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January 21, 2011
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5 Cheap Stocks to Buy Now When the defense industry is battered, deals await the heady investor.   |
National Defense
August 2010
Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon Contractors Souring on 'Soft Power' Pentagon contractors are turning bearish on the so-called "soft power" market for non-defense work such as nation-building and post-conflict reconstruction. |
National Defense
September 2009
Gregory S. Martin |
Achieving Balance Over Time Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been articulate and decisive in moving the Defense Department, military services and agencies toward a more "balanced" force. But will this balance be applicable in years to come? |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2011
Esterhuizen & Sellitti |
Military Cuts: Aerospace and Defense Stocks Being Dumped by the Smart Money So how will aerospace and defense stocks react to the expected budget cuts? |
National Defense
December 2015
Jon Harper |
New Afghanistan Troop Plan to Cost Billions President Barack Obama's decision to delay troop withdrawals from Afghanistan could cost $10 billion or more annually, analysts said. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2011
Andrew Tonner |
Defense Stocks vs. Mr. Market Which will win out, performance or perception? Let's take a look. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2006
John Keller |
Defense industry upbeat; military spending to stay healthy over next decade Predictions released last month say that U.S. defense spending will grow to an annual $609.4 billion over the next decade. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2009
Rich Smith |
Mr. Obama Goes to Kabul You cried when Mr. Smith went to Washington. Now profit as Mr. Obama goes to Kabul. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2011
Robert Eberhard |
3 Aerospace and Defense Stocks Near Lows and Paying Dividends A Foolish veteran who served in Iraq likes the dividends of these aerospace and defense stocks. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2011
Andrew Tonner |
Does This Defense Contractor Have the Makings of a Great Investment? Should you buy this stock? |
BusinessWeek
March 5, 2007
Kopecki & Holmes |
Ready To Come Back To Earth Defense is blazing hot. But most stocks are already in the stratosphere. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2011
Anand Chokkavelu |
8 Aerospace and Defense Stocks Near 52-Week Lows Trolling the bottom for upside potential. Here are the eight aerospace and defense companies that are within 20% of their 52-week lows and have market caps above $2 billion. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2011
Anand Chokkavelu |
Rising Star Buy: Cheap Defense Stocks It's time to buy these beaten down defense stocks. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2011
Rich Smith |
America: Guns "R" U.S. The nation is set to sell $46 billion in arms internationally this year. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2011
Andrew Tonner |
Does Alliant Techsystems Deserve a Spot in Your Portfolio? A quick check of their numbers should help get us started. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2010
John Keller |
The DOD Budget is Out, and the News is Good The Obama Administration's military budget proposals for next year are out, and we can breathe a collective sigh of relief. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2009
Rich Smith |
Lockheed Defenseless? Boeing Busted? Maybe, but there are also winners aplenty in the Pentagon's new budget. |
National Defense
July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Can the Pentagon Break its Addiction to Supplementals? This Gotterdammerung -- also known as the end of supplemental budgets -- is being met with a mix of anxiety and resignation. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2009
Eric Bleeker |
Juice Your Defense-Investing Returns What works in defense investing today might be a relic tomorrow. |
National Defense
March 2010
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Defense Budget and Quadrennial Review Sidestep Critical Issues The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and the fiscal year 2011 defense budget proposal seek to achieve some worthy goals, but acknowledgement of disconnects between program priorities and existing spending plans is missing. |
National Defense
April 2012
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Defense Budget: Some Clues Have Emerged, But More Uncertainty Ahead The political season is upon us, and much of the rhetoric adds little visibility to the direction for defense. |
National Defense
May 2012
Berteau & Murdock |
Defense Department Must Prepare for Deeper Budget Cuts The post-election bargaining over taxes and government spending will be intense and hard-fought. The Defense Department needs to make it clear to all the players what the real consequences for the nation's security are of ill-considered, deep cuts to a defense budget that is already on the decline. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2010
John Keller |
DOD Proposes 3.2 Percent Spending Increase on Electronics and Communications in 2011 Budget Set to Reach $17.45 Billion Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) propose spending $17.45 billion in fiscal year 2011 for procurement and research in military communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence technologies. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2011
John Grgurich |
7 Dirt Cheap Defense Stocks Take a closer look at seven stocks nearing their 52-week lows. |
National Defense
August 2009
Berenson & Jovovic |
How Companies Can Capitalize On U.S. 'Smart Power' Approach Companies seeking to capture new business under new administration defense policies need to be able to work with multiple divisions of the government. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2011
Andrew Tonner |
Should You Buy This Defense Stock? Does beaten-down contractor L-3 Communications deserve your investment dollars? |
National Defense
April 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
U.S. Wants More Help From Allies? Not Really The hope is that President Obama's extraordinary popularity in Europe will translate into "enhanced contributions to the efforts in Afghanistan." |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2009
John Keller |
Finally, a DOD budget request; now Congress can get to work Congress is facing a defense budget proposal from the Obama Administration of $663.8 billion -- $533.8 billion in discretionary spending and $130 billion to pay for fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Parameters
Spring 2004
Sean M. Maloney |
Afghanistan: From Here to Eternity? American policy in Afghanistan is at a crossroads, or so it appears. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld suggested in May 2003 that the war on terror in Afghanistan was in "cleanup" or "mop up" phase. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2011
Andrew Tonner |
Does United Technologies Deserve a Spot in Your Portfolio? How cheap does United Technologies look? |
National Defense
February 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Foreign Policy Ambition Overlooks War Lessons The Obama administration has endorsed a major expansion of ground forces, and a surge in military capabilities to conduct "irregular" warfare against non-state actors. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2011
Andrew Tonner |
Investor Roundtable: The Best Stocks in the Defense Industry Fools muster their financial forces to battle over the best potential picks. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2009
Rich Smith |
3 Top Defense Sector Stocks Raytheon, Lockheed, and General Dynamics carry strong balance sheets, while their valuations appear attractive relative to their growth prospects. |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
Tony Capaccio |
A Peace Dividend from Troop Withdrawals Obama's budget for Iraq and Afghanistan is said to tumble 26 percent - the lowest amount since 2005. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2008
John Keller |
2009 DOD budget: A Safe Bet We'll have a new president by the time the next DOD budget request comes out, and Bush looks like he has left any hard decisions up to the next chief executive. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2006
John Keller |
DOD Budget Keeps Growing, Despite the Odds Top-ranking experts in government and industry have been warning of substantial impending cuts in defense spending for the past 18 months, yet when Pentagon leaders released their 2007 spending proposals, the numbers just kept on growing. |
Parameters
Autumn 2008
Travis Sharp |
Tying US Defense Spending to GDP: Bad Logic, Bad Policy Defense spending should be determined according to threat-based analysis and not fixed at 4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). |
National Defense
May 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon Should 'Institutionalize' Cultural Training for Troops, Advisory Panel Says The Iraq war made it clear that the U.S. military neglected to study that country's culture before it deployed forces there. |
National Defense
August 2005
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Strategy and Budget Driven by Global War on Terror The final report is not scheduled to be completed and sent to Congress until February, but looking at what is happening in the world today, there are clear indicators of where the Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review is headed -- to a change to the current military posture. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2011
Rich Smith |
Rethink Your Position on Defense Stocks America's involvement in the Afghan war isn't ending anytime soon. Nor are these companies' revenues, or profits, from the war. |
Parameters
Summer 2008
Henrietta Holsman Fore |
Aligning "Soft" with "Hard" Power The importance of collaboration between American development agencies and the US military and how to drive those collaborations deeper into the US Agency for International Development (USAID). |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2009
Rich Smith |
Pentagon Unveils Crystal Ball Defense Secretary Gates says that the military needs to start preparing for "the wars we are most likely to fight -- not just the wars we're best suited to fight." Which companies stand to benefit from this? |
Parameters
Spring 2006
Ali A. Jalali |
The Future of Afghanistan Afghanistan is again at a crossroads. One road leads to peace and prosperity; the other leads to the loss of all that has been achieved. Everything depends on the level of international commitment to help Afghanistan emerge from the dark shadows of its recent past. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2011
Brendan Byrnes |
What to Expect From the Big Aerospace and Defense Companies This Earnings Season With defense cuts looming, how will these companies perform in Q3? |
National Defense
May 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Gates Reshapes the Budget, Can He Change the Culture? Defense Secretary Robert Gates' reshuffle of the Pentagon's $1.7 trillion weapons portfolio contained no major surprises. |
National Defense
December 2015
Jon Harper |
Despite Deal, More Budget Battles Loom Democrats and Republicans recently reached a bipartisan budget agreement that lifts sequestration caps on defense expenditures and avoids a government shutdown. But more fiscal fights lie ahead. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2010
Rich Smith |
Defense Contractors Get a Dunking Secure your helmets and fasten your chin straps, defense investors. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is wielding the ax again. |
InternetNews
April 24, 2009
Alex Goldman |
Lockheed Martin, DoD Under Constant Net Attack Lockheed Martin responds to reports that data on its flagship jet fighter was stolen from Department of Defense computers. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2008
Robert N. Charette |
What's Wrong with Weapons Acquisitions? Escalating complexity, a shortage of trained workers, and crass politicization mean that most programs to develop new military systems fail to meet expectations. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2008
Rich Duprey |
5 All-Star Stocks When top-notch investors back a stock, you might want to give it more consideration. |
