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Die Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF verfügt über ein deutlich größeres Vermögen unter Verwaltung (AUM) und eine niedrigere Gebührenquote als die ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF. Die ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF hat höhere 1-Jahres-Renditen erzielt, aber einen viel höheren Beta-Wert und eine bedeutend größere Maximalabstinenz als ihr Pendant. Das Portfolio der Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF ist stark konzentriert in Industrien, während die ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF ein breiteres Spektrum an Technologieunternehmen bietet.

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(Bloomberg) -- Bayer AG shares are facing a make-or-break few weeks, with two upcoming court developments key to stemming a more than $60 billion wipeout in market value since the German company’s ill-fated purchase of Monsanto eight years ago.

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Investors are awaiting a US Supreme Court ruling on Bayer’s bid to stop tens of thousands of lawsuits claiming that Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide should have been labeled as a cancer risk. Around the same time, a fairness hearing over a separate $7.25 billion class-action settlement to resolve current and future cancer lawsuits over Roundup is also scheduled.

If most of the litigation is resolved, the stock would become more investable and could rise to €50, according to Jefferies analyst Michael Leuchten. In a downside scenario, with another double-digit billion-euro litigation provision and a multi-decade overhang, the shares could fall to €30, he wrote. Bayer closed at €35.79 on Thursday.

“The litigation overshadows everything,” said Markus Manns, portfolio manager at Frankfurt-based asset manager Union Investment, a Bayer investor. “Only once there is clarity on the litigation can the company develop a reliable financial plan regarding earnings growth, debt reduction and other priorities.”

A Bayer spokesperson said Monsanto has “a multipronged strategy” and is “confident but prepared” for all outcomes with regard to both the Supreme Court case and the class settlement agreement.

The Supreme Court is expected to rule by early July. Justices heard arguments in April, weighing a $1.25 million jury verdict won by a Missouri man who blamed Roundup for his non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Bayer contends that since US regulators didn’t require a cancer warning, federal law bars the Missouri suit and others like it.

A favorable outcome in the Supreme Court will help to ease Bayer’s legal issues because it would wipe out failure-to-warn theories that have provided the basis for big-dollar verdicts in Roundup cases. The April hearing was less positive for Bayer than some had expected, and the shares have been trending lower since then.

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Still, analysts at Bank of America Corp. recently cited a legal expert who sees a 70% probability that the court rules in Bayer’s favor. And Barclays Plc analyst Charles Pitman-King expects the company “to make significant progress in resolving the majority of its outstanding litigation overhang,” helping it to unlock its fundamental valuation.

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Settlement Hearing

The other key milestone is over Bayer’s $7.25 billion proposal to settle thousands of current and future Roundup claims. A fairness hearing is scheduled for July 9 in state court in Missouri, but opponents of the settlement have asked for a transfer to San Francisco to get the case in front of a federal judge who has already publicly noted the deal’s flaws. Bayer objected the move and said it’s confident it has good arguments for the case to be returned to Missouri’s courts.

Potential changes to the location and, therefore, timing of that decision have also unsettled investors, who are keen to move on from the Monsanto saga.

Bayer investor Manns thinks the company is likely to get its way in at least one of the cases. “I expect that a majority, likely more than 80%, of plaintiffs will support the proposal, as the settlement terms are very favorable,” he said.

“However, if both efforts fail, then we would be looking at a significant, possibly catastrophic, setback for Bayer. The long-term financial uncertainty would remain. Investors would never know when the next €5 billion settlement payment might be required.”

Bayer has already paid more than $11 billion in Roundup settlements and still faces more than 65,000 current suits blaming its active ingredient, glyphosate, for causing non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to securities filings. The shares are down more than 60% since the company completed the $63 billion Monsanto deal.

“Bayer’s hubristic purchase of Monsanto, with what must be viewed as woeful due diligence, has been the ultimate corporate nightmare that keeps on giving,” said Ketan Patel, a fund manager at the family office Whitefriars, which doesn’t own Bayer shares.

Patel sees risks to Bayer around both rulings, noting that a Supreme Court decision against the company “could open the floodgates in every State where Roundup was sold, and where the rules surrounding labeling are interpreted differently from State to State.”

Many are more positive on the company’s prospects. The shares have 16 buy ratings among 21 analysts tracked by Bloomberg, with an average price target that suggests more than 40% upside. For Barclays’ Pitman-King, who rates Bayer overweight, the resolution of litigation could also open the door to a possible consumer health separation in future, helping the stock achieve its estimated €53 to €60 sum-of-the-parts valuation.

Still, even if the two upcoming cases go Bayer’s way, the company has other legal battles to contend with. While Monsanto stopped supplying toxic chemicals known as polychlorinated biphenyls — or PCBs — to customers for use in their products decades ago, the company has been sued by state and local governments, school districts and individuals.

Bayer has already agreed to pay almost $2 billion in settlements in PCB cases, and potentially faces billions of dollars in exposure from a growing number of lawsuits over PCB products filed by state and local governments, school districts and individuals. It is pursuing a strategy to recoup some of its litigation costs from other companies, such as General Electric Co., that were large users of the chemicals.

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“The lesson of the last decade I’d draw is: there’s always someone in the US who wants to sue Monsanto,” said Berenberg’s Sebastian Bray. “A Supreme Court victory would be a great way of protecting Bayer, but it probably wouldn’t solve absolutely everything.”

--With assistance from Jef Feeley.

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The upcoming SpaceX IPO is touted to be the biggest public offering since Aramco in 2019. However, the more than $1.7 trillion valuation puts it further ahead than some of the biggest companies on the S&P 500 index, operated by the S&P Dow Jones Indices.

SpaceX IPO Is Bigger Than S&P 500 Aerospace Companies

Barron’s, in a report on Tuesday, said that the SpaceX IPO was worth more than all of the 12 aerospace and defense companies listed on the S&P 500 index, including RTX Corp, Boeing Co., Northrop Grumman Corp, GE Aerospace and more.

The report said that the combined valuation of the 12 companies came in at approximately $1.5 trillion, which is less than the $1.77 trillion valuation touted by SpaceX in its S-1 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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However, the companies generated approximately $500 billion in revenue, which was well over SpaceX’s reported revenue of $18.7 billion before the IPO.

Gene Munster, Ron Baron Bullish On SpaceX IPO

Industry analysts and experts have expressed bullish sentiments about the IPO, with Deepwater Asset Management‘s Gene Munster calling the IPO an exciting event for the tech industry.

He also said that SpaceX could emerge as a rival for Alphabet Inc., but outlined that SpaceX had an edge because Google did not make rockets.

Investor Ron Baron also expressed bullish sentiment for the IPO, predicting that the Elon Musk-led company could go on to become worth $30 trillion in the future, prompting Musk to call him “smart.”

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Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which is the lead underwriter for the SpaceX IPO, reportedly shared with prospective investors that the company's total revenue could reach over $474 billion by 2030.

SpaceX IPO Casts Doubt

However, not everyone is bullish on SpaceX, with NYU Stern Professor Aswath Damodaran, widely known as the Dean of Valuation, saying that he would avoid participating in the IPO, citing concerns with SpaceX’s valuation, its $28.5 trillion market opportunity and other reasons.

Top Pension officials from New York and California have also criticized SpaceX’s IPO, accusing Musk of creating a management-favorable structure. SpaceX will incorporate a dual-class share structure, with Musk's Class B shares each worth 10 regular shares, holding significant voting power.

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Insightful Moves in Elfun Trusts (Trades, Portfolio)' First Quarter 2026 N-PORT Filing

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Elfun Trusts (Trades, Portfolio) recently submitted its N-PORT filing for the first quarter of 2026, revealing strategic investment decisions made during this period. Elfun Trusts (Trades, Portfolio) is a fund exclusively available to General Electric's U.S. employees and trustees, forming part of the Elfun Funds alongside the Elfun International Equity Fund. Managed by William Sandow and Christopher Sierakowski since 2019, the fund focuses on U.S. equity securities, selecting stocks based on individual company merits. The fund aims to achieve its investment objectives by investing in companies with significant U.S. operations and potential for future dividends, emphasizing stock selection as a key performance driver.Elfun Trusts Exits Abbott Laboratories, Impacting Portfolio by -1.97%

Summary of New Buy

Elfun Trusts (Trades, Portfolio) added a total of three stocks to its portfolio, with the most significant addition being Boston Scientific Corp (NYSE:BSX). The fund acquired 1,148,700 shares, representing 1.75% of the portfolio, with a total value of $72,080,930. The second largest addition was Amphenol Corp (NYSE:APH), with 449,700 shares, accounting for 1.38% of the portfolio and valued at $56,819,600. Marsh (NYSE:MRSH) was the third largest addition, with 254,300 shares, making up 1.07% of the portfolio and valued at $44,108,340.

Key Position Increases

Elfun Trusts (Trades, Portfolio) increased its stakes in seven stocks, notably S&P Global Inc (NYSE:SPGI), adding 47,560 shares to bring the total to 222,549 shares. This represents a 27.18% increase in share count, impacting the portfolio by 0.49%, with a total value of $94,658,990. ServiceNow Inc (NYSE:NOW) saw a significant increase of 192,400 shares, bringing the total to 600,462, representing a 47.15% increase in share count, with a total value of $62,778,300.

Summary of Sold Out

Elfun Trusts (Trades, Portfolio) completely exited three holdings in the first quarter of 2026. The most impactful was Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT), with the sale of all 707,792 shares, resulting in a -1.97% impact on the portfolio. The Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was also liquidated, with all 87,973 shares sold, causing a -1.72% impact on the portfolio.

Key Position Reduces

Elfun Trusts (Trades, Portfolio) reduced its position in 18 stocks, with significant changes including a reduction in Emerson Electric Co (NYSE:EMR) by 169,600 shares, resulting in a -25.49% decrease in shares and a -0.5% impact on the portfolio. The stock traded at an average price of $143.8 during the quarter, returning -0.66% over the past three months and 4.87% year-to-date. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was reduced by 81,800 shares, resulting in a -7.2% reduction in shares and a -0.49% impact on the portfolio. The stock traded at an average price of $260.25 during the quarter, returning 11.55% over the past three months and 7.11% year-to-date.

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Portfolio Overview

As of the first quarter of 2026, Elfun Trusts (Trades, Portfolio)' portfolio comprised 41 stocks. The top holdings included 10.54% in NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), 6.8% in Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), 6.49% in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), 5.47% in Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), and 4.26% in Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG).Elfun Trusts Exits Abbott Laboratories, Impacting Portfolio by -1.97%

The holdings are primarily concentrated across 11 industries: Technology, Financial Services, Communication Services, Healthcare, Industrials, Consumer Cyclical, Energy, Basic Materials, Utilities, Real Estate, and Consumer Defensive.Elfun Trusts Exits Abbott Laboratories, Impacting Portfolio by -1.97%

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Flight or fight? In looking at your investment portfolio, you have the choice of both.

Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (NYSEMKT:PPA) offers broad exposure to defense contractors and aerospace manufacturing with lower historical volatility, while U.S. Global Jets ETF (NYSEMKT:JETS) provides a pure-play, more concentrated bet on global airline operators.

Investors looking for exposure to flight-related industries generally choose between two distinct paths: commercial travel or military defense. While both funds are housed primarily within the industrial sector, their underlying economic drivers differ significantly, ranging from consumer leisure demand and fuel costs to national security budgets and long-term government defense contracts.

Snapshot (cost & size)

Metric JETS PPA Issuer US Global Invesco Expense ratio 0.60% 0.58% 1-yr return (as of June 8, 2026) 20.10% 25.10% Dividend yield 0.80% 0.40% Beta 1.21 0.74 AUM $860.4 million $8.0 billion

Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. Dividend yield is the trailing-12-month distribution yield.

The Invesco fund is slightly more affordable with a 0.58% expense ratio compared to the 0.60% charged by the U.S. Global fund. However, the airline-focused ETF provides a higher payout, yielding 0.80% over the trailing 12 months at its recent price of $27.55, versus the 0.40% yield from the defense fund when it was trading around $166.

Performance & risk comparison

Metric JETS PPA Max drawdown (5 yr) (44.00%) (18.40%) Growth of $1,000 over 5 years (total return) $1,060 $2,282

What's inside

The Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF holds 60 positions and tracks the SPADE Defense Index, focusing on firms vital to U.S. homeland security and aerospace support. Its largest positions include Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) at 8.1%, RTX Corp. (NYSE:RTX) at 7.91%, and GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) at 7.77%. The portfolio is almost 94% Industrials, with the balance in technology and communication services. This fund was launched in 2005 and has a trailing-12-month dividend of $0.66 per share.

The U.S. Global Jets ETF offers a more concentrated portfolio of 50 positions, including both airline operators and aircraft manufacturers worldwide. Its largest positions include Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE:DAL) at 12.69%, American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) at 12.01%, and United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) at 11.57%. The sector mix is 91% Industrials, 7% Consumer Cyclical, and 2% Technology. This fund was launched in 2015 and has a trailing-12-month dividend of $0.23 per share.

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Which is the better buy?

The Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF is the better buy, having outpaced the U.S. Global JETS fund year-to-date, over the past three years, and over the previous five years. In the three years through March 31, 2026, PPA has returned 27.87%, while avancing 17.85% over the previous five years. By comparison, the U.S. Global JETS ETF has returned 17.38% over the past three years and 2% over the past five years.

The primary difference is that JETS is focusing solely on the commercial aerospace business, mainly consumer travel on aircraft. That's a boom-and-bust industry, where intense competition over airfare pricing makes it difficult for most airlines to post consistent profits.

The Invesco PPA fund holds a number of stocks not seen in JETS, including defense contractors L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX), GeneralDynamics (NYSE:GD), and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC). All of those are stocks benefiting from the U.S. increasing defense spending amid multiple military campaigns in recent years.

With lower volatility than JETS, as indicated by its lower maximum drawdown, PPA is the choice for 2026.

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Einige Aktien fielen in der Nachmittags-Sitzung nach dem CPI-Bericht um 4,2% jährliche Inflation zurück, mit Märkten, die eine Dezember-Fed-Rate-Höhe vollständig preisgeben. Für kapitalintensive Industrieunternehmen schränken enge Finanzierungsbedingungen direkt Investitionsplanung und Akquisitionsökonomie ein. Der Iran-Konflikt fügte Druck auf die Lieferketten hinzu: Teheran richtete Raketenangriffe gegen Bahrain, Kuwait und Jordan aus, und Trump versprach in der Sitzung, "sehr hart" zu angreifen, was den Dow an die Sitzungs-Tiefststände brachte. Eine erweiterte Golf-Konflikt erhöht Energie-Einflusskosten und führt Unsicherheit in die grenzüberschreitenden Logistiknetze ein, auf die sich industrielle Unternehmen mit hohem Gewicht abhängig machen. Unternehmen mit Auslandsbeziehungen absorbierten den größten Druck. Verteidigungsnamen innerhalb des Sektors blieben teilweise abgeschirmt. Der Aktienmarkt überreagiert auf Nachrichten, und große Kursabschläge können gute Gelegenheiten darstellen, hochwertige Aktien zu kaufen.

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. would resume attacks on Iran, after a Shahed drone downed a U.S. Apache helicopter. “We’re gonna be attacking them, attacking them very hard,” Trump told reporters, according to The Wall Street Journal. Defense stocks were down in midday trading.

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GE Aerospace GE is witnessing strong momentum in its Defense & Propulsion Technologies segment, supported by a solid pipeline of orders. Growing popularity for the company’s propulsion & additive technologies, critical aircraft systems and aftermarket services in the defense sector is driving the segment’s performance.

The company recently secured a deal from Boeing Defence UK for the extension of support services for T700-GE-T701D engines. The contract will involve GE to provide logistics management, repair, maintenance and technical support services for these turboshaft engines that run the Apache AH-64E fleet of the British Army. It entered into a multi-year partnership with Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) in March 2026 to work on improving the fleet management and operational readiness of the U.S. Air Force’s military aircraft.

In first-quarter 2026, GE clinched a $1.4 billion deal for T408 engines to support the U.S. Marine Corps’ CH-53K helicopter fleet. This apart, its $5 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force to supply F110 engines, parts and support services as part of a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program is noteworthy.

GE’s strong pipeline of projects supported its first-quarter results as the Defense & Propulsion Technologies segment’s orders surged 67% and revenues increased 19% to $3.2 billion. The segment’s operating profit grew 17% to $379 million.

Robust budgetary provisions for the defense sector set the stage for GE Aerospace, which remains focused on winning more defense contracts, which is likely to boost its top line. For 2026, GE expects revenues from the Defense & Propulsion Technologies segment to increase in the mid-to-high single-digit range, whereas operating profit is anticipated to be in the band of $1.55-$1.65 billion.

GE's Peers in the Defense Market

Among its major peers, Textron Inc. TXT enjoys solid demand for its defense products as well. In the first quarter of 2026, revenues from Textron’s Bell segment increased year over year, driven by continued growth on the MV-75 Cheyenne program. Textron Systems revenues increased 13% largely due to higher volume on the Ship-to-Shore Connector program and military training services at ATAC.

Its another peer, RTX Corporation RTX, is witnessing solid bookings and backlog levels. RTX’s strong backlog supports a positive outlook for revenue growth in its defense business, which is expected to strengthen profits over the long term. RTX won several notable defense contracts during the first quarter of 2026, which resulted in solid bookings of $14 billion and a record backlog of $271 billion.

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GE's Price Performance, Valuation and Estimates

Shares of GE Aerospace have gained 1.6% in the past three months against the industry’s 12.4% decline.Zacks Investment Research

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From a valuation standpoint, GE is trading at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 41.29X, above the industry’s average of 31.83X. GE Aerospace carries a Value Score of D.Zacks Investment Research

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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for GE’s 2026 and 2027 earnings has increased over the past 60 days.Zacks Investment Research

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The company currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

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You could buy all the aerospace companies in the S&P 500 and still have $300 billion left over for what investors are going to shell out for SpaceX.

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Notable early investors in the company included EQT Ventures, Maersk’s venture capital arm, IonQ, NordicNinja VC, and Barclays (BCS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BCS]).

The pre-market valuation on Einride (ENRD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ENRD]) was $1.35B. Shares of Einride (ENRD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ENRD]) opened at $16.18 but have since settled back to $15.50.

Other companies active in autonomous truck software include Aurora Innovation (AUR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AUR]), CreateAI Holdings Inc. (TSPH [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/TSPH]), Embark Trucks, Plus Automation, Gatik, Torc Robotics, Kodiak Robotics, Waabi, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, and Waymo (GOOG [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GOOG]). Major OEMs such as Daimler Truck (DTRUY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DTRUY]), Tesla (TSLA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/TSLA]), and PACCAR (PCAR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/PCAR]) are also heavily involved, while major tech companies like Nvidia (NVDA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NVDA]) and Continental (CTTAF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CTTAF]) are providing AI hardware and manufacturing expertise to support mass production of autonomous trucks.

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