Dan Caplinger

And for me, that's a lesson for my nephews.

in investing survivorship bias.

Eastman Kodak, one of the biggest technological innovators in the 1960s and 1970s, mostly a husk at this point.

The Rust Belt has plenty of these stark reminders that yesterday's boom can turn into today's bust, but also lots of green shoots coming up in those ravaged areas of the country.

It's encouraging to see.

I'm looking at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions.

It's ticker K-T-O-S.

I took the question literally, what's the stock on your radar?

Well, it's a stock that makes radar equipment.

We've got the Christmas season coming.

You get all these goofy reports from NORAD is tracking Santa on the radar.

Well, if that's happening, it's probably Kratos equipment that's doing it.

They are helping out with a whole bunch of other defense stuff as well.

It might not be the first thing you think of with stocking stuffers for the kids, but the trends that we're seeing in Washington and around the world with greater spending on defense have plenty of shoppers in the government looking for deals on the equipment that Kratos is selling.

Everybody needs money.

She's a good girl, loves her mom.

That's a huge impact that Roths have, bro, because that's really the whole point is, like you said, if you go with the Roth, you forego the tax benefit that you would get from a traditional IRA.

But in exchange for that, you don't have to pay taxes in retirement on those withdrawals.

That's different from a traditional IRA.

Traditional IRA, yeah, you get the tax break now, but you have to pay the taxes later.