ASML’s AI Boom Comes With Friction

Layoffs used to be a sign that the company was not doing well. Perhaps management misjudged a business cycle, a new technology hurt margins, or a geopolitical event knocked out a key market. Yet ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) has stunned the market by announcing a 1,700-job cut...
Qatar LNG Blown Offline, U.S. Gas Stocks Ignite

Qatar LNG Blown Offline, U.S. Gas Stocks Ignite

Iran’s missile strikes on Qatar’s giant Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub have handed U.S.-based natural gas names an abrupt tailwind, as traders scramble to reprice a market that suddenly looks much tighter for years, not months.  LNG stock is...