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Bank Of America: Arms race across Asia"

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Mark Melin
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With tensions accelerating in North Korea – US President Trump tweeted Wednesday “talking is not the answer" – this might be the time to invest in US defense stocks. Even though valuations are high, and investors shouldn’t expect earnings multiple expansion, demand is likely to increase in what is a major “growth industry", particularly for missile defense spending, a Bank of America US Trust analyst told ValueWalk. What's more, increased mergers and acquisitions and a dramatic increase in spending by Germany and Japan are factors likely not priced into the market that will drive stock prices higher.

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.