Our International Hall of Famers list is composed of the 100 largest US-listed international stocks, or ADRs.
We've also sprinkled in some of the largest ADRs from countries that did not make the market cap cut.
These stocks range from some well-known mega-cap multinationals such as Toyota Motor and Royal Dutch Shell to some large-cap global disruptors such as Sea Ltd and Shopify.
It's got all the big names and more–but only those that are based outside the US. You can find all the largest US stocks on our original Hall of Famers list.
The beauty of these scans is really in their simplicity.
We take the largest names each week and then apply technical filters in a way that the strongest stocks with the most momentum rise to the top.
Based on the market environment, we can also flip the scan on its head and filter for weakness.
Let's dive in and take a look at some of the most important stocks from around the world.
I can't think of any organization or group of individuals who have had a bigger impact on my life than the CMT Association.
Yes, the things I've learned and friends I've met over the years certainly helped my career. That's undeniable.
But at this point, it's fair to say that this organization and its members have transcended business and have really had a huge influence on my entire life.
As many of you know, something we've been working on internally is using various bottom-up tools and scans to complement our top-down approach.
It's really been working for us!
One way we're doing this is by identifying the strongest growth stocks as they climb the market-cap ladder from small- to mid- to large- and, ultimately, to mega-cap status (over $200B).
Once they graduate from small-cap to mid-cap status (over $2B), they come on our radar. Likewise, when they surpass the roughly $30B mark, they roll off our list.
But the scan doesn't just end there.
We only want to look at the strongest growth industries in the market, as that is typically where these potential 50-baggers come from.
Some of the best performers in recent decades – stocks like Priceline, Amazon, Netflix, Salesforce, and myriad others – would have been on this list at some point during their journey to becoming the market behemoths they...
If a new leg of the bull market is just getting started, positioning in the leaders should pay off well. With this in mind, we're going to get involved in a name everyone knows and uses -- Amazon. The odds are good that Amazon will deliver profits to those well-positioned for a run.
Implied volatility in the options affords us the luxury to go further out in time for our thesis to play out, but we're going to cap our upside both because we think there will be some upside resistance that comes into play and also to increase our odds of success.
But, based on last week’s price action, gold’s crazy cousin may have slipped into party mode…
Check out silver bouncing higher relative to gold:
The entire precious metals space – and interested bystanders worldwide – have eagerly awaited such a display of relative strength.
Why?
Silver outperforming gold indicates a burgeoning risk appetite for these neglected rocks. Precious metals of all colors and densities benefit from increased flows into silver-related assets.
It’s a risk-on gauge for precious metals. Now, the question turns to whether gold will complement silver’s advance.
Both metals were higher Tuesday, as gold nears a critical shelf of former highs at approximately 2,016:
That’s our level.
The path of least resistance points toward the former all-time highs if and when gold breaks above the October peak.
It remains a sideways mess until a decisive upside resolution.