OPEC Monthly Report: The economic growth rate of the euro zone in 2024 and 2025 is expected to be 0.8% and 1.2% respectively. (Previously 0.8% and 1.2% respectively)As interest rates fell for the third week in a row, the demand for mortgage refinancing in the United States surged, and the interest rate of mortgage in the United States fell again last week. Although the decline was not large, it was enough to stimulate existing homeowners to seek some savings. The seasonally adjusted index of American Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) shows that the total demand for mortgage loans has increased by 5.4%, which is behind the surge in refinancing. Housing loan refinancing applications surged 27% from the previous week and 42% higher than the same period last year. Joel Kan, an MBA economist, said, "Purchase applications are still relatively strong. In the past three months, except for one week, there has been a year-on-year increase. In addition to the low interest rate, house purchasing activities continue to be supported by continuous housing demand and inventory, which continue to grow gradually in many markets. "OPEC lowered the growth rate of global crude oil demand for the fifth consecutive month. The OPEC monthly report shows that the growth rate of global crude oil demand in 2024 will be lowered from 1.82 million barrels per day to 1.61 million barrels per day. Reduce the growth rate of global crude oil demand in 2025 from 1.54 million barrels per day to 1.45 million barrels per day; For the fifth consecutive month, the growth forecast of global crude oil demand this year and next is lowered.
The State Council said: The Syrian authorities have the responsibility to ensure and destroy any chemical weapons they find.The news before the US stock market was delivered by express delivery. ① The three major stock index futures of the US stock market were mixed, and the market held its breath for CPI tonight. ② As of press time, Dow futures fell by 0.13%, S&P 500 futures rose by 0.11%, and Nasdaq futures rose by 0.22%. (3) Germany's DAX index rose 0.08%, Britain's FTSE 100 index rose 0.08%, France's CAC40 index rose 0.07%, and Europe's Stoxx 50 index fell 0.07%. ④WTI crude oil rose 1.04% to $69.30/barrel. Brent crude oil rose 0.97% to $72.89/barrel. 90% economists predict that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. 6 Goldman Sachs is firmly bullish on gold: the price of gold can also rise to $3,000 under a strong dollar. ⑦ Many houses fell by about 6.5% before the market opened, and the company announced that it would raise $7 million by selling shares. ⑧ Yihang's smart market rose by more than 1%. In the news, Shenzhen has built the world's leading low-altitude economic industry ecology. 9 Macy's fell 12% before the market, and the company lowered its profit forecast for the fiscal year.During the year, the amount of A-share repurchase has exceeded 160 billion yuan, and "cancellation" has become the mainstream. Wind data shows that 2,446 repurchase schemes have been implemented this year, involving more than 160 billion yuan, far exceeding the level of last year. Different from the past, the current wave of buybacks is characterized by great strength, short term, quick implementation and large number of cancelled buybacks. At the same time, with the support of special loans for stock repurchase, more and more listed companies join the buyback team. Not only are there a large number of listed companies participating in the repurchase, but the "efficiency" of this round of repurchase is also high, and the short term and quick implementation have become a point of view. At the same time, write-off repurchase has become the mainstream. In addition to Hikvision, Kweichow Moutai plans to implement a share repurchase plan with its own funds of 3 billion to 6 billion yuan, and the repurchased shares will be used to cancel and reduce the registered capital of the company. In addition, companies such as Wuxi PharmaTech, Jiu 'an Medical, and Yili Co., Ltd. disclosed repurchase plans with a ceiling of more than 1 billion yuan, and all of them were used for capital reduction and cancellation. (Securities Times)
After the publication of the OPEC monthly report, the short-term fluctuations of the US and Burundi oil were not significant, and they were reported at US$ 69.08/barrel and US$ 72.78/barrel respectively.The Hang Seng Index closed roughly flat overnight at 20,435.00. The Hang Seng Technology Index closed down 0.22% at 4,618.00 points overnight.The United States has approved the sale of arms facilities worth nearly 600 million US dollars to Kuwait and Ukraine. The US Department of Defense said in a statement that the State Council has approved the sale of vehicle maintenance equipment with an estimated value of 300 million US dollars to Kuwait. On the same day, it also approved the sale of F-16 fighter maintenance services and related equipment to the Ukrainian government at a cost of US$ 266.4 million.
Strategy guide 12-13
Strategy guide
Strategy guide
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Strategy guide
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