ISIS & Terrorism Risk – It's Time to Think About This

Tuesday a White House press conference was stopped while the Secret Service responded to a bomb threat. Earlier in the same day, part of Capitol Hill was evacuated during a Congressional hearing. The events follow other recent scares, but besides the Boston Marathon bombing nothing really catastrophic has happened. However, a very serious threat has been made against America this year by the Islamic State and it warns of attacks over the next six months. Are we overreacting to these called in threats or are investors ignorantly ignoring it all? Given our porous borders and the malintent of America’s organized enemies, maybe we should have some protection in place for portfolios. See the report on ISIS here. Article interests SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY), iPath S&P 500 VIX (NYSE: VXX), ADT Corporation (NYSE: ADT), BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: BCRX), TASER International (Nasdaq: TASR), American Science & Engineering (Nasdaq: ASEI), Cabela’s (NYSE: CAB), Matthews International (Nasdaq: MATW).
 
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