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defense · sector mood
2012
year mood
-0.28
· -0.40 to -0.01 across 12 mo
Monthly mood
bearish −1
+1 bullish
month values ▾
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.01 | -0.30 | -0.30 | -0.30 | -0.30 | -0.30 | -0.30 | -0.30 | -0.30 | -0.30 | -0.30 | -0.40 |
Fiscal-cliff standoff, sequestration imminent
How this mood is scored ▾
Each day the model reads that day's news for the sector and asks, as someone who owns assets or
makes their living in it: how am I feeling this month, and why?
The month's mood is that running answer, tied to the specific events driving it (the story shown
above). It leans on trusted, higher-impact reporting, and on the prior month when a month is
quiet, so one loud headline can't swing it. The read updates daily through
the month; once a month ends, its mood is locked.
This year is read live from the news the pipeline actually collected (hover a bar for its story count).
· last computed Jul 11, 2026
Top defense stories of 2012
Jan
Obama Unveils Defense Strategy Cutting $487B and Pivoting to Asia-Pacific
aljazeera.com →
On January 5, 2012, President Obama and the Pentagon released new strategic guidance rebalancing toward the Asia-Pacific while trimming roughly $487 billion in planned defense spending over a decade to meet Budget Control Act caps. The plan shrank Army and Marine end-strength while protecting naval, air, and cyber priorities.