[]Heightened geopolitical tensions and cybersecurity concerns may be propelling exchange-traded funds that invest in stocks linked to those areas toward potential “breakouts,” according to Renaissance Macro Research.
[]Shares of the First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF CIBR, -0.61% have jumped 9.5% this year through Thursday, while the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF ITA, -1.67% climbed 4.5% over the same period, according to FactSet data.
[]“We live in dangerous times and that is being reflected in the stock market,” as the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF and First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF are “on the verge of breakouts,” Renaissance Macro Research said in a note Friday.
[]The First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF could break out from “a bearish trend,” while the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF is “looking to make new all-time highs,” Renaissance Macro said in the note. “We would add to longs in both on breakouts” with “relative confirmation.”
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[]Also this week, Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old IT specialist, was arrested Thursday in connection with the leaking of “highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other top national security issues.”
[]Read: U.S. intel leaks: Questions and answers as suspect Jack Teixeira charged in court
[]Remarking on the leaked Defense Department documents, which were posted on social-media sites, President Joe Biden said Thursday that “there’s nothing contemporaneous that I’m aware of that is of great consequence.”
[]The top three holdings of BlackRock’s iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF on April 13 were Raytheon Technologies Corp. RTX, , Boeing Co. BA, -5.56% and Lockheed Martin Crop. LMT, -0.84%, according to details of the fund on the asset manager’s website.
[]Read: Boeing says manufacturing issue with supplier could snarl 737 Max production; stock falls
[]Also see: North Korea says it tested new ICBM that could reach targets in North America
[]The First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF’s largest holdings on April 13 included Fortinet Inc. FTNT, -0.47%, Broadcom Inc. AVGO, -0.75%, Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO, -0.51% and Palo Alto Networks Inc. PANW, +0.79%, according to First Trust’s website.
[]The First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF was trading 0.8% lower Friday afternoon, while the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF fell 1.9%, according to FactSet data, at last check.
[]The U.S. stock market was broadly down in Friday afternoon trading, as investors digested big bank earnings, data showing a drop in retail sales in March and Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller’s remarks that the Fed needs to keep raising interest rates because inflation is “still much too high.”
[]The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.42% was down 0.5% in Friday afternoon trading, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.21% shed 0.3% and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.35% fell 0.5%, according to FactSet data, at last check.
