in Fort Knox are made up of impure “non-standard” bars that don’t qualify for use in international settlements. In practice, this means that most of America’s massive gold stockpile is illiquid and wouldn’t be readily accepted on the international…
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Jane Street, SLV, and the Silver Chessboard
I love silver.I’ve loved silver since 2009—when nobody cared, when it was cheap, hated, and misunderstood. But loving silver and trusting the silver market are two very different things. On February 25, 2026, @zerohedge dropped a little grenade on X: “We have been huge silver bulls since 2009, but be very careful here: lots of…
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Putin Is Trolling European Leaders With His Proposal To Re-Converge With The US
By Bas van Geffen, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank Russian officials have drafted a memo that pitches a re-convergence of US and Russian interests. The proposal consists of seven points, including cooperation on critical raw materials and energy, and the possibility that Russia could return to the US dollar settlement system. The memo was conveniently ‘leaked’ during an…
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Asset Protection: Even Google’s Founders Have Had Enough of California—and Are Saying Adiós
California was once the unquestioned capital of innovation, capital formation, and entrepreneurial freedom. Today, it is becoming a case study in what happens when success is treated as a public utility. In the days leading up to Christmas, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin quietly began unwinding portions of their California-based financial empires, according…
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Peter Schiff: Gold To $6,000 Next Year, Dollar Index To 70
Submitted to Zero Hedge by QTR’s Fringe Finance I sat down with my friend Peter Schiff this weekend to get his targets on gold miners, gold, the dollar and markets heading into the end of 2025 and beginning of 2026. Schiff, never shy about his views, has spent decades warning of bubbles, currency debasement, and the…
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International Buyers Purchased $56 Billion Worth Of US Homes In 1 Year
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis Zero Hedge), Foreign buyers purchased $56 billion worth of existing homes in the United States between April 2024 and March 2025, up by 33.2 percent from the previous 12 months, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) said in a July 14 statement. In terms of the number of…
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Affordable, Reliable, Clean Scorecard: Natural Gas Is Tops, Wind And Solar Are The Worst
Authored by James Taylor via RealClearEnergy, Policymakers on both sides of the political aisle increasingly advocate for affordable, reliable, and clean energy. This is for good reason – modern society requires energy that is affordable and available on demand. Environmental concerns are also very important. Together, affordability, reliability, and cleanliness form the three pillars of ideal…