Japanese manufacturers' confidence index turned negative to the central bank's forecast in December. A short-term survey in Reuters, Japan, found that Japanese manufacturers' business confidence deteriorated further in December due to concerns about US protectionist policies. The survey of 505 large Japanese non-financial enterprises showed that manufacturers' confidence index fell from 5 in November to -1 in December, which was the first time since last February, and the number of pessimists exceeded optimists for the first time in 10 months. The loss of business confidence may cast a shadow over the Bank of Japan's forecast. The Bank of Japan had previously predicted that a steady recovery driven by rising wages and consumption would help inflation reach the 2% target in a sustainable way and justify further interest rate hikes. Many manufacturing industries have reported that business confidence has declined. Among electronic machinery manufacturers, steel and non-ferrous metal manufacturers, pessimists far exceed optimists.ZTE signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Daiyu and Midea Group. Recently, ZTE signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Daiyu and Midea Group in Chengdu. In the future, the two sides will carry out in-depth cooperation in VR space, AR application and MR interaction.Tomato Fiction: In the coming year, 200 million yuan will be invested to support fine content. On December 11th, at the Tomato Fiction Creators' Conference, Tomato Fiction announced that it will invest 200 million yuan in cash to support fine content in 2025, and continue to launch a series of support plans to make efforts in IP ecology. In 2024, tomato novels launched more than 10 support programs, and a total of 120 million yuan of extra bonuses were distributed.
Anhui Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.: A major project that won the bid of 15.506 billion yuan was announced by Anhui Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., and the company and its subsidiaries recently received the notice of winning the bid. The winning project is the Yangtze River Bridge and wiring project of Taishan Road in Wuhu, S24 Hanghe Expressway. The project is located in Wuhu City, and its main contents include investment, financing, survey and design, construction, operation management, maintenance, debt repayment and handover, with a total investment of about 15.506 billion yuan. The construction period of the project is 48 months and the charging period is 356 months. This project was jointly won by a consortium composed of several companies, such as CCCC Second Waterway Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd..The daily limit of the construction industry today is that CICC Fortune Beijing Jianguomenwai Street sold 455 million yuan, and the daily limit of the construction industry today was 2.004 billion yuan, with a turnover rate of 22.05%. After-hours data show that the special seats of Shenzhen Stock Connect bought 40.1869 million yuan and sold 19.4816 million yuan, CICC Fortune Beijing Jianguomenwai Street sold 455 million yuan and the special seats of one institution sold 26.1536 million yuan.Trump appointed TOM BARRACK as the US ambassador to Turkey.
Morgan Asset Management: In 2025, there are sufficient reasons to continue to over-allocate US stocks. Sylvia Sheng, global multi-asset strategist of Morgan Asset Management, said that there are sufficient reasons to continue to over-allocate US stocks and increase exposure to small and medium-sized stocks. She pointed out that although the valuation may look high, it is expected that the profit growth of S&P 500 companies will continue. Sheng wrote that it is estimated that in 2025, the contribution of the six giants in the S&P 500 index to the profit growth of the other 494 stocks will be the same, and the profit growth of these six giants is expected to slow down from 40% in 2024 to 22%. In the international market, Morgan Asset Management continues to over-allocate Japanese stocks, and its quantitative model shows that the yield of Japanese stocks is attractive and the bottom-up profitability is strong.China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance: In November, the sales volume of power batteries in China increased by 29.7% year-on-year. According to the monthly information of power batteries in November 2024 released by China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance, the sales volume of power batteries and other batteries in China was 118.3GWh in November, up by 7.2% month-on-month and 40.1% year-on-year. Among them, the sales volume of power batteries was 87.8GWh, accounting for 74.2% of the total sales volume, up 10.9% from the previous month and 29.7% from the same period last year. The sales volume of other batteries was 30.5GWh, accounting for 25.8% of the total sales volume, down 2.2% from the previous month and up 82.3% year-on-year. From January to November, the cumulative sales volume of power and other batteries in China was 914.3GWh, a cumulative year-on-year increase of 42.8%. Among them, the cumulative sales of power batteries was 692.3GWh, accounting for 75.7% of the total sales, with a cumulative year-on-year increase of 27.1%; The cumulative sales volume of other batteries was 222.0GWh, accounting for 24.3% of the total sales volume, with a cumulative year-on-year increase of 132.5%.Zhongjin Chongqing Liangjiang REIT is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and Zhongjin Chongqing Liangjiang REIT is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. This is the first public offering REIT of state-owned enterprises in the west and the first industrial park REIT in the west. According to the data, the fund has 4 assets in the pool, all located in Chongqing Liangjiang Digital Economy Industrial Park, including Pisces Project, Gemini Project, Phoenix Project and Tuo D Phase I D2 Project, with a total construction area of about 243,700 square meters, and the operation of infrastructure assets is mature and stable. (CSI Taurus)