Global military expenses are accelerated, with the general worldwide Military expenses In 2024, $ 2.72 trillion is estimated. This marks an increase in real terms by 9.4% at the level of 2023 and the sharpest annual year (YOY) in decades. While the expenses for the main military powers of the United States, Russia, Germany and India are still most part of the total defense costs, budgets in other parts of the world are also growing, especially taking into account instability in the Middle East and concern in Europe about the escalation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Defense hawk investors Which believe that this trend will probably continue, can be inclined to invest in aerospace and defense firms, which will most likely benefit from increasing military expenses. Individual investments in this area are available to US investors but less for international Defense companiesThe hawks field, investors striving for a wider international exposure to defense space can be considered highlighted and expansive Fund exchange (ETF) Aiming at this industry.
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Global X Defense Tech ETF Today
Global X Defense Tech ETF
As of 04:10 on East
- 52-week range
- $ 32.42
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$ 57.49
- Dividend yield
- 0.35%
- Assets under the control
- 2.57 billion dollars
Global X Defense Tech ETF NYSEARCA: SHLD It has more than $ 2 billion assets running (AUM), which makes it one of the largest and most popular ETF focused on defenseThe SHLD field includes about 40 shares with companies in the field of industry, cybersecurity, AI and drones.
The fund is quite concentrated, with positions in the German manufacturer of cars and weapons Rheinmetall Ag ETR: RHM and the Palantir Technologies Inc. NASDAQ: PLTR Together accounts for more than 21% of the portfolio. A little more than half of the portfolio is transferred to American companies, with Germany, France, Great Britain and South Korea among other markets most represented.
SHLD offers Cost coefficient 0.50%that is somewhat high for a passively controlled fund, but understandable, given it Global exposition and specialized topicMoreover, the field indicators in recent months probably more than replenished their fee-SHLD returned almost 52% from the beginning of the year (YTD) and 69% over the past 12 months.
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Topics Transatlantic protection ETF Today
Topics of transatlantic protection ETF
From 13:59 on East
- 52-week range
- $ 24.88
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$ 34.88
- Dividend yield
- 0.06%
- Assets under the control
- 24.43 million dollars
Topics of Transatlantic Defense ETF Nasdak: NATO The fund is specially focused on aerospace and defense reserves headquarters -apartment in 32 Organization of the Northern Atlantic Agreement (NATO) Member countries throughout Europe and North America. The NATO portfolio includes more than 70 companies, and the largest position is less than 9% of the total assets.
This makes the fund somewhat more diversified than SHLD higher, although it has a more narrowly focused geographical complex. NATO is also almost exclusively focused on industry names, while SHLD gives part of its software portfolio and artificial intelligence companies with defense interests. More than two -thirds of NATO portfolio consists of American companies, and France and Great Britain make up the main part of the remaining.
NATO reaches SHLD when it comes to fees, since it has Cost coefficient of only 0.35%Launching the field in October last year, it has a limited performance history, but it has The resulting profitability is about 32% ytdNevertheless, the field with AUM in the amount of about 24 million US dollars and the average volume of bidding per month exceeding 17,000, investors can find liquidity more than for SHLD.
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Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Promotions Today
Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3x Promotions
As of 04:10 on East
- 52-week range
- $ 17.64
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$ 44.30
- Dividend yield
- 8.67%
- Assets under the control
- 226.35 million dollars
Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3x Promotion Fund NYSEARCA: DFEN This is a fund reserved for defense investors, it is comfortable to risk a high degree of risk. This ETF provides an opportunity for investors awaiting a short -term rally in US defense shares, offering daily 3 -Frequent exposure To the bucket about 38 companiesThe field, like SHLD above, DFEN is quite concentrated, with two best positions representing more than a quarter of assets.
As in the case of other borrowed funds, Dfen is not intended to stay longer than one day of trade. This means that this can be a viable option for investors holding one of the defense funds above the long -term, but look for an additional target exposition in anticipation of the intraday rally in this industry.
Thanks to its lever and unique focus, this fund has a higher Cost coefficient 0.95%The field also has the highest degree of levers available in the ETF defense, but there are alternatives that provide 2 -fold exhibition for investors interested in obtaining a more moderate degree of risk.
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