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Brent crude oil rose by 2.00% in the day and is now reported at $73.31/barrel. WTI crude oil hit $70/barrel, up 2.67% in the day.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)FBI Director Wray will resign before Trump takes office, ending his term ahead of schedule. Christopher Wray, director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced that he will resign before President-elect Trump takes office (sworn in on January 20, 2025), ending his historic and turbulent term as the head of the highest law enforcement agency in the United States ahead of schedule. Wray said in a statement that he plans to resign at the end of Biden's presidency next month. Trump, who will take office on January 20, made it clear that he will not be allowed to continue as the director of the FBI, although Wray's 10-year term will not end until 2027. Trump posted on Truth Social on November 30th that he planned to nominate loyal ally Kash Patel as the director of the FBI.

The mayor of Vancouver, Canada, will propose bitcoin as a reserve asset in the city Council today.CSI A500ETF ushered in the first dividend-paying product. On December 11th, ICBC Credit Suisse Fund announced that ICBC CSI A500ETF planned to pay dividends and became the first dividend-paying CSI A500ETF. In fact, in the current low-rate background, the dividend mechanism has gradually become a differentiated selling point of popular ETFs. Among the 22 CSI A 500 ETFs in the first batch and the second batch, 4 products have a mandatory dividend mechanism, and the dividend ratio is not less than 60%. The dividend ratio of individual products can reach 80%, and the monthly dividend frequency is set for CSI A 500 ETFs. According to the analysis of public offering, under the guidance and encouragement of policies, the dividend mechanism of A-share listed companies has been continuously improved, and the dividend level has been continuously improved. Leading enterprises in the industry often have stronger willingness to pay dividends because of their stronger profitability and anti-risk ability. ETF products meet the liquidity needs of investors through dividends, which is conducive to improving the investment experience. (Securities Times)The Brazilian real rose to 1.6% against the US dollar.

The Israeli army said it had withdrawn from the Shyam area in southern Lebanon. On the evening of 11th local time, the Israel Defense Forces announced that according to the ceasefire agreement reached with Hezbollah in Lebanon, the troops had withdrawn from the Shyam area in southern Lebanon that morning, and Lebanese Armed Forces soldiers would be deployed in the area together with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. The Israeli military says it is still deployed in other parts of southern Lebanon and will continue to fight any threat.The attack on the headquarters of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation in Afghanistan has killed four people. On the 11th local time, officials of the Ministry of Interior of the Afghan Interim Government said that the suicide attack at the headquarters of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation that day had killed four people and seriously injured four people. Khalil Rahman Haqqani, Acting Minister of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, was killed in the attack. Khalil is one of the leading figures of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and also the uncle of sirajuddin Haqqani, Acting Minister of the Interior of the Afghan Interim Government. According to Afghan media reports, Khalil is the first senior official killed since the Taliban in Afghanistan regained power in 2021. Afghan interim government security personnel have blocked the road leading to the explosion site and implemented control in the surrounding area. At present, no organization or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack.Brazil's Vale said it had reached an agreement with the US Department of Energy to provide financing of $282.9 million for the Louisiana plant until 2031.