‘NATO Is Dead’ Might Be an Overstatement, but Markets Are Behaving as If It Were True

Europe’s defense stocks, in any event, are soaring.

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President Zelensky at Kyiv, Ukraine. Tetiana Dzhafarova/pool via AP

“NATO is dead,”  Vertical Research Partners defense industry analyst Rob Stallard writes clients. It’s a harsh overstatement. But markets are acting as if it’s true. Over the last 10 days, American defense stocks have tanked, and European defense stocks have soared.

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