There's a "New Cold War" underway right now, and it's heating up.
Investors can't afford to ignore a $2 trillion global business: Defense.
And understanding where defense dollars will be spent will help you zero in on the winners in the "New Arms Race" – while also avoiding sectors and firms that'll be left behind.
Here's how to get started….
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Back on Aug. 20, a U.S. Air Force pilot climbed into an F-16 "simulator" – in essence, a digital copy that does everything a real Lockheed Martin Fighting Falcon can do – and squared off in a "dogfight" against an artificial intelligence robot.
The result: The AI robot shot the human pilot down in flames.
Digitally speaking, of course.
The shoot-down of a human F-16 pilot was part of a multi-day dogfight competition sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). In fact, it played out in the grand finale of that DARPA "Air Combat Evolution" (ACE) competition – and meant that an AI "algorithm" was crowned as champ.
A robot is America's Top Gun.
It's a next key step in the "Drones Revolution" I've been chronicling for my Private Briefing subscribers.
And for investors like you, it means a hefty "wealth window" has been pushed wide open.
We're talking total "Blue Sky" profits… Full Story
We're talking total "Blue Sky" profits...
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This under-the-radar defense and tech stock is going to lead the aviation and aeronautics industries in years to come.
It's set to double earnings over the next three to four years, which will translate to a much higher share price.
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Seeing a pocket of opportunity, the U.S.'s competitors are looking to take advantage of the fact that the world's sole military superpower is "otherwise occupied."
Plus, with the flood of stimulus, the market is also occupied, therefore radically mispricing this fact and all its implications.
This is creating some double-digit upside opportunities at double-digit discounts...
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We just hit the one-year anniversary of one of the largest mergers ever to hit the defense industry – which is coinciding with what could be one of the best buying opportunities its stock will ever give you…
There are plenty of reasons I like the stock the now – and that made me a huge fan of this deal last year.
For one, the merger created a company with more than $16 billion in yearly sales and a whopping $35 billion market cap. It cemented the firm's status as an electronics-centric defense leader, with a strong moat in a field vital to America's security.
First-quarter sales were up by a stunning 168%. Now Mordor Intelligence projects that the sector where this firm excels is going to increase 14% between now and 2024. That's on top of a current base worth $124 billion.
And because the company's focused on a field at the heart of the nation's security, military, and aerospace efforts, it's one of the best defense plays you can buy today… Full Story
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Jet travel is as fast as it's ever been, thanks to new materials like carbon fiber, and ultra-efficient turbofan engines, like General Electric's GE9X and Rolls-Royce's Trent XWB.
Still… a trip from my home in California's Bay Area to, say, Sydney is a grueling, boring 15-plus hours. New York to London clocks in at more than seven hours, and the busy New York to Los Angeles route takes nearly five-and-a-half hours.
But what if you could take off from San Francisco and land in Sydney in a little over three hours? Or make the trip from JFK to London Heathrow in 90 minutes? How about a 230-mile hop between Washington, D.C., and New York that takes just four minutes?
Those incredible travel times are very, very possible traveling at Mach 5 – five times the speed of sound, or around 3,836 miles per hour.
It's become what's known as "hypersonic" speed, and before much longer, it's going to make those mighty GE9Xs and Trent XWBs look like steam engines.
The technology to take us hypersonic isn't coming tomorrow, or "just around the corner" – it's here now. Today.
It's not available to commuters or vacationers – yet – but it's the top priority of American, Chinese, and Russian defense firms.
That makes this tech critical to our security. At the same time, owning the industry leader I've identified here is going to be critical to your prosperity… Full Story
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Until our current president, we haven't seen anyone in the White House since Ronald Reagan who is such a strong backer of the Pentagon.
President Trump campaigned on rebuilding the military and made it a hallmark of his administration, namely with the defense budget deal.
The net result of the defense budget was a lack of news about the fiscal 2020 Pentagon budget that sailed through the House on a 377-48 vote. You might not have heard about it as Big Media was, of course, all over the impeachment proceedings instead.
This is a $738 billion bill. That's a lot of work for defense contractors, both large and small. And it completely slipped past everyone's radar.
Well, almost every one… You can bet that yours truly was busy searching for defense winners.
And today, I'm going to reveal a mid-cap defense firm with deep tech expertise that can double your money… Full Story
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Oil prices spiked nearly 4% overnight after the United States killed Iran’s top general, Qasem Soleimani.
But that’s just the start if Soleimani’s death leads to a larger conflict between the United States and Iran.
We’re forecasting that oil prices could double.
But it won’t happen automatically.
You’ll need to keep an eye on one specific trigger…
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Despite its population of 1.3 billion people and economy on course to be the biggest in the world, China has yet to be a military threat to the United States because of its navy.
But China is trying to change that in a hurry.
And a recent aerial photo captured the scope of China’s fast growing naval development.
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With 2020 around the corner, it's time for lists of the best stocks of the last year to flood your inbox.
To us, however, the future looks a lot more profitable.
So we're sharing the best stocks to buy for the next decade.
These aren't your run of the mill stocks either.
These companies are plugged into some of the biggest trends powering markets higher.
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