There are growing expectations that US natural gas demand is set to jump in the coming years, driven by increasing LNG export capacity, and stronger demand from the power sector with further investment in data centres. But how much potential demand could we see in the years ahead?
Nothing – not even the news that SoftBank sold its entire Nvidia stake could spoil market sentiment yesterday, as investors bought into the optimism that the US government shutdown will finally end! Yes, after 41 days, the US government will reopen, and the data drought will come to an end.
Just a day after a weak but better-than-expected ADP report weakened the Federal Reserve (Fed) doves' hand, a disquieting report from Challenger came to the rescue of bond holders — showing that US companies announced the biggest job cuts in October since 2003, thanks to the AI revolution.
Market mood got hammered yesterday — for all the reasons we've been citing over and over: overstretched tech valuations, an increasingly narrow rally, and the circularity concerns around Big Tech that are reviving dot-com bubble comparisons.