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…
Rich Duprey UFO returned 66.36% in 2025 while the S&P 500 gained a fourth of that. With a SpaceX IPO looking increasingly likely before year-end, the question is whether the fund can repeat that…
Boeing (NYSE:BA | BA Price Prediction) shares rose 5% in Wednesday’s midday session, climbing from $199.03 to $209. Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) stock added 2%, rising from $604.39 to $617. Both moves…
The Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (NYSEARCA:PPA) is built on a straightforward premise: wars and geopolitical tension are good for defense contractors. With the U.S. in an active conflict against Iran, that premise…
With the Federal Reserve having cut rates from 4.5% to 3.75% over the past six months, the calculus for income investors is shifting. Cash and money market yields are drifting lower, while…
Defense stocks have been one of the most compelling stories in the market over the past year, and the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (NYSEARCA:ITA) has reflected that. The fund is…
Three monthly dividend ETFs split across a $300,000 portfolio can generate roughly $1,541 per month in passive income. That math matters to retirees because monthly payments align with how bills actually arrive:…
A $268 billion backlog sounds like a guaranteed growth story. For RTX, it is more complicated than that, because converting those orders into cash depends on resolving an engine crisis that has…
Four ETFs, each yielding above 6%, each paying monthly. On a $100,000 investment spread across these funds, the income math works out to more than $6,000 a year before taxes. That kind…
