"how can one lose in defense sector stocks? Where PPS is on a roll, and the divys good. Mondaine general munitions, and bleeding edge missile-jet technology. Only problem most are very expensive already. "
Boeing, the #1 Dow stock in 2017 (#7 in the S&P 500), and rising even faster in '18 is at $336 and a costly PE of 33. Div yield is a still-competitive 2%.
Thought it was funny last week when I saw some newbie, probably a kid, who said he just bought ONE share of BA.