Many conservative investors are looking for safer, dividend-paying stocks, there is a sub-set that outperform, the Aristocrat liquid, high dividend-yielding US stocks. The 2 Key components used to screen for the stocks in the group are: Free Cash Flow/Enterprise Value (High value is more attractive) Return on Capital (High value is more attractive) They are […]
Governments around the world have to deal with this health crisis and manage the economic side effects. Some are doing it better than others, but this is not nearly over. Now is is clear the US government will spend several trillion dollars in direct healthcare costs, business aid and payments to American workers. The federal budget was […]
Wednesday, President Trump said he did not mind Philippines President Duterte’s decision to end a decades-old military agreement with the United States President Duterte Tuesday announced termination of the 20 yr old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). Defense Secretary Mark Esper called the decision “unfortunate” as Washington and its allies press China to abide by “international […]
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace met with his Iraqi counterpart, His Excellency Najah al-Shammari, signing a Memorandum of Understanding. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: “The work our personnel are doing in Iraq to help them combat the scourge of terrorism is absolutely vital. Not only are we making a valued international partner more self-sufficient for […]
The owner of the only US rare earths mine is hiring, as it looks to significantly boost production, part of a strategy to build out American refining capability after China raised tariffs on the minerals during this escalating trade dispute. By next year, MP Materials will be the 1st company to refine rare earths since […]
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) program has completed delivery of its first radar panel to Clear, Alaska and placement of the final beam on the radar shelter as the program continues to successfully achieve all milestones and work towards delivery to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in 2020 at its Clear, Alaska site. The […]
$GLD, $GDX, $XAU, $USD FLASH: Gold is in Vogue while this new fresh wave of monetary easing blows a bubble in risk assets, aka “always take what the market gives” Note: On 26 July, the European Central Bank (ECB) made an announcement that could have an impact of future gold prices. According to Reuters, European […]
$DIA, $SOX, $QQQ, $SPY, $RUTX, $VXX The US Financial Markets are Closed Monday to Celebrate Memorial Day Note: The US economy is so diverse that there are always areas that are insulated from whatever you may be concerned about. The US-China trade dispute has driven dividend-rich sectors like utilities higher, but investors do not need […]
President Trump Signs National Defense Authorization Act The bill, formally named the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act, but referred to by President Trump as the National Defense Authorization Act will introduce thousands of new recruits to active duty, reserve and National Guard units and replace aging tanks, planes, ships and helicopters with more […]
President Trump: “NATO Stronger Now Than it Was 2 Days Ago” Thursday, US President Donald Trump that the United States’ commitment to NATO “remains very strong” after a summit in Brussels at which he said allies had made unprecedented commitments to increase spending on their own defense. “NATO is much stronger now than it was […]
President Trump: NATO Allies Should 2X Defense Spending Targets President Donald Trump has proposed 2X’ing the 2% defense spending targets for the NATO alliance. His suggestion was informal and made in a closed-door session of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO Summit in Brussels Wednesday, the suggestion was not designed ease tensions in a forceful […]
The Trump Impact: NATO Allies are Hiking Defense Spending Sunday, US NATO Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison praised President Donald Trump for “making an impact,” and is the 1st in 3 administrations to get allies to hike their defense spending. In an interview Sunday, Amb. Hutchinson remarked “I’ve worked for 3 presidents, all of whom have […]
SecDef Mattis, “… I create concerns for our enemies” Friday, US Defense Secretary James Mattis said that he has no major military concerns for Y 2018, telling reporters: “I don’t have major concerns. I create them.” Secretary Mattis’ comments at the Pentagon were reported via Twitter. In assessing Y 2017’s efforts last week, Mattis told […]
President Trump Can Tweet “Anything he wants” and “Cannot obstruct justice” President Donald Trump’s legal defense team is arguing that he cannot be charged with collusion or obstruction of justice, the central threads of the special counsel’s Russia investigation. 2 of President Trump’s Key defense lawyers, John Dowd and Jay Sekulow, have said in recent […]
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince vows “to wipe Terrorists from the Earth” Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince hosts officials from 40 Muslim countries in 1st meeting of Islamic counter-terrorism alliance. Sunday the Saudi Crown Prince vowed to “pursue terrorists until they are wiped from the face of the earth” as officials from 40 Muslim countries gathered in […]
US Protesters ‘Duped’ Into Working for Russians $FB Tuesday, it was reported by the Russian new outlet RBC that the Kremlin-linked “troll farm” that placed thousands of ads on Facebook in Y 2016 paid about $80,000 to remotely organize Black rights protests and self-defense classes in US cities in an attempt to sow fear ahead […]
Secretary Mattis Wants to Stay, Aligns with President Trump on Defense America’s relationship with NKorea remains diplomatic, but the military must be ready in case the situation breaks down, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Monday. In his Keynote address to the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting in Washington, DC, Secretary Mattis […]
Barack Hussein Obama Worked to Weaken US Military World Wide The Navy’s Pacific Fleet safety and readiness is being questioned by federal watchdogs Seventeen sailors have been killed in 2 recent separate ship collisions and more than one-third of warfare training certificates for Japan-based destroyers and cruisers expired in June, a 5X increase from two […]
Keeping America Safe, WH Beefs Up The Defense Sector $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX US President Donald Trump is expected to sign an ER (executive order) that will direct a review into whether United States military suppliers would have the ability to keep the military stocked during wartime. Nextgov reports that the Pentagon will lead the multi-agency review, […]
Chinese Spy Ship Seen Off Alaska’s Coast A Chinese spy ship has been seen off of the Alaskan coast for the last several days,most likely because of America’s recent missile defense system test. US Navy Captian Scott Miller of the the North American Aerospace Defense Command said the Chinese vessel is either a “communications” or […]
President Trump is Right to “woo” the Russians The ceasefire in 3 Syrian provinces announced Friday after the Trump-Putin meeting in Hamburg is the 1st step in the right direction that the United States has taken in the Middle East in more than 20 years. The Syrian deal should be understood in the context of […]
Paris Air Show: Boeing (NYSE:BA), Airbus (OTCMKT:EADSY) in the Spotlights $BA, $EADSY, $LMT, $KTOS Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Airbus (OTCMKT:EADSY) are in the spotlights at the Paris Air Show, but a lot of the really interesting “airships” will be on displayat the upcoming biennial aviation and defense industry gathering. Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE:LMT) F-35 jet will have […]
The Trump Rally Extends: Stocks in the Defense Sector Mark Record Highs $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX President Donald Trump’s approval of $110-B in arms sales to Saudi Arabia gave stocks in the defense sector a lift to record highs Monday. The deal includes $350-B more in defense support over 10 years. Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) was […]
World War 3: Stocks for a “War Portfolio” $LTM, $GD, $BA The Key US defense contractor stocks are up on President Trump’s strong stance against, ISIS’ waring in Syria and North Korea’s ballistic missile threats. The group has been running since the election on President Trump’s campaign promises to boost military spending. Now, the outlook […]
Conservatism is Changing in The Trump Era Decades of intellectual and political activity preceded the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review in 1955. A little less than a decade later, National Review publisher William Rusher helped orchestrate Barry Goldwater’s presidential nomination. The following year, 1965, Buckley ran for […]
This is Nutz: More Than 50% of Our US Navy Planes Cannot Fly The Obama Admin over the past 8 years has severely weakened our Military readiness and our nation’s defense. More than 50% of our US Navy’s aircraft are grounded, including nearly 70% of F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet strike fighters, because there is […]
The Do/Don’t of US Military Aid to Israel More specifics about congressional restrictions on US military aid for Israel have emerged with the State Department release of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) governing the bilateral pact signed nearly four months ago. Details of the $38 billion deal, which covers fiscal years 2019 to 2028, provide […]
New Orders for US Factory Goods Fell in May on Weak Demand $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX New orders for US factory goods fell in May on weak demand for transportation and defense capital goods, but growing order backlogs and lean inventories suggested the worst of the manufacturing downturn may be over. The US Commerce Department […]
Summer Investment Strategy, Play Defense $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX As we enter this Summer trading season the big Wall Street traders head to The Hampton’s to vacation their trading positions laid out and staked. This year we are dealing with sluggish trading season, and an all but stalled global economy too. Notably, Eurozone business growth […]
Susan Rice: Liar, Leaker, Black Radical, Racist! Barack Hussein-Obama “Groopie” Susan Rice’s “Racism” against White people is the Obama administration’s racist assault on the common defense of our nation, that on top of the ongoing projects of the sexual and social re-engineering of our armed forces. The definition of Racism is this: “imputing shared qualities to a given population […]