XAR News and Press, SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense From 03/21/23

2023-03-21 13:12:17 ET SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF ( XAR ) - $0.1214 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 0.35% as of Mar. 17. Payable Mar 23; for shareholders of record Mar 21; ex-div Mar 20. For further details see: SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF declar...

2023-03-20 15:29:15 ET Summary Aerospace and defense industry is an essential industry with customers and suppliers in demand. AeroVironment is a niche player getting a lot of hype and institutional financial support. Revenue growth and news stories hype AeroVironment, but steady ...

2023-03-07 11:18:59 ET Summary The world is getting more militarized as the U.S. and its allies attempt to contain the threat posed by Russia and China. To profit from this process, there is the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) which has more than 50% of its exposure...

Summary With Putin's horrific war on Ukraine, the allied Russia/China strategic partnership, and the recent spy balloon invasion, global military tensions are rising. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been met by a unified and robust response by the U.S., NATO, and the Democratic "West."...

Summary One group within the Industrials sector trades at a lofty P/E, but momentum persists with aerospace & defense equities. The equally-weighted XAR fund has underperformed the cap-weighted ITA for 2 years, but the trend could be changing. I highlight key price levels to wat...

Summary We continue to hold our overweight defense-aerospace position in the US Equity ETF portfolio. We have increased our position exposure to the domestic US oil sector with two selected ETFs. I think that oil prices are headed higher or staying in the range of high $70s or $80s....

Summary Leonardo DRS is new to the NASDAQ after merging with RADA Electronics. Shares opened at $11.50 and climbed to $13.46. The company operates in the essential defense and homeland security industry specializing in communications and radar systems selling to rather than competing wi...

Summary Aerospace & Defense stocks continue to perform well even with a relative pullback in the industrial sector this year. Spirit AeroSystems has a poor post-earning share price reaction history, but I see longer-term upside. With improving EPS and a bullish technical chart f...

Summary 2023 may be an inflection point for the equity markets. When we look at the valuations around the globe at the region or country level, everything looks really cheap. We believe the markets will stay volatile in 2023. By Melda Mergen, CFA, CAIA, Global Head of Eq...

Summary Defense equities continue to be a warm blanket for nervous investors. Despite soft 2023 relative performance, you'll find impressive uptrends in many of the industry's individual charts. With a low PEG ratio, shares look cheap for a GARP idea, but buying on a technical pullb...