A long, long time ago, Internet-wise, in 2009, Zero Hedge started posting non mainstream market comments. This was post-2008 sub-prime crisis when the financial authorities decided to double down, flood the system with liquidity and hope for the best. At the time, most articles were quite critical but of high quality. Later, they expended to diverse subjects with less and less authority, re-posting articles of sometimes dubious origin and in doing so, slowly but surely lost their edge.
And here we are now, 15-so years later. Like so many alternative news media, Zero Hedge in order to grow had somehow to find money and consequently compromise. A little at first, then more...
I am sure trading desks have changed since I worked there but this looks more like Slop to attract views than genuine stuff... Unfortunately, I am afraid this is what's in store for us almost everywhere from now on. Already and incredibly almost half the videos on YouTube are Slops. Soon it will become impossible to compete for the algorithm without some use of AI.
We'll see. For now, let's try to stay edgy while keeping the naughty stuff in the back office.
Happy New Year 2026!
