gun regulation: Although Obama stake is minuscule, worth no more than $30, it reflects a much larger surge of investment, according to Euro News. The president is among millions of Americans buying into gun companies – often unwittingly – as mutual funds have increased such holdings to record levels, according to a Reuters analysis of institutional investment in firearms companies. But the U.S. president, a fierce advocate for gun regulation, has money in a pension fund that holds stock in gun and ammunition companies. Since Obama was elected in 2009, mutual funds have raised their stakes to about $510 million from $30 million in the nation two largest gun manufacturers with publicly traded shares, Smith & Wesson Corp
and Sturm, Ruger & Co . That means such stocks are now common in retirement and college savings plans. Beyond mutual funds, such investments also are held in the portfolios of hedge funds and public pension plans, which are harder to track. The influx has helped to boost both companies’ shares by more than 750 percent during the Obama presidency; each now has a market value of about $1 billion. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news. Tagged under gun regulation, Smith Wesson Corp topics.