In a shaky stock market environment, there is no better place to turn than the defense contractors. Leading the S&P index by about 20% in 2008 (the 8th straight year of better relative performance), the so-called “big five” have their work cut out for them in 2008 and beyond. It is pretty much a foregone conclusion that defense spending will increase this year.

Don Dion, the publisher of the Fidelity Independent Adviser family of newsletters, pointed out the PowerShares FTSE RAFI Industrials Sector ETF (PRFN) as a potential safe haven for during this turbulent market. Not everyone has the time or the understanding of the markets to make wise investment decisions and this might be the answer for those people.