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Will Defense Cuts Crush These Contractors?

By Brendan Byrnes | More Articles
January 19, 2012 | Comments (1)

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In today's edition Brendan and Austin discuss President Obama's proposal for trimming $487 billion from the Department of Defense budget. Which defense contractors are best positioned to weather these cuts, and can these companies make a comeback in 2012?

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Report this Comment On January 20, 2012, at 12:13 AM, MichaelDSimms wrote:

I work for a defense company and own some stock in them. They are doing well so far this year but then most stocks are. The cuts haven't been felt much so far. And doubt they will be that drastic. The cuts are reducing personnel for the most part. And perhaps retiring a carrier group a few years early. Sure they will cut a couple of programs and buy less of others. The stock in the company I work for has risen around $10 a share in the last few months. Wars aren't going away in any case, never have never will.
In fact I would say as populations increase resources get more scarce and more competition causes conflict. Pretty basic.

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