Morgan Stanley predicts that U.S. stocks may face severe challenges in the next six months; NVIDIA has released the new generation of GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards; Industry Chain insiders have stated that the "budget version" iPhone will begin mass production in mid-January; Toyota will collaborate with NVIDIA to develop the next generation of autonomous Autos.
1. The three major U.S. Equity Index futures had mixed results, with the Nasdaq futures down 0.1%, the S&P 500 Index futures up 0.04%, and the Dow futures up 0.1%.
2. Major European stock indices rose, with the DEGUODAXZHISHU up 0.37%, the UK FTSE100 Index down 0.35%, the French CAC Index up 0.66%, and the Euro Stoxx 50 Index up 0.54%.
3. Michael Wilson, Chief Investment Officer at Morgan Stanley: U.S. stocks may face severe challenges in the next six months due to rising Treasury yields and a strengthening dollar creating concerns about inflation.
4. NVIDIA will introduce a new generation of GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards, the "World Foundation Model" NVIDIA Cosmos, the next-generation automotive processor "Thor," and the personal computer "Project DIGITS" at CES 2025.
5. Industry sources say that Apple's "budget" iPhone model is expected to start mass production in mid-January 2025.
6. Toyota's next-generation autonomous vehicle will be equipped with NVIDIA's Drive AGX Orin in-vehicle supercomputer system and the DriveOS autonomous driving platform operating system.
7. Micron will provide memory for NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series Blackwell architecture GPUs.
8. Intel's first Intel 18A process chip, the Panther Lake processor, is confirmed to be released in the second half of the year.
9. AMD has launched two flagship Ryzen 9000 series X3D processors, aiming to become the strongest CPU in gaming and creative fields.
10. Dell Technologies has renamed its personal computer brands, releasing new PC models: Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max.
11. Last year, the Shanghai super factory delivered over 916,000 vehicles, contributing half of the global delivery volume, and Musk praised it in a post.
12. Meta announced that the CEO of UFC and the chairman of Stellantis will join the company's Board of Directors.
13. Boeing received a contract worth $0.616 billion from the US Department of Defense for the Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS).
14. Japan's Nippon Steel Corporation urgently held a press conference to strongly oppose the US's blockage of the acquisition and to file a lawsuit.
15. Sony and Honda's electric vehicle brand AFEELA announced their first model, expected to be delivered next year.
16. AbbVie revises the adjusted earnings per share forecast for the fiscal year 2024 to $10.02-$10.06.
17. MicroStrategy has purchased Bitcoin for nine consecutive weeks, with a total holding of approximately $44.3 billion.
18. MINISO announced the issuance of $0.55 billion in stock-linked securities to raise funds for overseas expansion and stock buybacks.
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