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Israel Takes on Iran – Is It Time for Defense Stocks and ETFs?

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The S&P 500 Index had been up nearly 1 percent after the first four days of trading this week.  Israel’s attacks on strategic targets in Iran followed by Iran’s counterattack changed the narrative as the selloff Friday wiped out those gains sufficiently to throw that benchmark into negative territory for the week.  It can be … Read more

How Much Runway Room Remains for the Aerospace/Defense Sector?

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This year Aerospace stands out as one of the few industry sectors with a positive return other than energy and utilities.   For example, the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA), the largest ETF by assets representing the industry, returned 15.2% over the past twelve months in contrast to the -13.6% return posted by … Read more