US Secretary of State Blinken: Overthrowing the Assad regime is a good opportunity, but it also involves considerable risks. The extremist organization "Islamic State" will try to use this time to rebuild its power in Syria, and the United States will not let this happen. The Syrian people must choose their own future.In order to step up military operations against Syria and expand its long-term strategic advantage, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech on the 8th that the drastic changes in the situation in Syria have brought so-called new opportunities and challenges to Israel. The so-called opportunity, according to the analysis of Israeli and Arab media, Israel is taking this opportunity to strengthen and expand its occupation and control of the temporary border areas between the two countries, even on the Syrian side, so as to gain greater strategic advantages over Syria and neighboring countries in the long run. Secondly, Israel can further attack the military targets in Syria and weaken the overall military strength of Syria. Thirdly, Israel believes that the drastic changes in the Syrian situation have objectively blocked Iran's way of providing assistance to Hezbollah, seriously weakened Iran's influence in the region, and helped it to further exert pressure on Hezbollah and Hamas armed forces in Gaza.WTI crude oil futures closed up 1.74%, while WTI January crude oil futures closed up 1.17 USD, or 1.74% to 68.37 USD/barrel. Brent February crude oil futures closed up 1.02 US dollars, or 1.43% to 72.14 US dollars/barrel. Nymex January natural gas futures closed up 3.45% to $3.1820/million British heat.
New york police announced the identity of the person detained in the killing of the CEO of the insurance giant. Jessica Tisch, director of the new york Police Department, said at a live news conference that the police regarded Luigi Mangione as a suspect in the killing of Brian Thompson, an executive of UnitedHealth Group Inc New york police said Mangione, 26, was detained in Pennsylvania. The guns involved may be made by 3D printers.Congressional Budget Office (CBO): In October and November 2024 (that is, the first two months of fiscal year 2025), it is estimated that the federal budget deficit will total $622 billion. This amount is $242 billion more than the deficit in the same period of the previous fiscal year.The price and quantity of LCD panels have stabilized. The penetration rate of OLED market is expected to further increase. Since the fourth quarter, LCD panels (including TV panels, display panels, notebook panels and flat panels) have shown a trend of price and quantity stabilization. On December 8, Shanghai Qunhui Huashang Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. released a report showing that the market demand brought by the "national subsidy" policy and the domestic and international promotion activities recovered better than expected, prompting the price of TV panels of all sizes to stop falling and stabilize in November. In addition, the prices of flat panels, monitors and notebook panels remain unchanged. Talking about the reasons why panel prices have stopped falling and stabilized recently, the researchers said that from the supply-side analysis, panel factories actively regulated the production rate of production lines, and capacity regulation brought supply and demand back to a balanced state again, thus slowing down the downward pressure on panel prices; On the demand side, although this year's trade-in policy is coming to an end, it is generally believed in the industry that the relevant subsidy policy is expected to be extended next year. In addition, combined with the positive factors such as overseas "Black Five" stocking, China's Spring Festival consumption boom, China's active listing of new energy-efficient models, and the hot sale of large-size high-end products, the panel market demand is expected to pick up.
Real estate assets usher in the value "anchor". The pricing mechanism of public offering REITs needs to be improved, the pricing logic of public offering REITs continues to improve, and real estate assets usher in the value "anchor". In recent years, the public offering REITs market has developed rapidly, and its pricing logic has gradually matured, providing a transparent market-oriented pricing platform for infrastructure assets to enter the capital market-not only setting a benchmark for real estate transactions and valuation in the primary market, but also enhancing the pricing discovery function of assets through the circulation in the secondary market. Insiders suggest that in order to really play the role of public offering REITs as the "anchor" of real estate market price, it is necessary to improve the market mechanism in many aspects, including optimizing pricing rules, strengthening information disclosure and promoting investor education. (SSE)The State Council, USA: In recent days, the United States has communicated with some Syrian groups through intermediaries.Syrian media claimed that Israel attacked the naval fleet of Syrian government forces in northwest Syria. It was learned from Syrian media on the 9th local time that Israel attacked the naval fleet of Syrian government forces in Latakia port in northwest Syria that night. (CCTV)