Vanguard went against tradition and suggested the strategy of "six shares of debt and four shares" to deal with policy risks. In view of the high interest rate and stock valuation, Vanguard Group suggested that investors establish defensive positions in the new year and increase their investment in bonds instead of stocks. The company's 2025 outlook lists the asset allocation model built by economists and portfolio teams, which allocates 62% of the funds to fixed-income securities and the remaining 38% to stocks. In contrast, the ratio of stocks to bonds in the traditional portfolio is 60% to 40%. Although the US economy is still strong, the stock market valuation is close to historical highs, which makes stocks more vulnerable to potential policy risks after Trump takes office. At the same time, interest rates may remain higher than those in the 2010 s, thus providing investors with stable income and more protection in the case of risk aversion.The S&P 500 index opened up 0.5%, while the Nasdaq 100 index rose 0.9%.The price of natural gas futures in the United States continued to rise, with an increase of 5%.
Industry ETFs generally rose at the beginning of the US stock market, with semiconductor ETFs rising by 1.2%, regional bank ETFs, banking ETFs and internet stock index ETFs also rising by at least 1%, while medical ETFs fell by more than 0.4%.Bank of Canada Governor Mackler M: Monetary policy no longer needs to remain tight. The job market is still weakening. Officials will adopt a more "gradual" interest rate policy.Macy's opened down 11%, the biggest drop since August 21st. On the news, the company lowered its profit forecast.
Jiangling motors and Autoliv signed a strategic cooperation agreement. On December 11th, jiangling motors and Autoliv signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Nanchang, aiming at establishing a long-term and stable strategic partnership, and jointly laying out the global automobile industry field through a series of cooperation measures such as resource integration, technology sharing and sharing.The yield of Italian 10-year government bonds fell to the lowest level since mid-August 2022, at 3.162%.Kirin Xin 'an launched a new generation of cloud desktop solution supporting Xinchuang PC. On December 11th, at the Second National Conference on the Integration Ecology of New Generation Independent Security Computing System Industry Cluster, Kirin Xin 'an released a new generation of cloud desktop solution supporting Xinchuang PC, which was the first release of domestic PC cloud management based on the international TCI architecture, and was perfectly adapted to the Galaxy Kirin desktop operating system and the Great Wall domestic PC machine, forming an efficient operation and maintenance office solution for Hunan government affairs Xinchuang. (China Securities Network)
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