Analyst Pessimistic On Growth Prospects For Aerospace, Defense Industry Stocks

By John Liang / November 7, 2002 at 5:00 AM
Investors who are expecting a long period of high growth for companies in the aerospace and defense industry are likely to be disappointed, according to a prominent Wall Street analyst. Despite compelling reasons for large spending increases, Robert Friedman, senior aerospace and defense equity analyst for Standard & Poor's, believes that Congress is not likely to authorize outsized military spending over the long term. He also believes the current Defense Department projection of 5.9 percent average annual procurement spending growth...

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