Raytheon Company (RTN)

And as the semiconductor sector continues to shine, Brooks Automation is a name to keep in mind.

Here are defense companies to watch as the U.S. responds to offensive threats posed by China and Russia.

Preventing the U.S. dollar from appreciating too aggressively while repairing credit conditions are 'job freaking one'.

What started as a 'small step' 50 years ago this weekend has launched a journey that's really now taking shape in ways never before believed -- for the military, potential civilian travel and coming investor opportunities.

After the week's Fed speak, CPI data for June arrives on Thursday.

While perhaps not good long-term holds at these prices, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman may be good trades.

My thesis all along has been that an attempt to normalize the yield curve must be made, therefore I would choose to be proactive.

FedEx's rise on bad news and Facebook's fall on the same are two examples of how it's hard to figure out when enough's enough.

The endless rally needs fuel, and without it, you end up with what you got Tuesday, a soggy session that was hit from the cloud, Beyond Meat's chill, and big merger uncertainties.

If the United Technologies/Raytheon deal makes any smaller defense name attractive, it might be this one.

The incredible trajectory of Beyond Meat is daunting to those of us who fear a toppy market and the run in the stock is a slap in the face of those who care about too much enthusiasm.

Pensions may not be the sexiest aspect of the merger but it doesn't make them any less important.

The President voiced concerns about industry consolidation in the defense sector and the prospects for competitively priced government contracts, adding a headache for shareholders on both ends of the deal.

I am no longer as eager to sell these shares as when I discussed this merger pre-opening.

United Technologies' plans to hook up with Raytheon could give UTX shares a nice technical boost.

United Technologies and Raytheon look to control the aerospace and defense industry with their mega-merger.

Our brewing Cold War over regional and global spheres of influence with China, has forced some merger activity across the aerospace and defense industry.

The question that market players have to ponder is how much the market can build on what was the best week of the year for the indices.

Whether it passes antitrust muster or not, it's a good move for UTX.

Here's the problem I see from 10,000 feet.

The economy will never function normally, or at least in a more sustainable, healthy way until repairing the yield curve is accomplished.

Pull up a chair in Sarge's classroom.

As we have seen so far, in terms of market reaction, there is great reward at the point of sale in beating expectations.

To say that TWTR absolutely crushed expectations might not do the firm's performance justice.

After the Ethiopian Airlines crash, watch your Aerospace and Defense stocks.

Yet again, growth is the bogey man. Yet again.

The least covered and perhaps most important of the Wednesday's three events was the appearance of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer before the House Ways and Means Committee.