A U.S. Congressman, Kevin Hern, recently made stock purchases related to the Middle East conflict could be related.

This includes the purchase of shares in arms manufacturer Raytheon ($RTX (-0.45%) ) and shares in four energy companies (NextEra Energy ($NEE (+0.63%) ), ExxonMobil ($XOM (-0.7%) ), Pioneer Natural Resources ($PXD ) and Devon Energy ($DVN).