ASML Holding ADR

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ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) is the name dominating every chip-equipment headline this month after its shares rose 78.18% year to date on AI-driven lithography demand. The setup deserves scrutiny. Tighter central bank liquidity is punishing overextended growth multiples, and ASML now trades at a trailing P/E of 60 with a forward multiple of 48. That is a ... Forget ASML: As Post-June 5 Volatility Shakes High-Beta Tech, This Dividend-Paying Chip Index Is a No-Brainer Buy

Investing.com -- French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is negotiating to raise approximately €3 billion ($3.5 billion) at a valuation of about €20 billion, according to a Friday report by Bloomberg. The funding round would provide the Paris-based company with resources as it competes in the computing race against rivals in the US and China.

Roughly six months ago, we asked whether ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) finally had a real competitor: xLight, the stealth startup chaired by ousted Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, was developing free-electron-laser light sources backed by up to $150 million in CHIPS Act funding with the U.S. government taking an equity stake, targeting first silicon wafers by 2028. ... The Competitive Threat That Never Was: ASML’s Widening Moat Boosts Stock 77% YTD

ASML Holding and labor unions have agreed a social plan linked to 1,700 job cuts in a company wide restructuring. The plan focuses on Development & Engineering and IT & Data teams and runs without compulsory layoffs until May next year. ASML aims to redeploy affected staff internally while pursuing higher efficiency across its operations. For a company as central to chip manufacturing as ASML Holding (ENXTAM:ASML), a restructuring on this scale is a key operational event. The stock trades...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +1.75%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.86%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +3.29%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +1.73%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...