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World Gold Council: The price of gold is expected to hit its best annual performance in more than 10 years. It is expected that there will be a positive but moderate growth next year. According to the report of the World Gold Council, the price of gold is expected to hit its best annual performance in more than 10 years, with an increase of 28% as of November. Behind this, the purchases of the central bank and investors offset the significant slowdown in consumer demand. Looking ahead, all eyes are focused on the impact of Trump's second term on the global economy. The current forecast of GDP, yield and inflation shows that gold will have a positive but much more moderate growth in 2025. The upward trend may benefit from a sharp drop in interest rates, an increase in volatility, or the continuous higher-than-average demand for gold by the central bank. On the contrary, higher long-term interest rates or weak demand for gold consumption may bring headwinds.Japan's semiconductor sector rose collectively, with ADVANTEST up nearly 5%, DISCO up over 2% and Renesas Electronics up over 1%.During the year, the allocation of 2 trillion yuan "hidden debt" replacement quota was completed, and the scale of six provinces exceeded 100 billion yuan. On December 11, the Beijing Municipal Finance Bureau announced in the evening that it planned to issue the eleventh batch of local bonds in 2024 on December 18, in which Beijing local government refinancing special bonds (38), (40) and (42) were used to replace the existing hidden debt, totaling 4.7 billion yuan, which will be held in December. So far, the distribution of the implicit debt quota of 2 trillion yuan replacement stock this year has all been announced. In some areas, a three-year special debt limit for local governments to replace hidden debts in stock has been issued at one time, and it is planned to be implemented in three years. It is understood that after the issuance of refinancing special bonds for replacing hidden debts, part of the raised funds have been used to replace hidden debts such as policy bank loans of city investment companies. In addition, some professionals believe that there may be a lot of funds used to repay interest or debts due. In the past two months, the early payment of urban investment bonds has not increased significantly. The active promotion of debt conversion has further strengthened the expectation of city investment bonds, and city investment projects in some areas have become "hot cakes" in the eyes of financial institutions. (21 Finance)

International coffee futures rose as high as 70% during the year. As of December 12, Beijing time, the price of US ICE coffee futures had risen by nearly 70% during the year, and once hit a high of 345.55 cents/pound on December 10, a record high. At the same time, the price of Arabica coffee futures on the New York Futures Exchange also reached $3.434 per pound, exceeding the record high set in 1977. As for the reasons for the soaring international coffee futures prices, a futures industry source revealed that the price increase of coffee beans was mainly due to weather changes and supply chain disruptions. Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer (accounting for one third of the world's output), has experienced severe drought and frost in recent years, resulting in a sharp decline in coffee production. (CBN)China Bank's RMB clearing volume in Australia exceeded 100 trillion yuan. According to Bank of China, recently, Bank of China Sydney Branch and Bank of China Hong Kong jointly held a RMB forum in Sydney to celebrate the 10th anniversary of being an Australian RMB clearing bank. As the only RMB clearing bank in the South Pacific at present, in the past ten years, China Bank has taken root in Australia and South Pacific, continuously expanded its clearing network, cooperated with four local banks and other financial institutions in Australia, and became the main channel for RMB clearing of local important banks, providing RMB clearing volume of more than 100 trillion yuan.Dong Yuhui has recently established three new companies. According to Tianyancha App, Zisan Province (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. was recently established, with the legal representative of Dong Yuhui and the registered capital of 10 million RMB. Its business scope includes Internet information services, value-added telecommunications services of the first kind, network culture management, film screening, alcohol management, radio and television program production and management, etc. According to the shareholder information, the company is jointly held by Zhongnan Yuantiao (Xi 'an) Technology Co., Ltd., Dong Yuhui and Long song Youhe (Beijing) Technology Partnership (Limited Partnership). It is worth mentioning that Zhongnan Yuantiao (Xi 'an) Technology Co., Ltd. and Long song Youhe (Beijing) Technology Partnership (Limited Partnership) were established recently with registered capital of 10 million RMB and 1 million RMB respectively.

CITIC Securities: The resonance between supply and demand of medical beauty accelerates the space expansion, and the difference in operating ability promotes the evolution of the industry structure. CITIC Securities Research Report stated that the medical beauty industry has both medical and consumption attributes, and the medical attribute has strong product-driven characteristics, while the consumption attribute has high operating ability requirements. The medical beauty botulinum toxin track is also affected by the dual attributes of medicine and consumption: 1) The increase in penetration rate, the acceleration of compliance substitution and the extension of indications have brought about high demand for medical beauty botulinum toxin, and with the recent supply expansion, the industry scale has experienced high growth; 2) The iteration of product innovation is slow, brand barriers are created through marketing, doctors are empowered through direct sales, and control is strengthened to enhance product competitiveness. Recently, a variety of medical botulinum toxins in China have been approved, and the promotion of low-priced products is expected to push up the penetration rate, and enterprises with strong operational capabilities will enter the market or promote the evolution of the pattern.Morgan Stanley lowered Macy's target price from $17.00 to $16.00.OPENAI said that it is working hard to solve the current fault problem.