Dow Warns High Interest Rates and Weak Consumer Confidence Are Hurting Housing Demand
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This report is about Defense and Interest rates. Names like LMT and RTX typically gain because defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises.
Directly affected
- RTX Rtx
Named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- LMT Lockheed Martin+4.2%
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- NOC Northrop Grumman+2.8%
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- GD General Dynamics-3.4%
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond-1.8%
Long-term bonds move when yields change
- IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond-0.9%
Treasury bonds move when yields change
- ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense-5.8%
A fund of aerospace and defense companies
- BA Boeing-6.2%
Defense and aerospace orders move with conflict spending
- LHX L3Harris-0.6%
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- HII Huntington Ingalls
Shipyards benefit when naval spending rises
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
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Dow Warns High Interest Rates and Weak Consumer Confidence Are Hurting Housing Demand Benzinga
Source: Benzinga
Congressional trades in the stocks in this story
- Rep. Kevin Hern sold Lockheed Martin (LMT) (jointly held), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 23 Sep 2026. That is 29 days before publication. Filed 13 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Kevin Hern sold Lockheed Martin (LMT) (jointly held), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 23 Sep 2026. That is 29 days before publication. Filed 13 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Kevin Hern sold Lockheed Martin (LMT) (jointly held), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 17 Sep 2026. That is 35 days before publication. Filed 13 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar sold Boeing (BA), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 24 Sep 2026. That is 28 days before publication. Filed 7 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Kevin Hern sold Boeing (BA) (jointly held), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 13 Aug 2026. That is 70 days before publication. Filed 1 Sep 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Kevin Hern sold Boeing (BA) (jointly held), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 13 Aug 2026. That is 70 days before publication. Filed 1 Sep 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Richard Dean McCormick sold L3Harris Technologies (LHX), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 30 Jul 2026. That is 84 days before publication. Filed 14 Aug 2026. View the filing.
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How solid the defense case looks
12 out of 100
“Dow Warns High Interest Rates and Weak Consumer Confidence Are Hurting Housing Demand” scores 12 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources.