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SPDR® S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
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Looking for Roth IRA Portfolio Advice at 24 yrs old
Damn. AG pictured with VP JD Vance and SecDef Hegseth, bullish for DoD contracts?
Looking at defense stocks — what’s the smart play with all the current global conflict?
Thoughts on XAR given the conflict in the Middle East and elsewhere?
Warfare persists, and investors place bets on odd defence stocks.
How Defense Stocks Telegraphed the Israeli Attack on October 7th
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What would you suggest would be a good Aerospace & Defense ETF?
Invest for profit, not morals, an impending wartime strategy. Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.
Leidos(LDOS) or Zynga(ZNGA) long term hold?
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If you like Cameco, check out XAR etf. It’s the largest holding but you still get some diversity. I have a reasonable amount in XAR
Soooooo we just bombin em now and the market cheering like the WII characters after bowling a strike. Calls on XAR.
Trying to decipher your advice since I am a newb. Well I am using VOO weekly buys as my cornerstone, with slight tilts toward alternative sectors with SMH and XAR. Trying to cover the rest with small cap and int just because I’ve read diversifying slightly is helpful to account for volatility. Since im very early into this, my rebalancing strategy is more so going to be focused on changing my recurring buys rather than selling my meager holdings. Not too worried about capitals gains atm but appreciate the sentiment. Let me know if I misunderstood any of your advice, appreciate the response
I didn’t invest until later as well (around 28 for me) and you have plenty of time for it to compound. Having recurring investments is fantastic and keeps you consistent, especially if you keep up with those weekly amounts, as putting $20k into the market annually is no small penny. I do something similar but once a month to help to budget/keep track of my money better. If you’re employed, myself and pretty much everyone else will highly recommend opening up a Roth IRA so you can withdraw that money tax free later in life. Likewise if you’re employed and they offer 401k with match you should contribute to that to at least the match for free money. Like with my accounts it’s good you have most of your money in ETFs with a little bit of stocks for reduced risk. Some may say you have a little overlap in positions with your VOO, QQQ, and AMZN, but I can say anything cause I’m similar with my VTI and QQQM(smaller expense ratio) and a few shares of Apple and Nvidia that I own. I only have 1% in stocks. Keeping the majority of your money in VOO is solid. I’m similar with VTI at 85% of my portfolio at the moment. XAR has moderate 0.35% expense ration but that’s not terrible and it seems to working out well for you. I know some people like to have their international exposure higher, with some doing the 70/30 split between US and International, but I can’t talk there since I have a similar exposure to you of around 4-5%. I also stay clear of any crypto. Anyway that’s just my input. Keep up those consistent buys and good luck.
No, it's more about macro-economic catalysts and trends. Like KWEB was during the trade war(s) with China and KRE was during the regional banking crisis. They were directional play where I was rolling long puts to catch a bear downtrend. For GLD and XLE (commodities) and XAR (defense sector), it's usually a directional play when there's a demand crisis, like a war. I've only taken bullish positions on these to ride the trend up. For volatility plays I'm sector-neutral. I just go where the vol is, I don't really care what the underlying is. Like around the time that the SPAC for what became Truth Social was getting hyped, vol was all over the place. Fun times.
After the 1st million, the next one comes much faster; and soon enough, the portfolio would grow more per yr than my annual salary. But one thing I would tell myself is that to just keep it simple & boring and invest in sp500 and skip the individual stocks (maybe some mix of QQQM if wanting to be aggressive). Early on, I invested some in individual stocks as well as thematic funds/etfs. But after 5 yrs, when averaging everything together, it underperforms the index. Of course, we're all tempted by big hitters. And for every big hit, there are multiple misses that just drag down the average. For me, when I first started out 6-7yrs ago, I did a mix of sp500/VGT and around 5yrs ago, added Intel, SMH, BMY, LMT, RTX, PPA, XAR. SMH turned out to be a good one, it more than 4x since then. But the rest of them was just lagging. I bought Intel 5 yrs ago at around 50s, and held through the red for 5 yrs, and only turned green very recently. I realized it a few yrs ago, and since then I just added new money to VOO/QQQM, while keeping the individual stocks so now those individual stocks are just about less than 5% of the portfolio. Might be interesting to have a small percentage for "fun" stocks, but should limit it. To win with individual stocks, need to: 1. pick the correct stock 2. have correct entry 3. have correct exit Considering those 3 and the tax consequences in taxable account, I feel like it's just not worth it. At the beginning, I also set some automatic weekly contribution to SP500 & International, but noticed that International was just dead money, so I stopped. But now I'm resuming my international contribution hoping for it to reach about 5-10% of my portfolio (it's around 2% right now).
Materials/ industrial stocks. I think XLI is one of the tickers. Defense stocks should work for awhile too bc supplies need to be replaced. RTX, LMT, XAR
Buy a few shares each of VOO, QQQM, and maybe XAR. Reinvest dividends. Then when it drops more, buy a few more shares. Rinse and repeat. Profit. This is the only way for plebs like us.
A little AVUV and XAR. Both were showing oversold and at a decent price. I wanted to buy defense stocks, but figured it's easier, and safer to buy then in a basket. Oh, also increased my SOXQ position a little. Love Semis ❤️
Defense is irresistible to me now: ITA PPA XAR DRNZ JEDI EUAD WDEF KRKNF AMPX
I think AI buildout, energy & defense are good. AMAT, LCRX, RTX, XAR,DEV
XAR is one to look at. I can’t imagine that $1B spent on weapons in one day for a conflict doesn’t trickle down to increased orders to vendors.
I owned SHLD and XAR for several years and sold a few weeks ago. Look at the 5 year return - these aren’t tech companies growing exponentially. The revenue is good but capped, and I assume a lot of people/institutions are profit taking and selling into the demand.
Energy, Fertilizer, TIPS. Watching Gold and XAR closely.
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
US and Israel is going to have to replenish their munitions stockpile over the next year since we’ve leveled Iran, which means more orders from the Primes. I’m thinking XAR and RTX calls
XAR had a bright future. For now. A TRILLION in spending says so.
Invested in XAR a few months back. Turns out it was a pretty solid investment.
How the fuck is XAR also down? I would have thought defense ETFs would be up still.
Defense pops on Iran risk-off make sense—tailwinds from headlines often gap ITMTA or XAR. VIX spikes pull bids fast though, so check order flow vs historical reactions before puts turn calls. Filter first: Sector rotation strength (volume on defensives?) and 1% risk cap—avoids overpaying IV crush post-news. No rally defies broader meltups forever.
Yep! SHLD and XAR will go up!
I'm in deep with XAR & SHLD...
Anytime a certain head of state tries to distract from his plunging popularity and criminal past deeds and starts military conflicts both near and afar, I do the logical thing and invest in Defense ETFs...specifically XAR and SHLD. Hold it until he TACOs or the targeted country surrenders in capitulation. I made $$$ during the Venezuelan debacle.
Most aerospace and defense stocks are up significantly. Lockheed is actually underperforming. I own a lot of XAR (bought at the start of the Ukraine War) and it's up 68% YTD. The world is rearming fast.
/CL or options on /CL. There's probably an ETF, but if you're thinking thematics XLE (or XAR)
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 🤔
Could just buy VXUS (Vanguard's Total International ETF) If you wanna invest in defense & aerospace, then you can look into the following ETFs: EUAD (Europe), SHLD (US and non-US), IDEF (US and non-US), XAR (US)
> I want a diversified, growth-oriented portfolio that provides a nice amount of dividends to reinvest. Why dividends? The only thing that you should be focusing on for this account, at your age, is total return. Dividends are meaningless. > 1 VHT - I wanted healthcare exposure You already have healthcare as a sector within VOO. > 1 VGT - Read that this paired well with QQQM [...] 1 XAR & 1 XLE - With the Trump/Venezuela/Oil situation, I wanted to be ahead You already have all of these as part of VOO. Franky, you could just be 100% VT. *For about the next decade, the amount of money you can save and contribute consistently is going to make way more difference than farting around on these under/over-weight sector choices.*
Kraken Robotics. Also investing in European defense (WDEF, EUAD, ITA, XAR)
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.
XAR is a drone ETF I'm on. It's had great returns the past couple of years. For exposure to Anduril, I invest in the Venture Fund from Fundrise.
Im doing well with SHLD , ITA and XAR
XAR has been printing for me lately if you're interested in ETFs. Like with any of these, you just need to find a good entry point.
If you're in Europe, you should invest in a European index. My understanding is that the European markets are quite strong right now, especially in Spain. As far as a shorter-duration pick, I would recommend SHLD as a good one for the next couple of years... Quite good for a smaller investment amount. XAR is also a good pick.
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
100k into a HYSA. The rest split between 20% QQQ, 25% VTI, 15% XAR, 15% VXUS, 15% VB, 10% VAW. With this you can catch gains from materials, defense, and small caps all benefiting from the US grand strategy. Protection from downside risk with the large caps while catching their AI rise. Then you have the dry powder with the HYSA to add onto anything having a run like more commodities.
Wow orange guy is on fire, the Military budget ask went form 1Trillion to 1.5Trillion! Here's to hoping there's a dumb dip in defense stocks tomorrow to load up and HODL. Looking at adding to SHLD and XAR in particular to spread the industry with those ETFs, plus they have great peformance history. Crazy times. https://preview.redd.it/af8naqprv1cg1.jpeg?width=575&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e0dfbdcbef27b8966412327cc50f576b2b1f132
I have two ETFs that have done pretty well. Check out UFO and XAR.
80% VTI 10% VGT (Technology) 5% XAR (Aerospace/defense) 5% UAR (Uranium/Nuclear production) Nothing wrong with investing a bit in a specific sector you believe will outperform the broader market. I went 20% VGT / 80% VTI a while back and VGT ended up at 40% before recently rebalancing.
Yes, ITA has been good for me. Also check out XAR, which has been quickly catching up.
Put your $$$ in XAR... He's just getting started.
ITA doesn’t seem good if you believe the Defense industry will boom. Major players, Lockheed and Northrop are underrepresented comparing to Boeing and GE which together contribute to 30% of the index. My personal preference is XAR. Its holdings are more equally weighted.
Look at NATO and EUAD if you like defense/aerospace. This would diversify your portfolio towards Europe. There's also a new EU ETF called wisdom tree WDEF. Also KDEF holds Korean defense. Importantly you could look at XAR, UAV and JEDI, which hold drone tech companies. I also like Rolls Royce (RYCEY in the US). I also like the solid VTI/AVUV advice (see VT as well). I don't invest in those other sectors you listed.
XAR, SHLD (US), EUAD (Europe)
XAR is a great Defense ETF. Every time trump says anything, it soars.
Epstein file release is nearing the Friday deadline. Prolly invade a south American oil producing nation on Thursday. XAR calls.
Consumer discretionary, XAR (defense and aerospace), and materials. Those are all hovering around 1% gain in pre.
Issok! I love me some defense as well, though IDEF is my tool of choice over ITA/XAR.
Sorry I meant WWIII!!! In hindsight selling PPA was a mistake, but EUAD has also performed well. I don't hold XAR but it looks good. Same for RYCEY, it will surely do well as a civilian and military jet engine supplier. I don't believe the current round of Ukr/Rus talks will lead to peace, buying Rheinmetall on the dip and selling for a quick profit.
I have XAR, and bought EUAD and NATO to get some EU defense exposure. I like Rolls Royce too (RYCEY).
QLD, TQQQ, XAR, SMH.... I might even buy a little SQQQ <$13, for the next "correction".
You're telling me war is on the menu and XAR, LMT, etc aren't skyrocketing? I don't understand this shit
The mindset shared by most is that inflation is eating the dollar and the only place to secure your fortune is in the market. I've got 30% invested in VTI, XCEM (Emerging Markets), and XAR (Defense ETF). The rest in SGOV until the Market corrects. I sleep better not having everything invested, just enough to make it through tough times... could be tomorrow or two years from now. Nobody knows.
No but I been watching them bitches moon for a month and too big a pussy to pull the trigger on XAR
I've had some in XAR (US Defense and Aerospace ETF) for a number of years. Up 30% YTD and 141% overall.
Hello newbie trader person here I was wondering if it would be a good idea to invest into the aerospace like ETA XAR or PPA since they are all in high demand for the Ukraine Russian war. Is this a good observation for a new ass dude like me or what?
XAR been pumping all year
So I think the veil on Mango's economy is dropping, people are starting to realize things are worse. The stock market is obviously doing fine. Im talking bout main street. I feel like this shit with Venezuela is going to be flooding the headlines to drown out the economic data. Buying XAR leaps.
I like XAR (etc). So do a lot of "experts".
I'm a bit older than you are, but still pretty aggressively investing. My portfolio looks like this: 40% QQQ (Invesco QQQ Trust, Nasdaq-100) 20% XAR (SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF) 15% GLDM (SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust) 15% SMH (VanEck Semiconductor ETF) 10% SPHD (Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF) The GLDM and SPHD are hedges against a big downturn. The rest is pretty self explanatory. The reason I went QQQ vs VOO is that the potential upside outweighs the safety of VOO. This portfolio has returned over 19% for me this year so far. With 400k you could even do 25% QQQ and 15% VOO, but you're young and have 30 years to invest.
Interesting how this happens right after ACHR moved into XAR’s top 10 holdings. Feels coordinated.
XAR is etf for aerospace/ drones companies
opinions on XAR? i got deep itm calls going crazy rn, should i sell or hodl?
It varies by the goals of the trade. Moneyness is a trade-off between upfront cost (leverage) and delta and probability of ITM at expiration. Where you enter on moneyness is an expression of where you want those trade-offs to fall. If you want maximum leverage, you'll go more OTM and give up on delta and probability. If you want maximum delta regardless of the cost, you'll go deeper ITM. Time has similar trade-offs. Upfront cost (leverage) is a trade-off with time. More time costs more money. Cost of carry for holding time is also a trade-off with time. Holding for a longer period of time has more cost of carry. Usually, for single contract long trades, like buying a call, time is governed mostly by your forecast. If you think XAR will rise another 10% in the next two months, that puts constraints on your selection of expiration. You can't pick an expiration that ends next week if your time horizon is two months, and so on. In comparison, you have more degrees of freedom with selection moneyness. Once you decide on the timeframe, you select moneyness according to the previously mentioned trade-offs.
Now what? Buy XLE and XAR at opening prices? Sell all else for now???? Help?!
Might be adding XAR and ITA to my long term with all this news. Was looking last 2 weeks but didn’t pull the trigger.
Idk about you, but I'm switching to ITA and PPA and XAR
If I remember correctly XAR equal weights rebalancing quarterly. Good for the thematic bet
PPA is another ETF like XAR for you to consider.
XAR but not for “easy money”. Include some of it in your long term portfolio.
Just get XAR. I’ve been loading up on it for the last month or so.
> defensive core against market crash Your defense against market crashes is the fact that you have 30-40 years. The market can (and will) crash over and over and over; it's not a big deal. Forget UTES, XAR, QTUM, and FTWU. > I have CLOZ/CLOX/FSCO/OUNZ as purely a safety net of capital preservation Also totally unnecessary. If this is for 30-40 years from now there's zero need to worry about capital preservation. Time is your friend.
You did pretty good. You came up with a trade thesis, made some assumptions about price target and time window, set up a trade to exploit that thesis, and now things aren't working out. This is what every veteran traders experiences every day, so this is good experience for you. Here's an explainer on [trade planning](https://www.reddit.com/r/options/wiki/faq/pages/mondayschool/yourplan) that can further your learning. So the question is, do you try to rescue the trade or do you just take the L and look for a better opportunity for your capital? I suggest you read [this essay](https://www.reddit.com/r/options/wiki/faq/pages/mondayschool/yourdecisions) on that topic, which goes over the various pitfalls to avoid. TL;DR - resist the urge to rescue losing trades, since it's probably emotions and Loss Aversion Bias that is influencing your thinking. That doesn't mean you have to give up on the *thesis*, but you don't have to get married to one trade in order to pursue the thesis. Sometimes trades just go wrong. Get used to it, it happens to every trader. FWIW, I suggest trading options on XAR instead of individual defense stocks. Trade the whole sector. It's been bouncing up and down in a narrow range over the last week, but over the last month, it's in a steady uptrend. So another possible takeaway is that you used too narrow a time window for your trade. You got caught up in the short term yo-yo pricing and missed out on the longer running up-trend.
At least XAR is up. Probably be up a lot more in a couple of days. 🚀
Calls on RTX and XAR.
It’s funny. PLTR is juicing SHLD and RKLB is juicing XAR. I like em all.
Wish I had more of it, and more XAR than I do.
Just buy XAR if you are holding long term. If you are just trying to make a quick buck then hell if I know.
being selective. Bought ford this morning for earnings and expect steel tariffs to be lifted, and focusing on food/bev and retail. Campbells (on their dip), WMT, TJX, was trying to get to Dollar tree before earnings tomorrow but, set my limit too low and a little late so it ran. A few ETFs, XAR - defense, VXUS for some diversification and a dividend.. Nothing crazy
SHLD, PPA, NLR, XAR, RING, EPR, EWG A mixed bag of decent performers for me this year.
Just sold XAR, was up 25%+ and have never seen it go above current levels.
XAR at ATH. The bestest missiles ever!