Security industry offers safe bet

After one successful, and one unsuccessful, attempt to blow up its subway system, London is on high ...

After one successful, and one unsuccessful, attempt to blow up its subway system, London is on high alert. Home-grown suicide bombers are a new threat the UK will have to face for the foreseeable future. For investors and companies, that bleak reality is already increasing interest in defense and security-related companies in the stock market. The trend will continue for years to come. Any investor who acts on that now could do well. Travellers, shoppers and homeowners will be more than happy to pay for any new product that makes them feel safer. There is plenty of evidence security is...