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Being in the military, I actually never heard of General Dynamics until 2006, where I started up looking stocks for investing, and lo and behold the defense sector was strong. I don’t own them anymore, but I found it odd that I never heard of the company who invented the Fighter Jet. Yet it’s been around since the 50′s and even featured on America’s favorite show.

Nonetheless here is the Simpsons Episode “Saturdays of Thunder” which debuted on November 14, 1991. For a show somewhat oriented to children, it features a General Dynamics sticker on a soapbox car that Martin Prince made. Below the image is a stock chart of GD from the debut of the show. Valued at 4.49 in 1991, the stock has split three times and is worth over about 75 dollars now. So a thousand dollar investment would equate to about $150,000 today. Food for thought.