While Goodbye Gun Stocks does not offer investment advice, here are some facts to consider.

Tiny Portion of the Market

Gun & ammo maker stocks have had high returns in the past. However, even if some of gun & ammo maker/seller stocks continue to rally, they only make up for 0.51% of the US total stock market. Removing them from your diversified fund portfolio using Goodbye Gun Stocks should not dramatically lower your returns.

Gun & Ammunition Makers

Maker stocks have done exceptionally well in recent years. However, this does not necessarily mean that this is a highly recommended investment.

These stocks also make up very high risk portfolio, whose fluctuation level (standard deviation of monthly returns) is higher than 99.5% of all funds in our database. You can see the backtest on Hello Money. Past performance does not guarantee future returns, and gun stocks didn't always have high returns. For instance: In the 1990s, the majority of the domestic gun market was hunters and target shooters, and the market continued to decline, as shooting went out of favor like chain smoking. Ruger stock price dropped 51.6% between late 1996 to 2000. Your fund portfolio likely consists of hundreds of stocks, if not thousands. Gun & ammo maker stocks make up only 0.03% of US total stock market index.

Retail Sellers

This group of stocks is dominated by Wal-Mart, whose market cap is significantly bigger than the others.

They have slightly higher annual returns than the S&P 500, while the risk (fluctuation of monthly returns) is significantly higher. You can see the backtest on Hello Money.

The seller stocks only take up 0.48% of US total stock market index.