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Verification of insider trading between Guotai Junan and Haitong Securities: 11 insiders involved in buying and selling A-shares, including executives and their families. Guotai Junan and Haitong Securities both announced that insider information related to this transaction bought and sold A-shares of Guotai Junan and Haitong Securities. The situation was verified, involving 11 related natural persons buying and selling A-shares of Guotai Junan and Haitong Securities. Including Han Zhida, vice president of Guotai Junan, Zhao Hong, chief auditor of Guotai Junan, Xiong Xiaohua, mother of Shen Yun, supervisor of Guotai Junan, Huang Guan Tu, father of Huang Wenxin, employee of Guotai Junan, and Zhou Yang, spouse of Lv Na, an overseas legal consultant of Haitong Securities and a consultant lawyer of Gao Weishen Law Firm. According to relevant documents, based on the verification scope of insider information of this transaction and the self-inspection of relevant institutions and personnel, and on the premise that the self-inspection report, relevant explanations and commitments and interview confirmation information issued by the insider information are true, accurate and complete, the buying and selling of A shares of Guotai Junan and/or Haitong Securities by the above-mentioned relevant institutions and personnel during the self-inspection period does not constitute insider trading, and their buying and selling of shares will not constitute a substantial legal obstacle to this transaction.During the year, A-share companies threw out nearly 1,000 single and medium-term cash dividend plans. According to Wind statistics, as of December 11th, 940 listed companies have thrown out 994 single and medium-term cash dividend plans this year, with the number of them increasing by 269.41% year-on-year. The total amount of dividends involved was 667.519 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 166.24%. Among them, 791 orders have been implemented, and dividends have reached 360.768 billion yuan; 203 single pending implementation, the total amount of dividends to be paid is 306.751 billion yuan. The researchers said that the active mid-term dividends of listed companies are conducive to enhancing investors' sense of gain and boosting investors' confidence. In addition, stable dividends can provide stable income, reduce investment risks, and help promote the formation of value investment concepts and long-term investment concepts. (Securities Daily)The consumption potential of the trade-in policy continued to be released. According to the VAT invoice data released by State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China on December 11th, from January to November, the retail sales revenue of household audio-visual equipment such as televisions and household appliances such as refrigerators increased by 15.9% and 18.7% respectively. The sales revenue of furniture retailing and sanitary ware retailing increased by 16.8% and 12.5% respectively. Experts said that recent data from various aspects show that the effect of the trade-in policy for consumer goods has appeared and the consumption potential has been continuously released. In the next stage, with the continuous expansion of the coverage of the "two new" policies and the recent package of economic incremental policies, the policy effect is expected to be further revealed. (CSI)

US stocks "Seven Sisters" | Tesla and Google A closed up more than 5%, both hitting record highs. On Wednesday (December 11), in "Magnificent 7", Tesla closed up 5.93%, refreshing the record high of closing to 424.77 US dollars; Google's parent company, Alphabet(GOOGL), closed up 5.52%, the best performance for two consecutive days since 2015-accumulated up by about 11%, refreshing the historical high of closing to 195.40 US dollars; NVIDIA rose 3.14%, Amazon rose 2.32%, Meta Platforms rose 2.16%, Microsoft rose 1.28%, and Apple closed down 0.52% from its all-time high. In addition, AMD closed up 1.89%, TSMC ADR rose 1.39%, Berkshire Hathaway B shares closed down 0.24%, and Lilly fell 0.44%.Meta Platforms(META.O): One million dollars has been donated to the inauguration fund of President-elect Trump.Market news: The doctor said that the operation of Brazilian President Lula was successful.

According to opinion polls, Chile's inflation rate is expected to be 3.5% in the next 12 months.International oil prices rose on the 11th. As of the close of the day, the futures price of light crude oil for January 2025 in the New York Mercantile Exchange rose by $1.70 to close at $70.29 per barrel, an increase of 2.48%. London Brent crude oil futures for delivery in February 2025 rose by $1.33 to close at $73.52 per barrel, an increase of 1.84%.The CEO of Bank of America said that the sales and trading business is expected to hit a new high in the fourth quarter, and the income of investment banking business jumped. Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, said that the quarterly income of the bank's investment banking business is expected to increase by at least 25% year-on-year, and the sales and trading business is expected to hit a new high. Moynihan said at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference on Wednesday that with the "continuous growth" of transactions, the investment banking revenue in the fourth quarter may exceed $1.4 billion. Analysts had expected that the investment banking revenue of the second largest bank in the United States would be close to $1.5 billion, equivalent to an increase of about 27%. At the same time, Moynihan said that the sales and trading business should once again record year-on-year growth, achieving medium-to-high single-digit growth in the last quarter of this year. Analysts predict that market revenue will increase by 8.2% to $4.06 billion. The business led by Jim DeMare "has reached a higher level, but we will set a record in the fourth quarter, so we feel good," Moynihan said.