European governments are pushing defense budgets higher than at any point since the Cold War, and three exchange-traded funds offer distinct ways to ride the spending cycle: the iShares U.S. Aerospace &…
The U.S. Navy fired interceptors at inbound Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday morning. Those interceptors were almost certainly built by Raytheon. CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said Iran…
The First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF (NASDAQ:MISL) exists to solve a concentration problem: anyone betting on the defense and aerospace cycle through a single name takes on F-35 program risk,…
There is a new class of up-and-coming businesses that are delivering multibagger gains month after month, and you don’t know many of them. TTM Technologies (NASDAQ:TTMI) is one of them, and it…
It’s quite obvious now that military stocks are not going to tumble significantly anytime soon. The forever wars will pause, only to be followed up with another conflict down the line, and…
Leveraged exchange-traded funds deliver a daily multiple of an underlying index’s return, using swaps and futures to reset exposure every session. The daily reset means multi-day performance depends on the path the…
SpaceX dominates space economy headlines, but private shares do not mail quarterly checks, and even after an initial public offering, the rocket and spacecraft maker is unlikely to offer a dividend. For…
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT | LMT Price Prediction) and RTX (NYSE:RTX) both reported strong quarters amid surging global defense budgets and an expanding U.S. missile defense agenda. One is a pure-play defense titan…
RTX (NYSE:RTX | RTX Price Prediction) reports first-quarter 2026 results before the market opens on Tuesday, April 21. With the Iran War driving elevated defense demand and a massive commercial aerospace backlog behind…
Rich Duprey The S&P 500 (^GSPC) crossed 7,000 for the first time in history this week, closing at 7,022.95 on Wednesday before pushing to 7,041.28 on Thursday. Futures are pointing higher Friday as President…
Peace talks between the U.S. and Iran collapsed in Islamabad on April 11, 2026, and President Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to blockade the Strait of Hormuz. A fragile two-week ceasefire that…
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) holds roughly $2.1 trillion in assets and has earned its place in millions of retirement portfolios. The appeal is straightforward: one fund, the entire U.S. equity…
The White House just proposed a $1.5 trillion defense budget for fiscal year 2027, a roughly 44% increase over current Pentagon spending. Even though U.S. and Israeli forces are no longer engaged…
The U.S. military’s recent Operation Absolute Resolve put F-35s, F-22s, and stealth drones into live combat, and every platform traced back to a company inside Global X Defense Tech ETF (NYSEARCA:SHLD). Modern…
RTX Corp (NYSE:RTX | RTX Price Prediction) reports its first-quarter 2026 results on Tuesday, April 21, prior to market open. With the Iran War now driving a surge in missile demand and…
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