As Obama And Clinton Call For Gun Control, Gun Stocks Surge

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Mark Melin
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Forget Apple Computer. The most amazing stocks over the past few years, which are still going strong, are gun stocks. This success flies in the face of increasing political rhetoric to place greater restrictions on gun purchases. After Umpqua Community College shootings, Obama calls for tougher gun control, gun stocks surge Over the past five years, gun stocks such as Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co have gained 320%, a CNN Money report notes, beating Apple and besting the S&P 500 by a factor of four. As President Barack Obama recently called for tougher gun control laws in…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.