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Emerald Wealth Partners, an independent asset and wealth management firm based in Zurich, released its Q2 2026 investor letter for the “Focused Equity Strategy.” A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Strategy reported a 0.8% gross return for the second quarter of 2026. Equity markets rallied after the first quarter’s Iran shock faded and […]

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Freeport-McMoRan, Teck Resources and the United States Copper Index Fund ETF were among copper plays flashing buy points on Tuesday. Rare earth stocks also were lighting up, some with double-digit percentage gains. The bullish moves in industrial metals comes as oil prices retreat on reported progress toward a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a positive for global growth at a time that the AI infrastructure buildout has U.S. nonresidential construction humming.

According to a Reuters report, Lockheed Martin is in talks with NioCorp Developments to secure scandium, and Teck Resources and 5N Plus for germanium.

Lockheed Martin just delivered a blowout quarter with a record-breaking backlog, yet the stock sits near a six-month low while one Wall Street analyst sees nearly 30% upside. The real question is whether a single ugly quarter buried a defense giant or exposed something deeper.

Monday's approval was already telegraphed, the rare double upgrade beside it was not, and the finished flight test frees engineering capacity for a different program entirely.

Greenskeeper Asset Management, an independent firm that specializes in disciplined value investing, recently released its Q2 2026 scorecard. A copy is available to download here. After a slow start to the year, the Fund gained 10.9% in the quarter, lifting its year-to-date return to 1.9%. The rebound came as markets showed signs of rotating away from momentum […]

The DOD tapped Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman to accelerate Patriot, THAAD production. Anduril looks to build unmanned boats.

Rocket Lab stock is well off its high again, and its shock record says the most serious damage comes from rate moves rather than from anything on the launch pad.

The company, among other things, is doubling capacity at its Utah facilities to deliver solid rocket motors and nearly tripling capacity at the Allegany Ballistics Lab in West Virginia.

Boeing is delivering airplanes at a pace it has not managed in years, and almost none of the profit those airplanes will carry has shown up yet.

Northrop Grumman signed two agreements totaling $3 billion to speed up production of missile interceptors.

Recent declines have left several stocks looking attractive, according to Wall Street. But one large defense contractor looks better than the others right now.

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Investing.com -- The U.S. and its allies conducted their largest Rim of the Pacific maritime exercise to date, demonstrating deepening military cooperation amid concerns about China and North Korea, the Wall Street Journal reported.

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has signed multi year propulsion agreements with the Department of War and Lockheed Martin. The contracts cover missile propulsion production for the PAC 3 MSE and THAAD defense systems. The agreements are described as transformative and are intended to nearly triple and quadruple propulsion output for these programs. L3Harris Technologies sits at the center of key U.S. missile defense programs as a propulsion supplier for PAC 3 MSE and THAAD systems. For...

Investing.com -- President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to launch a fresh attack against Iran that could begin as soon as this weekend and continue for several days, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing American officials.

Lockheed Martin Corp. shares edged lower on Thursday. The company received a major U.S. government contract modification for PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors. Lockheed Martin Wins Major PAC-3 MSE Award The U.S. government awarded Lockheed Martin a seven-year undefinitized contract...

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and L3Harris are leaders in supplying U.S. missile defense systems.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions recently completed its US$50,000,000 Indiana Payload Integration Facility for hypersonic systems ahead of schedule and delivered validated advanced turbomachinery supporting Lockheed Martin’s ramjet propulsion program. Together, the new hypersonics hub and proven propulsion hardware highlight Kratos’ growing role in enabling faster development and testing of next-generation U.S. weapons systems. Next, we’ll examine how the new Indiana hypersonic facility...

Lockheed Martin’s second quarter performance was shaped by a sharp acceleration in munitions demand and broad-based program execution across its segments. Management cited the company’s advanced manufacturing investments and proactive scaling of capacity as major factors in the quarter’s performance. CEO James Taiclet emphasized, “These achievements stem from robust customer demand, enabled by strategic decisions we made well before this demand materialized,” highlighting the early investments i

AST SpaceMobile burns cash to build satellites while Lockheed Martin generates billions, but one valuation gap hints at where growth investors should look.

The U.S. has fired a lot of missiles lately, leaving the Defense Department motivated to quickly replace and grow its missile stocks. “When you add the $54 billion dollars in this contract modification, you’re pushing $300 billion dollars of backlog for the company,” said CEO Jim Taiclet on Fox Business. Lockheed is tripling production of its PAC-3 missiles.

Its five-year correlation and its return gap say most of this has been the company's own story, and the capture readings say you will feel every market swing along the way.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he asked President Donald Trump for an emergency winter package of Patriot air defense interceptors to protect Ukraine’s energy infrastructure from Russian attacks. Zelenskyy told Axios that Trump pledged to help secure more Patriot air...

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The Army modified its contract with Lockheed Martin to step-up production; the final cost will depend on congressional funding.

The defense contractor reported second-quarter earnings per share of $3.13. Wall Street was looking for $2.80.

Northrop Grumman Corp (NYSE:NOC)’s leadership in military aviation received another boost after the U.S. Navy awarded the company a $1.2 billion contract. The award reinforces the company’s growing backlog and highlights why rising global defense spending continues to strengthen its long-term investment case. The $1.2 billion contract is for the production and support of three E-2D Advanced […]