Balyasny Just Cut 10 People Running a $2 billion Book (Business Insider) Dmitry Balyasny‘s hedge fund has cut its 10-person Synthesis team, which...
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With the NASDAQ futures modestly up in early morning trade, several stocks have inched up higher, fueled by upgrades issued by analysts earlier today...
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September 23 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
The U.S. military has a reputation as a somewhat secretive organization. But in one respect at least, the Pentagon is one of the most “open”...
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September 16 - News - Comments
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable...
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September 11 - News - Comments
Photo: U.S. Navy (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons As the United States gets closer to a missile strike on Syria, there’s one pertinent question...
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September 9 - News - Comments
Don’t look now, but the U.S. Navy’s highest profile warship may soon be toast — a victim of Pentagon cost-cutting. LCS-1 — America...
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September 9 - News - Comments
Some people call AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV)‘s Switchblade drone a “Lethal Miniature Aerial Munitions System,” or LMAMS. Others...
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September 9 - News - Comments
The U.S. military has a reputation as a somewhat secretive organization. But in one respect at least, the Pentagon is one of the most “open”...
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September 8 - News - Comments
The U.S. military has a reputation as a somewhat secretive organization. But in one respect at least, the Pentagon is one of the most “open”...
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September 3 - News - Comments
You know that saving energy saves money, but did you know that it could literally save lives? Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, began a fascinating recent...
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August 29 - News - Comments
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today, our headlines...
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August 26 - News - Comments
Aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) is largely dependent on the U.S. government, particularly the Department of Defense. As...
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August 26 - News - Comments
Hundreds are dead following a Syrian attack on a Damascus suburb in what looks like a chemical weapons attack. Further, the U.S. warned Syria that if...
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August 25 - News - Comments
For two consecutive weeks, both the overall market and the real-money Inflation-Protected Income Growth portfolio have dropped a bit in value. As those...
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August 19 - News - Comments
The U.S. military has a reputation as a somewhat secretive organization. But in one respect at least, the Pentagon is one of the most “open”...
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August 19 - News - Comments
In ancient times, skillful warriors first made themselves invincible, and then watched for vulnerability in their opponents … skillful warriors...
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August 17 - News - Comments
Despite a terrible end to the week, Japan’s NIKKEI 225 (INDEXNIKKEI:NI225) stock index managed to pull in small gains during the past five days...
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August 17 - News - Comments
Sometimes the market drops, as do even the greatest companies within it. Last week was one of those weeks, as both the S&P 500 index and the real-...
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August 13 - News - Comments
If there’s one thing that spurs defense companies’ profits, it’s war. And by all accounts, the civil war in Syria is horrific. More...
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August 13 - News - Comments
The U.S. military has a reputation as a somewhat secretive organization. But in one respect at least, the Pentagon is one of the most “open”...
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August 12 - News - Comments
Due to the Budget Control Act of 2011, more commonly known as sequestration, military spending is declining. Despite this decline, U.S. defense-related...
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August 6 - News - Comments
Investing isn’t that hard. If you stick to making logical decisions based on industry trends, then you should do well. For instance, investing in defense...
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August 5 - News - Comments
After another solid week of performance, the real-money Inflation Protected Income Growth portfolio finished this past Friday up more than $540 since...
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August 5 - News - Comments
In the late 1980s, the United States, along with more than 30 countries, signed an agreement called the Missile Technology Control Regime, or MTCR. The...
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August 5 - News - Comments
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is going to Taiwan. Wednesday after close of trading, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) issued a press release...
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August 1 - News - Comments
The U.S. military has a reputation as a somewhat secretive organization. But in one respect at least, the Pentagon is one of the most “open”...
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July 15 - News - Comments
On July 5, the Pentagon’s ground-based midcourse defense program, or GMD, failed to intercept a ballistic missile fired from the Marshall Islands...
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July 14 - News - Comments
The real-money Inflation-Protected Income Growth portfolio just finished a strong week, gaining a touch above $500 in the time covered since last week...
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July 8 - News - Comments
The U.S. military has a reputation as a somewhat secretive organization. But in one respect at least, the Pentagon ranks among our most transparent government...
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July 8 - News - Comments
The House Appropriations Committee approved a couple of days ago the fiscal 2014 bill, which provides $512.5 billion in non-war funding and highlights...
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June 27 - News - Comments
SAIC, Inc. (NYSE:SAI) has struggled in recent years, with SAIC, Inc. (NYSE:SAI) stock having posted sharp declines in 2011 and 2012 in response to adverse...
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June 21 - News - Comments
Many investors read over the earnings reports of companies that they own, but what some fail to do is search for trends that may carry over on a quarter...
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June 19 - News - Comments
The budget problems surrounding the United States have had an impact on aerospace and defense stocks. The US defense budget has been a prime target for...
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June 10 - News - Comments
Most thought it’d be avoided, or that Congress would come up with a solution at the last possible moment. But here we are in June, and sequestration...
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June 10 - News - Comments
Defense spending, as a whole, is not going anywhere. Some cuts are probably for the best, because there is no way that any government agency is allocating...
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June 10 - News - Comments
It’s no secret that national defense is a big business in the United States. America spends a huge amount of money on defending itself, and as a result...
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June 4 - News - Comments
For a time, it seemed as if The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) was in big trouble. Its new commercial airline product, the 787 jetliner, was grounded, and the...
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June 4 - News - Comments
Apparently, Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE:NBR) doesn’t want to be held accountable for the results of its bad decisions. But it doesn’t want...
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May 28 - News - Comments
Faced with the threat of sequestration and a generally muted government spending ability here at home, U.S. defense contractors might be well-advised...
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May 22 - News - Comments
I am on the hunt for businesses that have consistently generated high returns on capital over a long period of time, produced good cash flow, paid decent...
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May 13 - News - Comments
“These advances in ballistic-missile delivery systems, coupled with developments in nuclear technology … are in line with North Korea’...
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May 6 - News - Comments
We’d all like to invest like the legendary Warren Buffett, turning thousands into millions or more. Buffett analyzes companies by calculating return...
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April 30 - News - Comments
While I may not be convinced of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)‘s superiority in the realm of robotics, I have to admit the defense giant...
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April 26 - News - Comments
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about drones and their place in safeguarding America. And while there’s still controversy surrounding their...
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April 20 - News - Comments
Related tickers: The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT), Raytheon Company (NYSE...
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April 10 - News - Comments
Three major firms recently announced that they would increase their annual shareholder distributions for the upcoming quarter. For starters, German technology...
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April 2 - News - Comments
Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN)‘s Patriot missile system blasted onto the world stage in 1991, when the missiles famously sheltered U.S. troops in Saudi...
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April 2 - News - Comments
Peter Lynch used to say that you should know enough about a company to tell its “story” in just a minute or two. I bought Lockheed Martin Corporation...
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April 1 - News - Comments
Sometimes its seems like there’s just no end to North Korea’s provocations. To be sure, while the country has undoubtedly developed a reputation...
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March 26 - News - Comments
In early December 2012, the Inflation-Protected Income Growth portfolio was launched. That real-money portfolio seeks out companies that pay dividends...
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March 25 - News - Comments
