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Dow Jones News Today: July's FOMC Meeting Concludes with Interest Rate Update

The Dow Jones news today features the last day of this month's FOMC meeting and more on the Fed's plan to unwind its massive balance sheet.

Dow Jones futures are up 73 points ahead of another busy day of earnings reports that includes updates from Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Company, and Boeing Co.

Here's a look at today's most important market events and stocks, plus a look at today's economic calendar...

Stocks

Here Are Your Two Best North Korean Crisis Plays

Last week, we showed you one possible way our current standoff with North Korea might end.

To me, it's been clear since the outset what the North Koreans' own endgame was here. And it was clear that Pyongyang's weapons program was developing faster than the "experts" realized – or faster than the Pentagon was willing to publicly admit.

The truth is, the failed policies of the West, and of the United States in particular, have brought us squarely to where we are today: "Between the Devil and the deep, blue sea," as the old chestnut goes.

Today, I'm going to show you six options the Trump administration has for bringing this to resolution.

None of them are great, and some are downright nightmarish.

There are, however, a couple of really great opportunities for savvy investors who follow this story and know the places to cash in.

Here they are...

Trading Strategies

This Small $4.5 Billion Defense Niche Is Set for a 20% Shot in the Arm

We've talked about some truly revolutionary tech developments rocking the entire defense sector right now, like laser weapons, advanced drones, fifth-generation bombers and fighter aircraft, battlefield AI, and global awareness.

It all sounds very sci-fi, but it's happening now (and making us some serious money).

I want to talk about something a little less flashy but perhaps even more important to keeping our armed forces effective when boots are on the ground.

It's not headline-grabbing, and you certainly couldn't call it "state of the art." In fact, at less than $5 billion, it's a relatively small, overlooked niche in one of the world's most lucrative, high-profile sectors.

That's just one of the reasons why I love it right now. The upside is huge, market-crushing, and it's all likely headed to this European company with a U.S. presence...