Stocks with the most positive market trends in both Europe and the US are on average notably smaller than those with the most negative trends. High relative implied volatility is a feature of the most negatively ranked US stocks, with Molson Coors and Intel at peak levels on this measure.
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In both the main US and European markets the stocks with the most positive flags are on average smaller than those with the most negative, with the ratio between the two more marked in Europe. To the degree that we may observe sector and country trends, banks and capital goods companies in Europe are more likely to have negative than positive flags, while French and Italian companies are not at either extreme.
In the US, there are no banks, insurers or energy stocks among those with the most positive or negative flags. Readers are encouraged to apply their own filters to explore the respective markets for trends and to rank the Dashboard by positive and negative flags to see the full range of the new analysis.