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Dollar deposits and wealth management are popular again. Experts suggest paying attention to exchange risk. Although it is in the cycle of interest rate reduction by the Federal Reserve, dollar deposit products are still attractive to investors. Since December, a number of bank wealth management subsidiaries have intensively put on shelves US dollar wealth management products. Judging from the rate of return, the performance benchmark of some US dollar fixed-income wealth management products currently launched is close to 5%, but the performance benchmark of RMB wealth management products with the same risk level is mostly around 2%. According to the statistics of Puyi standard data, as of December 9, there were 1,312 surviving products in US dollar financing, and the surviving scale of US dollar financing reached 281.927 billion yuan, which has doubled from the surviving scale of 140.351 billion yuan at the end of December last year. In addition, although banks have previously lowered the interest rate of dollar deposit products, from the current point of view, the interest rate of some banks' dollar deposits remains above 4%, attracting many customers to buy. In addition, the annual interest rates of US dollar deposit products issued by banks such as Ningbo Bank Co., Ltd. and hengfeng bank Co., Ltd. are also between 3% and 4%. According to industry insiders, under the Fed's interest rate cut cycle, the main reason for the high heat of dollar wealth management and dollar deposits is the exchange rate expectation of a strong dollar. If the market expects the US dollar to appreciate or remain stable, holding US dollar assets (such as US dollar wealth management and US dollar deposits) can benefit from the potential exchange rate appreciation even if interest rates fall. In addition, in order to diversify risks, some investors choose to allocate part of their funds to US dollar assets to realize diversification of asset allocation. (Securities Daily)Dollar deposits and wealth management are popular again. Experts suggest paying attention to exchange risk. Although it is in the cycle of interest rate reduction by the Federal Reserve, dollar deposit products are still attractive to investors. Since December, a number of bank wealth management subsidiaries have intensively put on shelves US dollar wealth management products. Judging from the rate of return, the performance benchmark of some US dollar fixed-income wealth management products currently launched is close to 5%, but the performance benchmark of RMB wealth management products with the same risk level is mostly around 2%. According to the statistics of Puyi standard data, as of December 9, there were 1,312 surviving products in US dollar financing, and the surviving scale of US dollar financing reached 281.927 billion yuan, which has doubled from the surviving scale of 140.351 billion yuan at the end of December last year. In addition, although banks have previously lowered the interest rate of dollar deposit products, from the current point of view, the interest rate of some banks' dollar deposits remains above 4%, attracting many customers to buy. According to industry insiders, under the Fed's interest rate cut cycle, the main reason for the high heat of dollar wealth management and dollar deposits is the exchange rate expectation of a strong dollar. If the market expects the US dollar to appreciate or remain stable, holding US dollar assets (such as US dollar wealth management and US dollar deposits) can benefit from the potential exchange rate appreciation even if interest rates fall. In addition, in order to diversify risks, some investors choose to allocate part of their funds to US dollar assets to realize diversification of asset allocation. (Securities Daily)Ahmed khalil, the doctor of Brazilian President Lula, said that Lula's operation was to minimize the risk of future bleeding.

Russian Presidential Press Secretary: Russia supports the exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine proposed by Hungarian Prime Minister. On December 12, local time, Russian Presidential Press Secretary peskov said that Hungarian Prime Minister Orban proposed the exchange of prisoners of war between the two sides and a ceasefire during the New Year holiday on the 11th. The Russian side has submitted the Russian proposal for prisoner exchange to the Hungarian Embassy in Russia. Judging from Zelensky's reaction, the Ukrainian side rejected all Orban's proposals. Peskov emphasized that Russia supports Orban's proposal and the settlement of humanitarian issues related to the exchange of prisoners of war. (CCTV News)Euronext: Due to an accident in the waterway, the delivery point of its February 2025 rapeseed futures (COMG5) contract along the Mosel River will be unavailable until further notice.Punto Casa de Bolsa upgraded AMD to Buy with a target price of $170.22.

Antong Holdings: The 10 million shares held by shareholder Guo Dongsheng were transferred by judicial force, and Antong Holdings (600179.SH) issued an announcement. Recently, the company learned that the 10 million shares of the company's restricted shares held by shareholder Guo Dongsheng were transferred to the name of Guangdong Huaxing Bank Co., Ltd. by judicial force, so Guo Dongsheng passively reduced his holding of 10 million shares of the company. The shares transferred this time account for 5.74% of the total shares held by the company and 0.24% of the total shares of the company.Foreign media: Romania and Bulgaria have officially joined the Schengen area since 2025. According to Agence France-Presse, on the 12th local time, the European Commission approved that Bulgaria and Romania will officially become members of the Schengen area from January 1st, 2025. According to reports, Hungarian Interior Minister Pinter Shan Duoer said, "Welcome Bulgaria and Romania to join the Schengen area ... This is a historic moment." According to reports, Romania and Bulgaria became EU members in 2007. In March 2024, the two countries partially joined the Schengen area, and only the air and maritime border controls were cancelled. In November, the EU completed the final step of approving the two countries to join the Schengen area. (Zhongxin. com)Bank of America promoted 387 new managing directors, an increase of 16% compared with last year. According to informed sources, Bank of America promoted 387 employees to managing directors, an increase of 16% compared with last year's total. People familiar with the matter said that more than half of those promoted to managing director were women or ethnic minorities.