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War Babies

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War babies
Slang term for the stocks and bonds of corporations in the defense industry.

War Babies
Informal; a term for securities in the defense industry. Examples of war babies include stocks in arms manufacturers or ship-building companies. In or immediately before wartime, war babies tend to be market outperforms.


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