If Bill Nasgovitz likes these stocks, you should too. This is the last of the Core Fore investing articles.

A 40-year veteran of small-cap investing Bill Nasgovitz never used to concern himself much with the broader macro picture of the US economy. A dedicated bottoms-up value investor Nasgovitz simply concentrated on what he did best: finding successful pint-size companies trading at bargain basement prices.Now that’s changed.“Our collective financial health is a mess ” Nasgovitz tells Minyanville. “And it doesn’t seem to matter to our elected officials. They’re more worried about water-boarding than setting Social Security Medicare and entitlements on sound financial footing. The macro picture is so faulty.”For Nasgovitz the fiscal fiasco in Washington has created tension and ...

Shares of Oshkosh Corp. soared nearly 20% Thursday after its defense arm scored a $280.9 million contract with the U.S. Army to supply 2,568 medium-tactical vehicles and trailers, plus support and services.

Shares of Oshkosh soar after the U.S. Department of Defense orders 2,244 bomb-resistant vehicles from the truck maker for an initial $1.05 billion.

Global spending on military armaments and services hit a record in 2008, driven by the U.S. wars in the Middle East and helped by sharp increases in Chinese and Russian budgets.

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Net income was $0.05 per share after the $19.3 million pre-tax charge for the one-time write-down of the Cheetah inventory related to the M-ATV competition and associated costs