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The Aerospace and Defense industry is undervalued
How have you changed your portfolio during the war in Ukraine?
How have you changed your portfolio during the war in Ukraine.
Me as a holder of ITA (Defense ETF) hearing about the recent W@R
What would you suggest would be a good Aerospace & Defense ETF?
Does it make sense to sell VOO from my Roth IRA and use the account to actively trade during this market correction period?
Any decent Airline, Water, Healthcare, Airtech, Energy ETFs out there?
If you $LUV the idea of Airlines, I prefer to maneuver like an ICBM
Leidos(LDOS) or Zynga(ZNGA) long term hold?
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I flipped some ITA in my Roth to MSFT yesterday. Msft is still cheap if you believe they will stop worsening their bread and butter.
Why? because I am only looking for the profit and not looking to be a long term investor in energy. I just want to get the pop, take the profits, and sell. My strategy is that I buy some to establish a position and if it goes down, I sell all and lose a little. If it goes up I keep buying then sell and take profits once it reaches the new line of resistance and move back to cash. In a normal market I would agree with you on VOO, but this is NOT a normal market. This is a pump and dump market being manipulated by Tweets. Looking at the year so far: VOO is down -.52% YTD MSFT is down -21.12% YTD GOOGL is up +1.06% YTD For me rotating in and out of energy, tech, and gold my portfolio is up +7.33% YTD as of today. I am waiting for VDE to either drop back to $138 or for news that the IRGC detained a tanker, then go back in on VDE, ride the wave, take profits, and move back to cash/SGOV. If things ever get back to semi-normal I will get back to boring Bogglehead investing but with the VIX (volatility) being high there is money to be made by shuffling around. So far YTD in my portfolio IAU 6% ITA 10.37% SCHD 11.24% VOO 3.96% MSFT -3.94% Also, I was crushing it with SMH which is still rocking, but had a Trailing Stop set too low and a morning dip got my SMH. :( I really want that ETF back at a discount. Oh well. Why Microsoft? Microsoft is flush with cash and I think they will be the tech comeback story of the year. I typically don't like to buy stocks, but I have a good feeling about them and their cloud services even with the AI CapEx burning money. I am not a genius and this could all just be luck but 7% makes me happy.
Why would you dump energy stocks during the heat of an OIL war with incoming shocks? Gold / MSFT are terrible. GOOGL is a better buy. VOO is great if the spacex IPO isnt in it. ITA makes sense long term not really Q1....
By timing the market, doing a little extended hours trading, setting stop limits and periodically moving back into cash I am at +7.2% for the year. Last night Trump graciously terminated the end of civilization attack just before 8PM so the extended trading hours were still going and I was able to dump all the energy stocks. When the VIX is over 25, there is decent money to be made rotating in and out of ETFs, Stocks, and Gold. I would like to thank Gold, VOO, SMH, MSFT, ITA and SCHD for helping me crush the S&P, DOW, and NASDAQ in Q1. When the VIX is high riding everything into the ground just to stay in the market doesn't seem wise. I say learn to take profits, move back to cash, then rotate back and "sell the news and buy the fear" is a good skill. I think that "missing the best days" is as important as "intentionally avoiding the worst days" for growing your returns. What I think breaks this is that people get out, move to cash, then don't actively manage and get back in. Investing needs to become a lunchtime hobby. :)
I hold 20 stocks in my personal account, 8 of them are up +4% or more. Been a while since i had a day this good. RYCEY, MU, META, TSM, EMBJ, RDDT, AVGO, ITA and GOOGL.
EWJ and ITA hahaha japan and aero/def
I agree the drop in LMT, RTX, BA, and ITA stands out. In my view, it's profit-taking after last year's run plus Boeing issues. Personally, I'm long term bullish but holding off new entries until stabilization
The broader market is down and there was an earlier big run up so demand was priced in. The 16% drop is pullback from a 30% increase. And that's good news. It means it's a good buy if you're medium to long on something like ITA. Don't listen to the other comments.
Pete Hegseth really got caught insider trading because he wanted to buy IDEF instead of ITA which is 9000x more liquid. This is the equivalent of calling up a broker to get more SPY options because there aren't enough instead of just buying SPX options.
Honestly I just picked up some ITA. They spend like a billion dollars a day so defense is probably gonna do well when they need to resupply
I just bought, IAU, AVAV, ITA. Boots on the ground means defense and drone stocks might go up up up. The US is lacking a drone defense system that works and AVAV could get a blank check. Also I am going back into a little gold just because of the geopolitical situation. I have eeked out at 5.03% gain YTD in the face of a down market. I have dumped all tech but Microsoft. I will take SMH at 240 which looks like it could be a reality if energy keeps getting bombed.
China's GDP-Debt is at 88% while the US is 121% Source: [https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GG\_DEBT\_GDP@GDD/CAN/FRA/DEU/ITA/JPN/GBR/USA](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GG_DEBT_GDP@GDD/CAN/FRA/DEU/ITA/JPN/GBR/USA)
Ondas is an interesting spec play but I'd be cautious for a few reasons. Analyst price targets on micro/small caps like this are almost meaningless. The "strong buy" with a $20 target is usually a firm that helped them raise capital — there's an inherent conflict of interest. When you see that combination of analyst love + stock price going the wrong direction, the market is telling you something the analysts aren't. The dilution problem is the real issue. They're acquiring companies with stock, which means every deal you're funding as a shareholder. Until they show actual revenue synergies — not projections, actual numbers — every acquisition is just more dilution risk. That said, if you believe in the underlying drone/autonomous systems thesis, there are cleaner ways to play it. RTX, Joby, or even the broader defense ETF ITA give you exposure to the same macro trend without the balance sheet risk of a company that hasn't proven it can integrate acquisitions. If I were interested in Ondas specifically I wouldn't touch it until they post two consecutive quarters showing real revenue growth from the acquired businesses. Until then it's a show-me story and those can stay cheap for a long time. What's your thesis on the synergies actually materializing?
I bought some PAVE, GRID, ICLN, SHLD, ITA, CHAT, CIBR, VOO VXUS, EMET and XME. I think that most of these (besides VXUS and VOO for portfolio stability and diversification) ETFs are in the fields that will see large growth in next 5 year window (and probably beyond). Also bought (and sold lol) VCX. It’s a private equity fund that has some interesting private holdings but took profits at $510, 1800% run up in a week is nuts.
Bought ITA, RTX, BA, and LMT right after Orange Julius won the election. They're doing quite nicely. Just bought some AIRO and LTRX recently. Hoping those turn out well, but it was only 100 of each, so not huge money if not. I'm buying picks and shovels where drones are concerned because there are so many different companies vying for market share.
The defense sector (ITA) has a 15+ year track record of outperforming the S&P on a total return [basis](https://totalrealreturns.com/s/VTI,ITA?start=2010-01-01).
Defense is irresistible to me now: ITA PPA XAR DRNZ JEDI EUAD WDEF KRKNF AMPX
yeah, it's wild how ITA isn't getting the love you'd expect with all this chaos. like, you’d think defense stocks would be booming with missiles flying everywhere, right? but honestly, i think the market's kinda tripping over that AI disruption news and all the earnings talk. plus, with that Super Micro indictment, maybe there's some nerves around supply chain issues too. it’s like people are trying to figure out if the war's a short-term boost or if it's already baked into prices. hard to say if it's priced in, but I feel like defense usually has a lag. what’s your take on it?
Defense stocks tend to move on contract announcements and budget approvals rather than the actual conflict. The market priced in increased defense spending months ago when the Iran situation escalated. ITA might still run but the easy money was made when Hegseth first started talking about the $200B figure. The restocking narrative is real though, that's a multi-year tailwind regardless of how the war ends.
ITA is one my bigger positions. It’s an etf. Is not going to moon like a tech company but I still think it makes sense for 5 years.
ITA 1mte. Go smart or go broke!
Not worried about the defense sector. ITA has outperformed VOO since inception (15 years or so) on a total returns basis. Buying the defense sector is like betting on corruption to win in a democracy.
I'm gonna buy more ITA
ITA,PPA XAR,,,ur right it is not a long print,,,,option gains would do well short term. those IPOs are **Not yet, but they are right on the doorstep.** most ETFs only rebalance their holdings every 3 or 6 months. You should expect to see CSG appear in European-focused defense ETFs like **DFNG (VanEck Defense)** and **WDEP (WisdomTree Europe Defence)** during their next scheduled updates (likely April or July 2026...Smart Shooter is smaller cap,,,their specialty would be intergrated in innovation or tech defense etfs like SHLD or ARXX
Missiles and interceptors and drones being used at a record pace, but ITA down SHLD mostly flat. You fuckers aren't fooling anyone, I'm DCAing into that shit until it spikes and starts mooning.
401k only ETFs for me, so SHLD, ITA, WDAG, WDEF
Today's purchases: ITA, VRT, and a little bit of COHR, CEG, GEV, ETN, TER My major positions are MU (80%) then AI buildout choke points followed by energy company's that are well positioned to supply it all. Now going into ITA after white house telling the weapons department they're going to ramp up production, also watching KRMN and HWM.
PLTR, NOC, ITA down. War over?
Cloud infrastructure is proving to be the ultimate defensive buffer right now because mission critical spending stays sticky even when marketing budgets for ad-heavy firms like Meta get slashed. You should focus on Microsoft as the cleanest play since its fortress balance sheet and 45.6 percent margins offer the best protection during this broad tech rotation. Trylattice is perfect for digging into stock filings to see exactly how these geopolitical tensions and rising energy costs are impacting the capital expenditure of the major cloud providers in real time. While Alphabet is a solid second choice, you have to be comfortable with the heavy AI capex drag that might weigh on short term performance. If you are really worried about escalating global strikes, rotating some capital into energy or defense sectors like XLE and ITA is where the institutional money is currently hiding.
yes put everyting in ITA. Free money. Not financial advice.
My pick would be ITA ishares if I was going to play it but as of now I'm not pulling the trigger myself
You’re better off buying baskets of ETFs and not individual stocks in these regimes I’ve found. Things like XOP, XLI, ITA, USO etc
Added more IAU and ITA. At least if the situationship with Iran gets worse in the weekend my portfolio could go up like $4.
# Gemini said **Desk veteran here.** This isn't just another geopolitical headline to meme about; this is a Tier-1 systemic supply shock. When you see a headline like this, retail panics, but the institutional desks immediately run the math on the "Chokepoint." Here is the professional breakdown of why the Strait of Hormuz is the single most dangerous waterway for global markets, and how the smart money trades it: # 1. The Math of the Chokepoint People throw around the word "disruption" loosely. Let's look at the actual numbers: * **The Volume:** Roughly **20 million barrels of oil per day** pass through that 2-mile-wide shipping lane. That is 20% of global petroleum consumption. * **The Alternatives:** Saudi Arabia and the UAE have some pipeline bypass capacity, but it can only handle about 2.6 million bpd. That leaves a massive \~17.4 million bpd stranded if the strait is fully closed. * **The "Hidden" Shock:** It isn't just crude oil. About **20% of the world's Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)** (mostly from Qatar) goes through there. If that stops, Europe's energy grid goes back into crisis mode instantly. # 2. The "De Facto" Closure (The Insurance Trigger) Iran doesn't actually need to sink a ship to close the strait. They just need to trigger the **Insurance Market.** * **The Mechanic:** Shipping companies require maritime insurance. When war-risk premiums skyrocket or insurers outright pull coverage due to missile threats, the tankers simply drop anchor and refuse to move. * **The Reality:** We are already seeing reports of over 150 tankers sitting idle outside the Gulf. Whether the strait is blocked by physical sea mines or by risk-averse insurance actuaries, the result is the exact same: The oil doesn't flow. # 3. The Macro Domino Effect This is where the WSB crowd usually gets caught off guard. An oil spike isn't just an energy trade; it is an **Interest Rate trade.** * If oil gaps up to $90-$100+ per barrel and stays there, it feeds directly into headline inflation within weeks. * If inflation spikes, the Federal Reserve is forced to keep interest rates elevated to crush the demand side of the economy. * **The Result:** The broader market (Tech, Consumer Discretionary) sells off violently because the "cheap money" thesis gets destroyed by energy inflation. **How to position for this:** * **The Longs:** US domestic energy producers (XLE) and defense contractors (ITA). US shale producers benefit from the global price spike without the Middle East physical supply risk. * **The Shorts:** Airlines (JETS) and Transports. Jet fuel makes up a massive percentage of an airline's operating cost. A $20 spike in crude wipes out their profit margins overnight.
ITA SHLD DFEN LMT spiking biiiiiggg
Watching $ITA skyrocket..
When I was first learning how to invest, I read "the D.C. boys all know about ITA and PPA." Now I've added to that certain drone tech companies.
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All you gotta roll, is ITA
ITA and PPA have way lower ERs and higher returns since WAR's inception.
ITA. Bought it back in 2023 and just keep hodling
ITA to make contact with a new civilization in other galaxy on Monday.
ITA is about to hit another galaxy next week.
LMT NOC KTOS and ITA for exposure to them all
With 4K you're already spreading pretty thin across 5 ETFs. SPY and QQQ overlap a lot since the Nasdaq 100 is heavily weighted in the S&P 500 too, so you're basically double dipping on the same mega cap tech names. If you want broad US exposure I'd just go heavier on one or the other. IAU for gold is fine as a small hedge but at this portfolio size it's barely going to move the needle. VGK for Europe is interesting, valuations are cheaper than the US right now so I don't hate it. ITA is pretty niche though, defense sector ETFs can be lumpy. With 4K I'd simplify, maybe just QQQ and VGK if you want that US growth plus European diversification split. Easier to manage and you're not paying 5 sets of spreads on tiny positions.
If we are gonna die for Israel, might as well own $ITA calls.
I was actually looking at maybe trimming a few shares and going for an EFT heard good things about VT but I'll look into ITA and PPA. I originally held some GEV but sadly dumped it too early, that's why i'm being extra cautious this time.
Good trade. Those GE ones have been nice over the year $GEV $GE have been nice trades. Do what makes you feel comfortable OP. If you sell off, you can buy when it consolidates a bit. Another option. Maybe not a preferred one on Reddit, You could buy into an ETF that has a market weight in GE like $ITA and $PPA. I've been in $ITA like a long swing trade for about 10 months.
Solid picks overall, but think in roles. IAU is more of a hedge than a return driver, ITA is cyclical and tied to geopolitics, and VGK has lagged the US for years. If you’re already buying QQQ and SPY, you’re heavily US-tilted, so just make sure you’re adding these for diversification, not expecting them to outperform consistently.
TTE, ITA but probably prices in since it is about to start
I am heavy on ONDS, PLTR, and ITA options.
Holding ITA calls over the weekend in case we bomb Iran
XLE and ITA balls deep
Oil or defense stocks for Iran? Thinking XLE or RTX/ITA. Good luck apes.
Oil or defense stocks? I'm thinking XLE or ITA/RTX for Iran? Help a fellow ape out. Good luck regards.
Bullshit. 1. States have budgets, no state can afford to just ignore a huge reduction of tax revenue. This is an issue with the Netherlands previous tax system, not the welfare state. 2. Looking at wealth distribution and tax collection, we still have a system where the rich get richer while lower incomes get poorer. The problem is not preventing that, i.e. not taxing the rich enough. (That assessment is not related to the current tax law changes mentioned in this article, but neither was your comment.) 3. Looking at GDP to debt (https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GG_DEBT_GDP@GDD/CAN/FRA/DEU/ITA/JPN/GBR/USA), it seems the USA is much worse off than the EU countries.
Oh well sure my bad then, figure it out yourself. Maybe you should try buying ETFs cuz ITA, PPA, XAR seem to be doing fine 🤔
War is coming. ITA, SHLD
If ITA could save my port that would be amazing
Get in on SHLD and ITA before WW3 with Iran kicks off
WSB after a 1.2% drop after hitting ATHs earlier that very day: LOST DECADE INCOMING 50 YEAR BEAR MARKET ITA FUCKING JOEVER
long $ITA and energy, $XLE
Nobody with money cares about ICE. We're buying ITA and HAL.
Kraken Robotics. Also investing in European defense (WDEF, EUAD, ITA, XAR)
I thought about both and then decided on the lower volatility ETF, ITA. If you are looking for a single company stock, I'd do what somebody else suggested and find one that has not gone up 10x in the last couple of months. Assuming we do not invade Greenland or some other country, defense stocks may go sideways for a while. There is also Global X Defense Tech ETF, SHLD. I know this is not an ETF sub, I'm just telling you what I did.
>**Viewing this from an institutional lens...** ignore the "Turnberry Deal" suspension. That is just political theater. The market largely expected that deal to die the moment the tariff tweet went out Saturday. The real "Black Swan" in this article—and the thing that should actually scare you—is the **"Anti-Coercion Instrument" (ACI).** Most retail traders have never heard of this because it has never been used. It was designed for China, but pointing it at the US is a massive escalation. Here is why the ACI is infinitely more dangerous than standard tariffs: **1. The "Nuclear Option": IP Stripping** Standard trade wars are about taxes (Tariffs). The ACI is about **Property Rights.** * **The Threat:** The article mentions *"lifting of intellectual property protections."* * **The Impact:** If the EU invokes this, they could theoretically tell European generic drug makers, *"Go ahead and copy Pfizer and Merck's drugs; we will ignore the patents."* Or tell European tech firms they can ignore US software licenses. * **The Trade:** This stops being a "Soybean/Farmer" problem and becomes a **Big Tech / Big Pharma** problem. **2. The "Asymmetric Warfare" of the ACI** The EU knows they can't win a tariff war (The US buys more from them than they buy from us). So, the ACI allows them to target **Services and Capital**, not just Goods. * *Investment Restrictions:* Blocking US Private Equity from buying EU assets. * *Procurement Bans:* Banning Microsoft or Amazon AWS from bidding on European government cloud contracts. **My Take:** Watch the language coming out of Thursday's meeting. * If they stick to **"Retaliatory Tariffs"** (Bourbon/Harleys): **Buy the Dip.** That is standard playbook stuff. The market knows how to digest it. * If they officially invoke the **ACI (The Bazooka)**: **Short the QQQ and XLV (Healthcare).** * US Tech and Pharma valuations are built on global IP protection. If that cracks, the premium evaporates. **The Timeline:** The EU moves at the speed of bureaucracy. They meet Thursday. Implementation takes weeks. You have time to hedge. Look at **Puts on US Multi-nationals** with >30% revenue from Europe, and rotate into **Domestic Small Caps (IWM)** or **US Defense (ITA)**, which are immune to European regulators.
Fuck yeah SHLD EUAD and ITA fucking pumping.
Fucking fuck yeah. Jacked to tits in EUAD ITA and SHLD. The generals gathered in their masses..... Let there be war!
They have run for the last 2-3 years as I have been long since Ukraine. There are 3 ETFs: ITA and PPA are mainly domestic plays and SHLD which has Palantir as a large holding and European defense contractors. RTX and KTOS have had great runs. But, I have not sold any shares. I also own KRKNS and VOYG which are plays on the next gen of defense. The other one own that I still think is a reasonable price is HII. While it has also had a run, they have been given many new contracts so the run is justified. They focus on the US navy. One other that is still cheap and a turnaround is Boeing. But they are only 50% defense. Good luck!
Check out $ITA, $PPA and $XAR too. They’re Aerospace & Defense ETFs, which with increased military spending broadly, is trending (and imo believe) is a sound place to put money also into. Some $QQQ never hurts too.
Give yourself an allotment for ‘low’, ‘medium’ and ‘high’ risk investments. On the ‘Low’, look at indexes like VOO (overall), QQQ (tech) or ITA (military). For medium, speaking purely on tech, ASML, GLW, GOOG, AAPL, etc. On the high, but that into stock you think have the highest potential return. If you wanted to try something higher risk, look at an Options Call on an index fund ETF like $VOO or $SPY that doesn’t expire for 6-12 months.
Im doing well with SHLD , ITA and XAR
I think it's a somewhat better bet in Europe where they have to really spend significant money on that now but things like EUAD etf up 95% (vs the US-centric ITA up 59%; there's also the global SHLD up 99% in the last year, probably in decent part because of the weighting to PLTR) in the last year
APLD for AI infrastructure OPEN for real-estate sales due to falling interest rates XOM for oil ITA for war
SHLD calls up 75% this week. ITA calls up 45%. Micron up 18.5%. I think I’ll just let it ride next week
I hope you got on all these, ITA and XLE have popped off since you posted!
I loaded up literally Jan 1st or 2nd only because I had previously had ITA, but looked for other weighted ETFS chose XAR and SHLD is
ITA doing pretty well too! It’s aerospace & defense together.
I also have PPA, bought at the same time as ITA, and that one lags behind quite a bit
Yes, ITA has been good for me. Also check out XAR, which has been quickly catching up.
ITA is my best performer Check out JEDI too, it’s the modern warfare and AI fund
All aerospace was up. $ITA too. SpaceX IPO will create a huge bubble in the space
I loaded up during the dip and the only other stock I own is ITA
Can I have a ITA pump at least? Or USO ?