How To Win At Global Equities
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Just Another Trend To Play
by Alex King, CEO, Cestrian Capital Research, Inc
As you will know if you have (1) looked out of the window (2) glanced at your phone (3) turned on the TV and/or (4) spent any time on social media, there is a trend right now wherein non-US markets are playing catchup with the long bull market that the US has enjoyed since 2009.
This can be seen clearly when comparing $EEM with $SPY over the last twelve months.
Many people expect this outperformance to continue for a while.
Usually these trends are cyclical, with non-US markets outperforming for a time and then the US taking back the lead. But winning in global equities can be a challenging trend to play, since most all such markets are significantly smaller than the US stock market, less well researched, feature more market cap concentration in fewer stocks, and are subject to all manner of rules and customs which are new to many US-focused investors.
As a result there is a strong tendency to note the rise of non-US markets with interest, perhaps dismiss this as “too hard” to play, or to assign too high a risk factor to this trend … and avoid it.
That would be a shame, since there is money to be made and the risk can be controlled by both traditional means of (1) appropriate sizing of positions (2) loss protection through stop orders of various kinds.
Nonetheless, many investors stay on the sidelines, thus leaving money on the table. To address this missed opportunity, we’ve applied our proprietary SignalFlow AI machine learning model to global equities.
Our SignalFlow AI Global algorithmic signal service helps you to trade international markets using a basket of ETFs from top-tier managers.
SignalFlow AI Global uses proprietary machine learning techniques to identify risk on / risk off periods amongst individual country equity ETFs. AI signals provided daily after the close give you simple trade suggestions for the next daily open.
Backtested results indicate a return of some 48% since 1 January 2025 vs. around 17% for the S&P500. Now, backtesting is backtesting, but if the returns of our other SignalFlow AI algo services are anything to go by, we expect strong returns in live trading too. For instance, our SignalFlow AI Growth service has achieved in excess of 50% gains in live trading since June 2025, vs. less than 20% in the S&P.
I myself trade the SignalFlow AI Global service with real money, in real time, mechanically ie. I just follow its lead.
It’s easy to use. Signals are printed towards the end of the trading day, allowing you to place trades before the close. Some days there are no trades, some days you have to place 1-2 trades. This is not fast and furious day-trading, and it is perfectly suited to anyone who is busy doing other things (going to work, family, something called outside interests that I have heard of but am unfamiliar with) - you don’t have to watch the market all day. The algo does that for you.
The SignalFlow AI model is built with risk management in mind. If it believes all markets available to it are too risky, it will flip to ‘risk off’ and suggest you move to cash. Each of the SignalFlow AI family of algo services has very strong Sharpe and Sortino ratios as a result.
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Alex King
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Alex King, CEO, Cestrian Capital Research, Inc - 24 January 2026.