Twenty years ago, we arrived on the surface of another planet. This marked one of the most important moments in space exploration history. It was 1997: the first successful touchdown on Mars via the Pathfinder rover.

Now, space exploration has expanded beyond our own government program, NASA. It has become the passion of some of the most revered, forward-thinking minds in the world.

In 2000, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos began a side project called Blue Origin. Although most of its activities are kept somewhat secret, Bezos has stated that its near-term goals involve space tourism and satellite TV. Then, in 2002, Elon Musk began a company called SpaceX. This company was started with the sole purpose of colonizing Mars, even before Musk founded Tesla.

Right now, a main goal of NASA is to be the first to have a manned Mars mission. And now, there is increased competition from private companies, SpaceX in particular, as well as a multinational race, similar to that of the race to the moon.

It would be great to be able to invest in a company with such a unique and monopoly-like focus as SpaceX and Blue Horizon, but unfortunately that’s not an easy option; these companies are not publicly traded. However, I believe the next best option is investing in the systems that make these companies’ rockets “go.”

Rocketing Into History

About 98% of the material that’s launched into the sky during liftoff is related to propulsion. And it doesn’t just get the rocket off the ground. Complicated propulsion systems are also necessary to maneuver the ship once it’s in space.

It’s a relatively small aerospace and defense company here in the United States. Its specialty is propulsion systems, which comes in handy when working with rockets and other space-traveling vehicles. In fact, it’s the largest producer of space propulsion and power systems in the U.S.

The company also has a huge client for whom it does most of its business: NASA.

In the past, most of the business it has done for NASA involved the space shuttle. This includes 30 trips to and from the International Space Station; it also supplies the batteries used to keep the station running. In fact, the propulsion system that it designed and built guided the shuttle for 135 missions with a 100% success rate, making it the world’s most reliable rocket ever built.

But going forward, one of the major reasons for demand will be American-manned space launches. Although we have not had a manned space launch since 2011, this activity will be revitalized with the goal of making it to Mars.

This will be done via NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), which is expected to take off for the first time in 2019. But the SLS is just the launching vehicle; the crew capsule that will carry the passengers is called Orion, and the company I’m recommending today is making the propulsion system for just about every component for both of these crafts.

It really is making history with this project, as no manned spacecraft has ever been designed to take humans into deep space, potentially to Mars and even the asteroid belt.

Another project this company has been selected to work on is the propulsion system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Experimental Spaceplane. In this project, it is collaborating with Boeing to make a hybrid airplane/traditional launch vehicle that will be used to send military satellites into space.

The Defense Department’s goal is to have this vehicle fully functional and tested by 2020. So, while this is a smaller project, it is still something coming up within the next few years.

A Sudden Growth Phase

Of course, any company can sound like a great investment, but it still has to be financially stable to actually be a great investment.

That’s why I believe Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc. (NYSE: AJRD) is on the verge of newfound growth in revenue due to the revitalized space program.

This year, its first-half sales increased by 13% after just 4% growth over the previous two years combined. And over the past year, expectations for revenue have grown from $1.78 billion to $1.9 billion. A year ago, Aerojet wasn’t supposed to make $1.9 billion until 2020.

You know a company is in a sudden growth phase when its expected revenue is accelerated by three years. And Aerojet has already booked $4.3 billion worth of future projects.

Lastly, when a company enters a growth phase, it’s important to make sure it has enough cash to fund its future operations. Over the past two years, Aerojet has brought in over $350 million in cash from operations, essentially doubling its cash position in anticipation of its projects ahead.

Looking at Aerojet’s stock price, it’s obvious that the market has discovered the company’s growth potential. The stock has gone up about 100% over the past year. But I still believe it has plenty of room to grow going forward.

As a company, Aerojet is still valued at only $2.4 billion, which is less than 1.5 years’ worth of revenue. And soon enough it’ll be making more than that in just one year.

Overall, in the aerospace and defense industry, it is the seventh-cheapest company in terms of valuation out of 28 companies, and that’s after its price went up 100% in the past year.

Clearly, as Aerojet continues to grow, more and more investors will realize its potential and buy into its stock.

Regards,

Ian Dyer
Internal Analyst, Banyan Hill Publishing

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Digital reality, which includes augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), is set to grow to a $162 billion market by 2020, according to IDC. And I personally believe AR is set to be the winner in this market, for a few reasons.

First, augmented reality doesn’t require the user to wear a big, clunky headset. Nobody wants to wear that for hours; it’s uncomfortable if worn for long periods of time, and you have to take it off to do anything else. With the amount of time that people spend multitasking now, that won’t work.

The only alternative right now is being in a “virtual reality booth.” While it looks interesting, people aren’t going to have these big spaces set aside in their homes.

So the second reason VR won’t be as big is because selling to individual consumers is the only way that anything new in the gaming industry can get off the ground nowadays.

I do realize that VR gaming headsets are selling well. There is a place for them, and they will be part of the bigger digital reality picture. But I believe that AR will end up being the dominant force in this market.

So what is augmented reality? Put in basic terms, it’s anything projected on a screen or display that isn’t really there.

An example that everyone has seen is the yellow line during football games that marks the next first down. It’s actually been around since 1968, although it doesn’t look anything like it used to (thankfully).

There was also Google Glass, which was Google’s own AR “headset” in the form of glasses. The product was highly anticipated by the tech market, but not really anyone else.

Its release in 2014 was a bust, and it was discontinued the following year. That was primarily due to its $1,500 price, as well as the fear that Google was secretly recording people.

But now, this technology is exploding to the point where we could use it multiple times every day.

Virtual Shopping and Augmented Reality

At this point, most AR is done through smartphone apps, which is convenient because our phones are always right in front of us.

For example, Amazon has an app called Amazon AR that allows customers to visualize its products in the real world:

One of the main reasons that people don’t want to shop for home goods online is because they want to be able to actually see the product in real life. But until now, this involved having to go to the actual store and then imagining what the product would look like at home.

The AR technology in this app lets you actually see a virtual version of the product in real life, which eliminates having to go to the store to pick something out. Shopping online is quicker and easier for browsing, too; you have hundreds of products right in front of you, and now you can see what they would look like in your home.

Ikea has a similar app called Ikea Place. One of the most tedious parts of buying furniture is having to measure all of the dimensions and then trying to estimate if the piece of furniture that you want will fit. But with the app, you can see what any “actual size” piece of Ikea furniture would look like in your home.

Augmented Reality Has Hundreds of Different Uses

Augmented reality is also proving its worth to manufacturing companies. For example, Ford and Volvo are using AR in their automobile design process. Now, instead of having to build a physical clay model of every car, they can visualize it with augmented reality:

This technology can save a lot of time and money that’s spent fixing mistakes and guessing how to create or improve an automobile’s functionality. Once this product is fully integrated, it will get rid of the entire prototype phase of automobile design, allowing manufacturers to roll out new models more often.

We can already get a glimpse of what else is to come with AR, as there are hundreds of different uses being figured out and developed.

Sticking with automotive uses, there’s an app being developed by a company called AR-media that lets you track maintenance and perform repairs on cars:

The app is called I-Mechanic, and it could really save people a lot of money by showing them how to perform routine maintenance on their cars.

Volkswagen actually was a pioneer with this technology when it created an app that could be used with its XL1 model. While it had the right idea with the technology, only 200 of those cars were ever sold to the public, so nobody could really use the app.

I-Mechanic will be available to use with a variety of car models, building on what Volkswagen started.

Lastly, believe it or not, there is a technology being developed to turn your windshield into an AR station:

While a “smart windshield” may be a distraction for drivers, the real potential here would be with self-driving or assisted-driving cars. The person in the car could use the windshield for things like GPS or getting information on nearby points of interest.

Investing in Augmented Reality

Augmented reality has taken the tech market by storm over the past couple of years, and it’s only just starting. For all the apps and features that I’ve explained here, there are hundreds more in existence or development.

There are also ways to invest in this technology.

Companies like Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) and Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) are creating augmented reality platforms that are being used every day by individuals and companies alike.

In 2018, I believe we will see exponential growth in the augmented reality market, and a significant immersion of the technology into our daily lives.

Regards,

Ian Dyer

Internal Analyst, Banyan Hill Publishing

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Twenty years ago, we arrived on the surface of another planet. This marked one of the most important moments in space exploration history. It was 1997: the first successful touchdown on Mars via the Pathfinder rover.

Now, space exploration has expanded beyond our own government program, NASA. It has become the passion of some of the most revered, forward-thinking minds in the world.

In 2000, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos began a side project called Blue Origin. Although most of its activities are kept somewhat secret, Bezos has stated that its near-term goals involve space tourism and satellite TV. Then, in 2002, Elon Musk began a company called SpaceX. This company was started with the sole purpose of colonizing Mars, even before Musk founded Tesla.

Right now, a main goal of NASA is to be the first to have a manned Mars mission. And now, there is increased competition from private companies, SpaceX in particular, as well as a multinational race, similar to that of the race to the moon.

It would be great to be able to invest in a company with such a unique and monopoly-like focus as SpaceX and Blue Horizon, but unfortunately that’s not an easy option; these companies are not publicly traded. However, I believe the next best option is investing in the systems that make these companies’ rockets “go.”

Rocketing Into History

About 98% of the material that’s launched into the sky during liftoff is related to propulsion. And it doesn’t just get the rocket off the ground. Complicated propulsion systems are also necessary to maneuver the ship once it’s in space.

With this being said, I believe I’ve found the best investment in the space industry right now.

It’s a relatively small aerospace and defense company here in the United States. Its specialty is propulsion systems, which comes in handy when working with rockets and other space-traveling vehicles. In fact, it’s the largest producer of space propulsion and power systems in the U.S.

The company also has a huge client for whom it does most of its business: NASA.

In the past, most of the business it has done for NASA involved the space shuttle. This includes 30 trips to and from the International Space Station; it also supplies the batteries used to keep the station running. In fact, the propulsion system that it designed and built guided the shuttle for 135 missions with a 100% success rate, making it the world’s most reliable rocket ever built.

But going forward, one of the major reasons for demand will be American-manned space launches. Although we have not had a manned space launch since 2011, this activity will be revitalized with the goal of making it to Mars.

This will be done via NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), which is expected to take off for the first time in 2019. But the SLS is just the launching vehicle; the crew capsule that will carry the passengers is called Orion, and the company I’m recommending today is making the propulsion system for just about every component for both of these crafts.

It really is making history with this project, as no manned spacecraft has ever been designed to take humans into deep space, potentially to Mars and even the asteroid belt.

Another project this company has been selected to work on is the propulsion system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Experimental Spaceplane. In this project, it is collaborating with Boeing to make a hybrid airplane/traditional launch vehicle that will be used to send military satellites into space.

The Defense Department’s goal is to have this vehicle fully functional and tested by 2020. So, while this is a smaller project, it is still something coming up within the next few years.

A Sudden Growth Phase

Of course, any company can sound like a great investment, but it still has to be financially stable to actually be a great investment.

That’s why I believe Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc. (NYSE: AJRD) is on the verge of newfound growth in revenue due to the revitalized space program.

This year, its first-half sales increased by 13% after just 4% growth over the previous two years combined. And over the past year, expectations for revenue have grown from $1.78 billion to $1.9 billion. A year ago, Aerojet wasn’t supposed to make $1.9 billion until 2020.

You know a company is in a sudden growth phase when its expected revenue is accelerated by three years. And Aerojet has already booked $4.3 billion worth of future projects.

Lastly, when a company enters a growth phase, it’s important to make sure it has enough cash to fund its future operations. Over the past two years, Aerojet has brought in over $350 million in cash from operations, essentially doubling its cash position in anticipation of its projects ahead.

Looking at Aerojet’s stock price, it’s obvious that the market has discovered the company’s growth potential. The stock has gone up about 100% over the past year. But I still believe it has plenty of room to grow going forward.

As a company, Aerojet is still valued at only $2.4 billion, which is less than 1.5 years’ worth of revenue. And soon enough it’ll be making more than that in just one year.

Overall, in the aerospace and defense industry, it is the seventh-cheapest company in terms of valuation out of 28 companies, and that’s after its price went up 100% in the past year.

Clearly, as Aerojet continues to grow, more and more investors will realize its potential and buy into its stock.

Regards,

Ian Dyer
Internal Analyst, Banyan Hill Publishing

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When it comes to factory automation, China is way ahead of the game.

In fact, the demand for robots in China is more than twice as high as any other country. As the chart below shows, it is seeing huge growth in the field of factory automation.

By 2020, an estimated 1.7 million new robots will be “hired” by factories all over the world.

An example of this revolution is a Chinese factory that recently cut its number of employees from 650 all the way down to 60. About 90% of the laid-off workers were replaced by robots.

The factory’s general manager predicts that the number of employees will drop to 20.

Things have only gotten better for that factory since the robots took over. Defects in their products have been reduced by 80%, while efficiency has gone up by 250%.

This is just one example of the many factory transformations going on today. Foxconn, a manufacturer of iPhone parts, has set a goal of 30% automation in its factories by 2020.

Robots taking jobs may seem scary, but when they can work around the clock without getting tired, and assuming maintenance costs are less than hourly wages, it makes sense.

To profit from the robot revolution, you can buy the Robo Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF (Nasdaq: ROBO). This exchange-traded fund is already up 34% since the start of the year.

Regards,

Ian Dyer
Internal Analyst, Banyan Hill Publishing

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