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$SHLD (Global X Defense Tech ETF) calls expiring 7/18 unless you hate free money
SHLD could be one worth looking into but it’s global.
Buy SHLD , its already going sick
Dude, check out SHLD . It's shattering all technicals ,RSI greater than 70, but SHLD keeps on going up , there is one or after another war keeps on coming, and THIS ETF keeps on climbing .I am waiting for it to come down for months, but this guy is not giving me an entry point .
I bought 200 shares of SHLD (Global Defense Tech ETF) to hedge against the S&P500 stocks that were bleeding this morning, and it worked out quite well. I think I will add to my position in SHLD if it we have another dip.
My SHLD holdings end the day at +$0.01. Winning.
I saw someone post this yesterday, there is an ETF called SHLD which imo will probably never go down because war never stops
Loser so far for 2025. Lots of better choices. Just get SHLD.
Converted a lot of my portfolio to $SHLD and it’s outperforming the majority of the stocks I converted so far today
I'll stick with SHLD, its got enough PLTR for me.
Gamestop (GME) and Global X Defense Tech ETF (SHLD) are saving my ass right now, doing an incredible job of hedging against all my big tech stocks like Apple, Nvidia and Tesla which are bleeding red this morning.
Sold a big chunk of my portfolio earlier this year, have cash sitting on sidelines. Been primarily invested in Berkshire and Costco ATP, but I suppose I might as well invest in $SHLD I usually stay away from defense stocks but seems like the world is going to sh*t though
It’s funny. PLTR is juicing SHLD and RKLB is juicing XAR. I like em all.
Sold a huge chunk of my portfolio to buy $SHLD on the news that the US was evacuating non essential personnel
Lots of Europe, lots of international defense. As for China, I’m only exposed to their stocks within emerging markets ETFs. All have done really well this year. See performance charts for EUAD, SHLD, VGK, SCHE, VEA, VYMI for reference. I also bought some GRAB as a single international stock.
the problem with defense sector doing well is usually b/c it's leading up to war. EU defense stocks are sky rocketing, b/c Trump keeps threatening to pull out of NATO, or not get involved in Russia decides to move into Europe. So, Rheinmetal, Rolls Royce, BAE Systems, etc are all going up. I still think there's plenty of action left even though they've massively spiked, b/c what EU is trying to do is quickly militarize to the point that US pull-out of NATO won't be missed. That's going to require a LOT of build-out. If you don't want to do a specific stock, there's defense ETF's that cover various areas. SHLD - Global X Def Tech ETF (all nations + police and security companies) NATO - Themes Transatlantic Def ETF (NATO countries US + EU) EUAD - Select STOXX Europe Aero & Def ETF (EU only) ITA - iShares US Aero & Def ETF (US .. boeing, etc) You can hedge your bets buy splitting your money across all 4, or you can do ITA for US + EUAD for EU. Trump wants to put a lot of $ into military, so don't completely get out of US def sec. But, EU is having to massively build up things.
You can buy the EUAD etf that’s been up a lot for me this year. SHLD is good for global defense. The momentum is there now for both, but it does not mean it’ll keep going up forever. Monitor global geopolitics closely and adjust your holdings accordingly.
Bought some long dated SHLD ATM calls. Not sexy but i like slow guaranteed growers
The fund is new but the underlying companies are not. I believe it will pick up and do well after some time for people to take notice and buy into it. Most likely scenario for a boom in this ETF is where SHLD/EUAD falls and IDEF stays up, that will give IDEF a lot more eyeballs and rotation into it.
When Dwight D. Eisenhower left office he famously said "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex." This wasnt a warning, its a signal for bols to jump on the missile carousel. SHLD makes me rock hard. oh, also bers are ultra ghey and calls at open.
I’ve gone the ETF route. SHLD and EUAD.
i should start buying up SHLD, im too stupid to time contracts to save my life
SHLD and ITF mostly, and just dumping in PLTR is the meme that keeps on giving.
[Yeah, staying away from SHLD and PLTR](https://newrepublic.com/post/195904/trump-palantir-data-americans)
It's not an apples-to-apples comparison by any means, but the Tesla short discussions remind me of Sears and Lampert. People thought that because Eddie Lampert was a successful hedge fund manager and billionaire that he was going to save Sears and turn it into his Berkshire (there were Business Week cover articles.) Sears got progressively worse under Lampert, the stores deteriorated (he went for buybacks over investment, spending a fraction per sq ft on stores vs peers), retail went more online and he gradually picked apart the pieces (spun off a number of things, including Orchard Supply, which quickly went to 0.) So you'd think that because Lampert managed an already dated retail empire poorly that the stock would just insta-crater, but no - the story dragged out over a decade. There were short squeezes all the way down, even in the single digits. At $2, I still saw people on SeekingAlpha talking about how "Eddie has a plan!" He did, for himself - including giving loans to the company against the best real estate. Sears was effectively a public bankruptcy process that was dragged out over more than a decade and the only reason that dragging it out even remotely that long was possible was because the CEO was a billionaire that everyone thought must have a plan for the company despite the company visibly eroding away if anyone bothered to look at it. Maybe SHLD did okay early on, but post 2008 the share price started to deteriorate and never recovered - yet bankruptcy wasn't until 2018. So ... you have a billionaire able to drag out a deterioration for more than a decade with a stock that maybe did okay early on only because he was a successful billionaire hedge fund manager and everyone thought because of that, well, this has to be going somewhere good. Former Morningstar Manager of the Decade Bruce Berkowitz kept going on and on about his Sears thesis for many, many years. At one point more than half of his fund was Sears, he got on the board, etc. He held all the way to bankruptcy. Eventually his $22B AUM fund went to $1B and a morningstar 1 star fund. If the Tesla story ever started to fall apart (not saying it will, but if it did), I could see Ron Baron be the Berkowitz of Tesla and own it all the way down. Cathie sure would. It wouldn't be just retail. If Tesla ever really got to a point where the car business started to deteriorate/the international story became more difficult with BYD/whatever and the car business got to a point where it should at least re-rate towards an industry multiple it would probably take eons because of people buying the dip because of Musk pulling some hype card. Sears was allowed to drag its deterioration out for a decade because everyone thought the billionaire hedge fund manager had a plan. If Tesla ever started to deteriorate, how long could that drag out with Musk at the helm? People maybe did okay with Sears early on, but Tesla actually made people a lot of money over the years and there would be FOMO on a turnaround all the way down if Tesla ever started to deteriorate.
> there's a huge group of average joe's who have invested in TSLA since its early inception, will continue to invest in TSLA, and won't pull out until it hits zero. It's not an apples-to-apples comparison by any means, but the Tesla thing feels like Sears and Eddie Lampert to me. People thought that because Eddie Lampert was a successful hedge fund manager and billionaire that he was going to save Sears and turn it into his Berkshire (there were Business Week cover articles.) Sears got progressively worse under Lampert, the stores deteriorated (he went for buybacks over investment, spending a fraction per sq ft on stores vs peers), retail went more online and he gradually picked apart the pieces (spun off a number of things, including Orchard Supply, which quickly went to 0.) So you'd think that because Lampert managed an already dated retail empire poorly that the stock would just insta-crater, but no - the story dragged out over a decade. There were short squeezes all the way down, even in the single digits. At $2, I still saw people on SeekingAlpha talking about how "Eddie has a plan!" He did, for himself - including giving loans to the company against the best real estate. You have a company that was already not in great shape due to mismanagement get misamanaged further and have what was effectively a public bankruptcy process that was dragged out over more than a decade and the only reason that dragging it out even remotely that long was possible was because the CEO was a billionaire that everyone thought must have a plan for the company despite the company visibly eroding away. Maybe SHLD did okay early on, but post 2008 the share price started to deteriorate and never recovered -yet bankruptcy wasn't until ten years later. So ... you have a billionaire able to drag out a deterioration for more than a decade with a stock that maybe did okay early on. If Tesla ever really got to a point where the car business started to deteriorate/the international story became more difficult with BYD/whatever and the car business got to a point where it should at least re-rate towards an industry multiple it would probably take eons because of people buying the dip because of Musk pulling some hype card. Sears was allowed to drag its deterioration out for a decade because everyone thought the billionaire hedge fund manager had a plan. If Tesla ever started to deteriorate, how long could that drag out with Musk at the helm? People maybe did okay with Sears early on, but Tesla actually made people a lot of money over the years and there would be FOMO on a turnaround all the way down if Tesla ever started to deteriorate.
TACO has fueled an excellent trading strategy for me. I’m not kidding. I short Trump at every opportunity, and I’ve tripled that portfolio since January. Here’s the strategy: when Trump said the world would have to come to us for their defense needs, I bought calls on SHLD, which is heavy in European defense companies and it took off, knowing that Europe would be freezing the US out of its contracting. When he announced his idiotic “liberation day”, we knew he would backtrack within days because that’s what he does (TACO), so I went long on QQQ when the panic hit, knowing he would chicken out. Right now, his ego is hurt because everyone has stopped taking him seriously. The news cycle lasts about two business days, so I’ll wait until he crashes the market again then go long when he backpedals. If you understand narcissism, he can be a cash machine.
SHLD, PPA, NLR, XAR, RING, EPR, EWG A mixed bag of decent performers for me this year.
I'm definitely keeping a permanent position in SGOV going forward. The question for me is how big of a position in SGOV and how big of a position in SHLD.
SHLD - GlobalX Defense Tech ETF Your theory is that defense stocks will rise because of increased spending in defense around the world. That sounds good on paper, but if you look into the constituents of the ETF - Palantir, RTX, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin. They are still American companies, with one of them being a negative rating in my list (it's Palantir). You need a stronger case for why the S&P isn't better if all it is doing is reinvesting in specific American companies all over again, some of which are pretty big in the index.
I have a decent investment in SHLD as well. Godspeed
I've been buying and holding the SHLD etf. It's a mix of US and EU defense companies. Palantir is its main holding and Germany's Rheinmetall is its second.
First, I'm sorry to hear of your mother's condition. I hope your happy memories of her will love on in your heart & provide comfort. You're correct that you'll get a step-up in basis on taxable brokerage accounts which mitigates the tax consequences. I would note that if you work with a professional money manager they will convert those A shares to lower cost institutional shares reduce your embedded investment expense. Therefore, the cost of hiring an advisor may be much less than you think it is. I would encourage you to consider this inheritance likely jumps you into "accredited investors" status which MAY qualify you for some private investments which may, where appropriate, provided enhanced diversification & risk reduction from your VTI, SHLD portfolio. Obviously, it's hard to tell & noyone here is in position to make recommendations without knowing more about your current portfolio & LT financial goals. You can message me if you have questions or want more info. Source: I'm a CFP & wealth manager.
Skipped it bought ETF's instead XAD & SHLD
that would be pretty nice, because I'm holding both RTX and SHLD
My SHLD and TLT positions are gonna touch tips https://preview.redd.it/o2fq4kgfw22f1.jpeg?width=335&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e53f325f6c6669ed8e7b1e9583fe8bbb1828510a
Spy might be down but my SHLD shares are up, we're gonna nuke the FUCK outta moodeez
Good news for my SHLD holding
So that's why my SHLD is down today
My GLD and TLT are down but my SPY, SHLD and GOOG are up 
Calls on SHLD because you know we won't let a war go to waste, gotta start selling bombs to both sides.
EUAD & SHLD gonna go crazy tomorrow 
I bought RTX and SHLD early last week because of... everything happening everywhere... and it's had a pretty good run up but if you zoom out on RTX it has some wild gains and dips. I wouldn't discount a few % drawback this week before it continues going up, I'd wait and see if the momentum continues strong before deciding on immediate entry
the temptation to just full port into BRK.B and SHLD and delete the RH app 
Does this make us interested in putting money in things like SHLD (Defense ETF)? Too late (already spiked earlier this year when this budget first learned)? But this logical?
Another vote for #2 but I'll actually say 50% VTI 20% VEA. I'd consider SHLD over ITA - SHLD is global and a bit more of a growth tilt vs the US-focused ITA. Be careful with commodity ETFs. DBC is structured as a partnership, which you don't want.
SHLD has been holding up really well
In that case, SHLD, SAABY and ASTS seem interesting. Good luck!
I'm at the point where this market is going to be wild for the next 4 years, up and down, unless things really get solved in the next few months. China is going for Taiwan eventually. Seems like no matter what, all roads lead to defense contractors as the safest play for the next 4 years. Palantir could be overvalued right now, but if Trump wants to build an iron dome and NATO just adopted Palantir, just DCA into them as much as possible. SHLD seems prime to make a run like MAGS did. Silver and gold still look appetizing for at least the next 2 years. If Powell doesn't cut rates, Metals will slowly climb up.
Down like 2 percent and almost all of it from META and LAZR. I’ve done well on SHLD, VGK, BRK-B, and a few others. Bought Bitcoin as a hedge against the crypto bros running the country and it’s down about 12%, but I’m not counting that as an actual investment as much as a bomb shelter.
I don't know. I think people have been asking that for some time and it keeps going up. It dipped recently below 300 so I bought more and I'm happy so far. I am a little nervous about putting more in. Maybe if it dips again. There's the SHLD ETF that has Rheinmetal, Palantir and other US / EU / etc. defense type stocks. Probably less risl It might be another to look at. I'm considering getting some.
SHLD gets buys from me every other week.
Would be a good idea to sell some of the ETFs Stocks that are doing well and buy the good ones that are on sell? A good portion of my portafolio is on SHLD (up about 13%) and BRK.B (up about 9%). Anyone else in similar situation?
Ive been all cash for weeks so watching the administration just roll up and do a gangland execution of the economy in the middle of the street and speed off just like he absolutely said for a year that he was gonna do, just seems hysterical to me. It aint a fuckin joke fellas, dude is MAD MAXing the global economy and self immolating the US's bought and paid for position as the world reserve currency and pushing investment to the EU and China. I have no fuckin clue why... But that appears to be the plan. Anyway, dumping my shit into DAX and SHLD. When Germany says "fuck it, start the printers, time to lock and load" shits tends to get real fast...
SHLD. With Trump isolating the US from the rest of the world and refusing to contribute militarily for defense of other nations, SHLD is the move. It’s an ETF that invests in the top 50 global defense tech companies worldwide.
I invested some in SHLD. An ETF that invests in the top 50 defense tech companies worldwide. With the US isolating itself from the world. Other countries (mainly European countries) will have to rely more on their own defense companies. Glad I made this move as the US markets will continue to tank.
SHLD calls for exposure to Rheinmetall and PLTR
I have been DCAing into SHLD for about a year now. I figure the one thing that is guaranteed is defense spending as it is not like the world is going to start working together ever lol.
Idk bros you might just wanna buy some value here. Nibble on some companies you think will boom from this admin, but I think we ultimately go lower until rate cuts are finished and there's clarity. We are going to be walked down like 2002 with Biden. With all the layoffs from government we are seeing consumers slow down. Revenues won't be there to support valuations. TLDR: Buyer Miners and SHLD. I like GDXJ. The moment Powell does emergency rate cuts, Gold is goin to blast off. Miners are still operating at $1500 gold. Imagine if gold goes to 4K by end of year. Miners aren't flashy but 40-80% yearly gains during down times like 2008-2012 is big time.
If you can find a broker allowing US etfs, EUAD and SHLD are good choices. I couldn't find any CDRs for each company but maybe they are out there.
EUAD and SHLD are two good ETFs available in the USA.
I put a nice chunk in short-term 4.3% CDs to ride out the current rollercoaster and transferred another chunk out of index funds into European defense-oriented ETFs, specifically SHLD and EUAD. Also increased diversification in the European markets overall through diversified international funds. To caveat, I'm risk-averse so this is just my personal strategy to minimize huge swings in the S&P and DJI.
Most of what I buy is SPLG. I do also hold some SHLD. As for individual stocks I do have a special place in my heart for waste management even though it’s never explosive or anything. But it’s done me well for a long time.
SHLD is a huge portion American. PLTR alone is almost 10%. I didn't go through the whole thing but the top 10 holdings already put you past a third US. It's global but if you're goal is to diversify away from US or invest in Euro companies. This isn't a great option.
SHLD is another option if you want something Global instead of only EU.
# Global X Defense Tech ETFGlobal X Defense Tech ETF SHLD still pumping despite bers. theres a winner in every war.
SHLD on discount 
SHLD or DFNS if you can buy UCITs
SHLD has been doing well.
Not specifically Euro but SHLD offers global exposure. Up 6% today.
Only etf worth taking a look at is SHLD. That's probably the real winner, gone totally under the radar.
Others have mentioned EUAD which is a great choice. For a little more diversity there’s also SHLD which has a mix of US and EU primes as well as PLTR which is rebounding after its meteoric rise and subsequent crash.
NATO, why not SHLD?
AIQ, ARKK, SHLD, MTUM, to name a few
SHLD, or a subset of its holdings
I just loaded some SHLD. Look at the chart last five years, it is a BUY for me. I believe under Trump presidency, the defense sector will have a great run. Do your own research before make any move.
Go for $SHLD defence tech etf with Palantir, Lockheed and more.