Rare Earth Security

“rare earths are a national security asset now”

rare earthsnational securitydefensecritical mineralsby anon · 3 hours ago

Rare earths are critical for defense and tech, but the US relies on foreign supply. This basket bets on domestic and allied producers, processors, and recyclers. The largest weights go to companies directly mining or processing rare earths, with smaller positions in defense and tech users that would benefit from a secure supply chain.

Holdings: 9
Largest: 27.3%
Pillars: 3
Revisions: 1

Connect a wallet to launch this theory as a vault on Robinhood Chain. You sign it, so the vault is yours to revise.

How it breaks down

Defense Users

43.6%

Defense contractors and aerospace firms that rely on rare earths for critical systems.

Hedging & Adjacent

29.1%

Tech users and commodity hedges that benefit from a secure rare earth supply chain.

Domestic Producers

27.3%

USA Rare Earth is the core play, directly mining and processing rare earths in the US.

Holdings

Every position, why it is here, and its token on chain. Weights sum to exactly 100%.

Weight	Ticker	Company	Why it is here	Token
27.3%	USAR	USA Rare Earth	USA Rare Earth is building a full domestic rare earth supply chain, directly addressing the national security need for non-Chinese sources.	0xd917…86a6
13.6%	MPWR	Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.	Monolithic Power Systems uses rare earths in high-performance power management, benefiting from secure supply for electronics.	0x52D5…b128
10.9%	LMT	Lockheed Martin Corp.	Lockheed Martin's defense systems depend on rare earth magnets, making it a key beneficiary of domestic supply.	0x329f…043c
9.1%	GE	GE Aerospace	GE Aerospace uses rare earths in jet engines and power systems, aligning with the national security angle.	0x63b8…373e
9.1%	HWM	Howmet Aerospace Inc.	Howmet Aerospace produces advanced alloys that rely on rare earths, supporting defense and aerospace.	0xAEa4…5d99
9.1%	SLV	iShares Silver Trust	Silver is a proxy for industrial metals demand, which rises with rare earth mining and processing.	0x411e…D89f
7.3%	AVAV	AeroVironment, Inc.	AeroVironment's drones and defense tech use rare earth components, benefiting from secure supply.	0xF629…76A5
7.3%	KTOS	Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.	Kratos Defense develops unmanned systems that depend on rare earths, tied to national security.	0x7FD0…1313
6.4%	USO	United States Oil Fund	The oil fund is a hedge against geopolitical disruptions that could affect rare earth supply chains.	0xa30F…D344

USARUSA Rare Earth27.3%
USA Rare Earth is building a full domestic rare earth supply chain, directly addressing the national security need for non-Chinese sources.
0xd917…86a6
MPWRMonolithic Power Systems, Inc.13.6%
Monolithic Power Systems uses rare earths in high-performance power management, benefiting from secure supply for electronics.
0x52D5…b128
LMTLockheed Martin Corp.10.9%
Lockheed Martin's defense systems depend on rare earth magnets, making it a key beneficiary of domestic supply.
0x329f…043c
GEGE Aerospace9.1%
GE Aerospace uses rare earths in jet engines and power systems, aligning with the national security angle.
0x63b8…373e
HWMHowmet Aerospace Inc.9.1%
Howmet Aerospace produces advanced alloys that rely on rare earths, supporting defense and aerospace.
0xAEa4…5d99
SLViShares Silver Trust9.1%
Silver is a proxy for industrial metals demand, which rises with rare earth mining and processing.
0x411e…D89f
AVAVAeroVironment, Inc.7.3%
AeroVironment's drones and defense tech use rare earth components, benefiting from secure supply.
0xF629…76A5
KTOSKratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.7.3%
Kratos Defense develops unmanned systems that depend on rare earths, tied to national security.
0x7FD0…1313
USOUnited States Oil Fund6.4%
The oil fund is a hedge against geopolitical disruptions that could affect rare earth supply chains.
0xa30F…D344

What breaks this

Written by the same model that built the basket, and not edited to sound better.

01Concentration in USAR, a small-cap with execution risk in building mines and processing plants.
02The thesis depends on continued government support for domestic rare earth production, which could shift with policy changes.
03Defense stocks may not gain directly from rare earth security if they already have long-term supply contracts.
04Commodity hedges like USO and SLV could drag performance if rare earth news doesn't move broader markets.

Changelog

Every revision to this basket, who made it, and when. A theory is allowed to change its mind in public.

by the modelSep 2, 2026
Basket created from the thesis. 9 holdings.

How this basket was made

Source: Generated
Model: deepseek-chat
Chain: Robinhood Chain · 4663
Created: Sep 2, 2026

The model was given the full list of equities tokenized on Robinhood Chain and could only pick from it. Token addresses were attached afterwards from that same list, so a ticker the model invented would have been dropped rather than shown here. This is not investment advice and it has not been backtested.