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"Silicon Valley elites + billionaires" gather in Washington! How will they "influence" Trump 2.0?
The USA may be entering an era of comprehensive deregulation, spanning from Cryptos to AI, as well as Energy, the defense industry, and health technology. However, on issues like antitrust and immigration, Trump's own stance may prevail.
Trump rings the opening bell for the NYSE: The stock market is everything, and significant actions will be taken regarding Cryptos.
On Thursday, Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the NYSE. He emphasized the importance of the stock market, stating that the stock market is everything, and plans to take significant actions regarding Cryptos, lower the corporate tax rate to 15%, and increase Petroleum Extraction to alleviate the current inflationary pressures.
"Person of the Year" Trump rings the opening bell at the NYSE, emphasizing that "the stock market is everything."
On December 12, the elected President Trump was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2024, ringing the opening bell at the NYSE that day; Trump rang the bell with the CEO of ICE and the CEO of Time Magazine, along with the president of the NYSE, while the CEOs of companies such as Goldman Sachs and Citigroup were present; Trump promised an "unprecedented economy," planned to increase oil drilling to reduce inflation, and committed to lowering the corporate tax rate to 15%.
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IEA Monthly Report: Even if OPEC+ delays production increases, there will still be an oversupply of oil next year!
The IEA stated that if OPEC+ implements the production recovery plan starting in April, the Global market will face a surplus of 1.4 million barrels per day. The IEA has raised the forecast for global oil demand growth in 2025 by 90,000 barrels to 1.1 million barrels, mainly due to the economic stimulus measures recently announced by China.
Heraeus: Silver is expected to reach 40 dollars next year, and its performance is likely to surpass Gold once again!
Analyst at Heraeus pointed out that the value of Silver relative to Gold is still at a historical low, and in the later stages of a bull market, Silver often performs better than Gold.
Three expected differences of Trump 2.0.
Source: Xue Tao Macro Notes Author: Tianfeng Macro Song Xuetao. The market's perception of Trump's second term has formed increasingly fragmented expectations in terms of policy implementation and specific policy impacts. Currently, the market universally expects better outcomes next year, which requires caution. In the first month after the election, from the unexpectedly strong cabinet selections to the sudden announcement of considering tariffs on Canada and Mexico, the uncertainty and complexity of Trump 2.0 are fully demonstrated. This increases the difficulty for the market to predict the implementation and impact of Trump 2.0 policies, creating some increasingly fragmented expectation gaps. The first type of expectation gap is contradictory policies leading to...
MetalsFocus: It is anticipated that gold prices will reach new historical highs in the coming months, which will also drive silver prices higher.
MetalsFocus released the Precious Metals monthly report for December 2024.
Afternoon Crude Oil Product analysis: USA crude oil inventories have plummeted, can oil prices continue to rise?
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that for the week ending December 6, US Crude Oil Product inventories decreased by X thousand barrels...
Goldman Sachs: Even with a strong dollar, Gold will still be strong, and central banks will buy more.
Goldman Sachs believes that the West looks at the Federal Reserve, expecting a rate cut of 125 basis points by the end of next year will boost Gold prices by 7%; the East looks at central banks, where a strong dollar will not stop central banks from purchasing Gold, with expectations that by the end of 2025, central bank purchases will increase Gold prices by 9%.
OPEC has cut its oil demand forecast for the fifth consecutive month, with the largest reduction to date.
OPEC has lowered its forecast for Consumer growth in 2024 by 0.21 million barrels per day to 1.6 million barrels per day. Since July, OPEC has reduced its forecast by 27%. Analysts believe that OPEC's forecast still exceeds the general market expectations and there is a gap with this year's actual Consumer data.
The gold price has once again broken through 2700 dollars during the session! Wall Street is bullish, and will the Gold ETF likely take off accordingly?
Recently, Morgan Stanley released the 2025 Commodity Outlook report, stating that Gold remains the "best choice" for hedging uncertainties, expecting the price to rise to $3000 per ounce next year, with an average of $2950 per ounce by the fourth quarter.
Jones Lang LaSalle: It is expected that next year, the prices of small to medium-sized residences in Hong Kong will drop by 5% while rents will rise by 5%.
Jones Lang LaSalle stated that 2024 is a crucial year for the Hong Kong residential market, as the Hong Kong government fully "relaxes measures." The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has loosened the maximum mortgage ratio, and interest rates have begun to decrease, driving the residential volume to grow by 22.2% year-on-year in the first 11 months of this year.
Signals of deregulation in the Energy industry? Trump: Invest 1 billion in the USA, your company can receive expedited government approval.
Trump posts that the expedited approvals and permits include but are not limited to environmental aspects. Comments suggest that fast tracking may help him achieve his goal of increasing Oil & Gas development and reducing regulations, which is what he referred to as "we need to drill" during the October campaign.
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Is the pullback or the right time to jump in? Gold prices have soared this year! Major banks predict it will hit the 3,000-dollar mark next year.
In the past two years, going long on Gold can be said to be one of the hottest Trade varieties in the market, with a cumulative increase of nearly 50% in spot Gold prices. This year, under the catalysis of a series of events, the spot Gold price even reached a historically high price of $2788.5 per ounce on October 30.