Leonardo DRS (DRS) is a US defense electronics supplier of infrared sensing, network computing, naval electric propulsion, and force protection. We analyze its moat, its Leonardo parent overhang, defense-budget risk, and how it stacks up against HII and LHX for 2026.
ARKK ARK Innovation ETF is not a typical ETF—it's an actively managed fund in ETF form, run by Cathie Wood on a disruptive innovation thesis. This guide examines the active-passive tradeoff, ARKK's structural risks, and when it belongs in a portfolio.
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF gives you a different economic cycle than tech-heavy large-cap funds. This guide covers what drives small-cap outperformance, how interest rates affect IWM specifically, and how to size it alongside XLK and SOXX.
VanEck's SMH Semiconductor ETF runs 25 holdings under pure market-cap weighting, making it more concentrated than SOXX in NVDA and TSMC. This guide explains when that concentration is an advantage and when it is a liability.
A practitioner's guide to SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF: how the ICE Semiconductor Index's modified-cap weighting differentiates it from SMH, when to add exposure, and how to read semiconductor cycle signals for position sizing.
A practitioner-level analysis of XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF—its cap-weighted concentration in NVDA, MSFT, and AAPL, comparison with QQQ, and how to size it within a broader portfolio in 2026.