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The president's plan would increase the 2026 U.S. military budget of $901 billion to $1.5 trillion by 66.5% for the following fiscal year. The stocks to purchase amid President Trump's planned boost in military spending also all pay dividends that should appeal to income investors.
The increase is needed due to protect the United States during "troubled and dangerous times," President Trump said on Wednesday, Jan. 9.
"This will allow us to build the 'dream military' that we have long been entitled to and, more importantly, that will keep us safe and secure, regardless of foe," President Trump posted on Truth Social.
Stocks to Purchase Amid President Trump's Planned 66.5% Boost in Military Spending: Procurement
President Trump's recent Executive Order designed to "accelerate defense procurement and revitalize the defense industrial base" has caused unusual gains in defense stocks, according to a Jan. 8 report from Citi Research. The report forecasts that more growth and better execution is ahead for defense stocks rather than high capital returns to investors.
International rearmament is powering forward with record international backlogs across major prime contractors to become a "key defense megatrend," Citi Research wrote. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is pushing toward 3.5% GDP defense spending and the EU's proposed €800 billion ramp up in spending are lifting the military budgets of U.S. allies "structurally higher," the investment firm added.
"Defense companies highlighting teaming and local industrialization opportunities in Europe and Asia in their own updates," Citi Research continued. "Late-2025 company commentary points to a durable, multi-year rearmament cycle: allied budgets rising, foreign military sales accelerating and record backlogs transitioning to production. Management teams are investing in capacity and partnerships to capture 2026+ demand, and strong international demand signals are clearly showing up all across our coverage."
Stocks to Purchase Amid President Trump's Planned 66.5% Boost in Military Spending: Week-long Rally
Defense stocks have been engaged in a week-long rally that began the day before the capture of Venezuela's dictator Nicolas Maduro by U.S. special forces on Saturday, Jan. 3, to face major drug trafficking and weapons charges in the United States. Maduro and his wife were captured in the early hours of Jan. 3, when U.S. forces swooped into Caracas, Venezuela, during a surprise raid.
The market responded positively on the next trading day, Monday, Jan. 5, with a big "risk-on" rally that pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average to an all-time record high, briefly crossing the 49,000 threshold for the first time in history, wrote Bryan Perry to subscribers of his Cash Machine investment newsletter and his new Breakout Blue Chip Trader service.
The narrative of lower energy costs, implied by the Venezuela developments, is viewed as a "win" for the Federal Reserve, potentially easing the path for the two interest rate cuts currently projected for 2026, Perry opined.
Safe-haven demand spiked alongside the geopolitical news, with gold gaining and silver soaring, he added.
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Defense stocks have risen for the past week and outperformed the Dow, which raced to its best start for the first three trading days of the year since 2003, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
One of the stocks to buy for is profiting from the arrest of Venezuela's dictator, who U.S. President Trump accused of supporting the shipment of cocaine to the United States and causing overdose deaths. Even though President Trump mentioned that the United States would try to help restore the floundering oil industry in natural resource-rich Venezuela, oil stocks only gained on Monday, Jan. 5, before pulling back Tuesday, Jan. 6, even as the major stock indexes gained.
A top defense stock to buy for profiting amid increased military activity in the world is Arlington, Virginia-based RTX (NYSE: RTX). RTX is a traditional aerospace and defense company that has supported satellite and launch services, as well as surveillance operations. On June 4, 2025, RTX was awarded an FAA contract to support the Radar System Replacement Program, said Michelle Connell, a charter financial analyst who heads Portia Capital Management in Dallas. The program also will have civilian uses since it is part of the Department of Transportation's new air traffic control system, she added.
That program will replace 612 current radar systems with next-generation surveillance radar, and the focus will be high traffic airports. The target for replacement is June 2028. The FAA is expected to spend $6 billion on this program by the end of 2026, and a total of $12.5 billion by June 2028. RTX's side of the contract is estimated to be around $438 million.
Michelle Connell heads Portia Capital Management.
Most recently, on December 22, 2025, Raytheon, a division of RTX, announced that Spain had placed an order for $1.7 billion of Patriot systems and missiles. This is the largest Patriot order ever contracted by Spain.
"Given the current escalated level of global geopolitical tensions, I would expect RTX to announce more defense contracts with the EU and possibly other regions," Connell continued. "Over the past 12 months, RTX is up over 65%. While I anticipate RTX to generate over $8 billion of free cash flow in 2026 and believe there is more upside for the stock, I would average into the name. When RTX reports earnings on Jan. 27, this may present an opportunity."
Dividend-paying RTX continued to post strong results for its third quarter in 2025, Connell counseled. Its total revenues increased 12% to $22.5 billion compared to the previous year. RTX's future business looks strong as well, she added.
For income lovers, RTX's current dividend yield is 1.45% and is growing almost 8% annually. With quarterly free cash flow of $4 billion, Connell forecast RTX's dividend growth to continue at this pace.
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Citi Research highlighted RTX as a leader on this theme, with not only the most international exposure among primes, but a backlog that suggests traditionally high margin international exposure will continue to rise. | | | Between Fed decisions, earnings surprises, and geopolitical headlines, does it feel impossible to know what (and when) to trade?
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Jim Woods, who heads the Investing Edge newsletter, recommends dividend-paying Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE: HWM) in the Top 10 Growth Accelerators portfolio in the publication. Howmet Aerospace is a Pittsburgh-based, advanced engineering company that is a traditional defense giant. It may be best known for providing key components in the F-35 joint strike fighter that hits Mach 1.6 under the thrust of potentially the most advanced engine on earth.
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The joint strike fighter is built with cutting-edge materials, integrated airframe design and next-generation avionics to enable the fifth-generation fighter jet to operate with potentially unprecedented stealth, speed and agility in air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, company officials said. In developing the complex fighter jet, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) turned to Howmet to provide key parts that include single-piece, forged aluminum bulkheads that form the backbone of the aircraft structure and save 300 to 400 pounds per jet, while cutting costs by 20%.
The fighter jet also has titanium bulkheads and uses titanium to manufacture other airframe structures for all three F-35 JSF variants. Howmet further supplies single-crystal, nickel-based super alloy blades and vanes that operate in environments hotter than the melting point of the metal to propel the engine.
Howmet has soared 90.89% during the past year and nearly as much since Woods recommended it on January 15, 2025. The dividend-paying stock surged 3.26% on Jan. 2, reaching $211.71 per share. Like RTX, the stock also has advanced for the first full trading week of 2026.
"The present and future of armed conflict is drones, and Howmet Aerospace makes the engine and guidance components that make those drones fly," said Woods, whose resume includes a stint in U.S. Army special operations.
Howmet is one of two defense stocks he recommended on January 15, 2025, just before they both took off and produced large gains.
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Stocks to Purchase Amid President Trump's Planned 66.5% Boost in Military Spending: LMT
Dividend-paying Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), of Bethesda, Maryland, is a defense and aerospace company formed in a 1995 combination of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Lockheed Martin now focuses on defense, space, intelligence, homeland security and information technology. LMT is a Citi Research buy recommendation that offers a current dividend yield of 2.86%. It climbed 2.76% on Jan. 2, ending trading for the day at $497.01, before also rising the through Friday, Jan. 9. The stock jumped 4.72% on Jan. 9 alone.
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The company's key business segments are Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control (MFC), Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) and Space. Lockheed Martin's management recently laid out the case that margins are likely to trough in 2024 and drift toward 11%-plus over time, driven largely by product mix.
The loss-making classified contract at Lockheed Martin's MFC business will be a tailwind, i.e., lower forward loss charges, while the rest of the margin accretive MFC portfolio is likely to grow faster than the rest of the company. Plus, new awards across the company better reflect the current cost environment and should produce margins higher than pre-pandemic backlog, according to a Citi Research note.
Stocks to Purchase Amid President Trump's Planned 66.5% Boost in Military Spending: Geopolitical Risk
If a ceasefire is achieved in Ukraine, Britain and France have signed a historic agreement to put peacekeeping troops on the ground in the war-torn country that Russia invaded nearly four years ago. The peacekeeping pact, signed at a summit in Paris by French President Emmanuel Macron, U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, could bring what has been called the "coalition of the willing" into a role to keep peace if a ceasefire occurs.
President Trump and his administration are supporting that initiative, as he seeks to forge peace between Ukraine and Russia. But Russia's role as the aggressor and demands to receive additional land beyond what it has seized on the battlefield is blocking progress. Recent polls indicate roughly 75% of Ukrainians who responded oppose offering any land to Russia. The opinion poll reflects the sacrifices endured by Ukrainians to defend their freedom and protect against Russia's sustained assaults.
Claims by Russia's leaders that they seek peace so far belie the reality of attacking non-soldiers, including Ukraine's mothers and children who continue to be killed and injured severely. Rather than killing, President Trump is advocating prosperity that usually occurs for countries that have the greatest freedom. Mark Skousen, PhD, the Doti-Spogli Chair of Free Enterprise at Chapman University in Orange County, California, is a free-market economist who travels the world to praise freedom as a conduit to open opportunities for economic growth across the globe.
Mark Skousen heads Forecasts & Strategies.
President Trump has asked other countries to boycott Russian oil to reduce funding of the attacker's war machine. The idea has gained support, but not enough to stop the war thus far. | | | Sincerely,
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