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Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today.

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Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today. The Motley Fool

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • LMT Lockheed Martin

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • RTX RTX

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • NOC Northrop Grumman

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • GD General Dynamics

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense

    A fund of aerospace and defense companies

  • BA Boeing

    Defense and aerospace orders move with conflict spending

  • LHX L3Harris

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • HII Huntington Ingalls

    Shipyards benefit when naval spending rises

  • XAR SPDR SERIES TRUST

    Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia.

  • AGEM ABRDN EMERGING MARKETS DIVIDEND ACTIVE ETF

    GA selected AGEM as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: dividend. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
LMT———————
RTX———————
NOC———————
GD———————
ITA———————
BA+1.20%-1.13%—-0.50%-2.05%-3.08%-0.90%
LHX———————
HII———————
XAR———————
AGEM+3.06%+0.69%—+0.00%-1.50%-1.50%-3.58%

Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today. The Globe and Mail

Source: The Globe and Mail

Price since this story was published: IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

Since the first closing price after “Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today.,” IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is +0.73%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.47% over the same days, a +2.20% difference versus the market. industrial stocks (XLI) is -1.43%, a +2.15% difference versus that group of stocks.

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
Abrdn Emerging Markets Dividend Active Etf (AGEM)that day0.00%final price
Abrdn Emerging Markets Dividend Active Etf (AGEM)the next day-1.50%final price
Abrdn Emerging Markets Dividend Active Etf (AGEM)two days later-1.50%final price
Abrdn Emerging Markets Dividend Active Etf (AGEM)three days later-3.58%final price
Abrdn Emerging Markets Dividend Active Etf (AGEM)three days earlier+0.69%final price
Abrdn Emerging Markets Dividend Active Etf (AGEM)five days earlier+3.06%final price
BAthat day-0.50%final price
BAthe next day-2.05%final price
BAtwo days later-3.08%final price
BAthree days later-0.90%final price
BAthree days earlier-1.13%final price
BAfive days earlier+1.20%final price
Brookstone Growth Stock Etf (BAMG)that day-0.45%final price
Brookstone Growth Stock Etf (BAMG)the next day-0.60%final price
Brookstone Growth Stock Etf (BAMG)two days later-2.33%final price
Brookstone Growth Stock Etf (BAMG)three days later-2.07%final price
Brookstone Growth Stock Etf (BAMG)three days earlier-0.02%final price
Brookstone Growth Stock Etf (BAMG)five days earlier-0.67%final price
Brookstone Value Stock Etf (BAMV)that day+0.24%final price
Brookstone Value Stock Etf (BAMV)the next day+0.15%final price
Brookstone Value Stock Etf (BAMV)two days later-0.37%final price
Brookstone Value Stock Etf (BAMV)three days later+0.45%final price
Brookstone Value Stock Etf (BAMV)three days earlier-0.97%final price
Brookstone Value Stock Etf (BAMV)five days earlier-0.78%final price
Capital Group Dividend Value - ETF (CGDV)that day+0.06%final price
Capital Group Dividend Value - ETF (CGDV)the next day+0.23%final price
Capital Group Dividend Value - ETF (CGDV)two days later-0.81%final price
Capital Group Dividend Value - ETF (CGDV)three days later-0.32%final price
Capital Group Dividend Value - ETF (CGDV)three days earlier-0.05%final price
Capital Group Dividend Value - ETF (CGDV)five days earlier+0.02%final price
ITA
SPY
XLI

Who gains and who loses around IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

Companies tied to this story

  • ITA IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF

    In “Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today.,” IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

  • XAR Spdr Series Trust

    Spdr Series Trust (XAR) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 11 Oct 2026 story “Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today..” Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

  • AGEM Abrdn Emerging Markets Dividend Active Etf

    For “Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today.,” Abrdn Emerging Markets Dividend Active Etf (AGEM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AGEM as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: dividend. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BAMG Brookstone Growth Stock Etf

    In “Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today.,” Brookstone Growth Stock Etf (BAMG) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BAMG as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: stocks. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BAMV Brookstone Value Stock Etf

    For “Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today.,” Brookstone Value Stock Etf (BAMV) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BAMV as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: stocks. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • CGDV Capital Group Dividend Value - ETF

    Capital Group Dividend Value - ETF (CGDV) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 11 Oct 2026 story “Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today..” Reason on file: GA selected CGDV as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: dividend. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • DFE Wisdomtree Europe Smallcap Dividend Fund

    For “Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today.,” Wisdomtree Europe Smallcap Dividend Fund (DFE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected DFE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: dividend. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • GLD Spdr Gold Trust

    For “Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today.,” Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Material security escalation can affect safe-haven and macro-risk proxies; this is a monitoring relationship, not a directional prediction

IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) and the defense link

On 11 Oct 2026, “Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today.” is the story that connects IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) to Defense.

For IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA), the reason on file says Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

A second company, Spdr Series Trust (XAR), is listed for a different reason: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

Dates in the story, and the IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) price range

AGEM traded between 45.91 and 50.97 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 45.91. ITA traded between 201.08 and 217.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 207.60. XAR traded between 216.28 and 245.40 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 223.20.

What the saved facts support for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

85 out of 100

“Warren Buffett Bought These 4 Dividend Stocks Years Ago. Here's What $1,000 in Each Would Be Worth Today.” scores 85 out of 100. The score uses 6 sources, and 10 linked companies.