
Gun Stocks Surge, Even As Dow Jones Falls
On January 4 Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. and Strum, Ruger & Co. rose sharply while “the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 276 points.”

On January 4 Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. and Strum, Ruger & Co. rose sharply while “the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 276 points.”

With Monday’s market crash, Republican presidential candidate and businessman Donald Trump called on Americans to heed his warnings about China and “Vote Trump.”

The Dow Jones industrial average has plunged more than 530 points and is in a correction amid a global sell-off sparked by fears about China’s slowing economy. Oil tumbled below $40 per barrel for the first time since the financial crisis.

On Tuesday, the Commerce Department released revised GDP figures that showed third quarter growth at 5%, the strongest third-quarter growth in eleven years.