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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has presented Wall Street’s largest fund houses with a gift-wrapped growth engine. Its recent approval of “ETFs as a share class” could turbocharge an already booming business for ETFs and further increase the gap between the giants and the rest.

Rocket Lab and Kratos aren’t only sending drones and satellites into space—they’re putting defense ETFs into orbit. While these cutting-edge defense stocks rocket on the coattails of fresh Pentagon policy changes and Trump-era deregulation, investors are flocking to ETFs that combine military might with next-generation innovation. With drone demand through the roof and red tape getting burned, funds like Global X Defense Tech ETF (NYSE:SHLD) and SPDR SP Aerospace Defense ETF (NYSE:XAR) are becoming stealth champs in 2025’s search for returns.

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