Against All Odds Research

Against All Odds Research

I'm Buying Thailand

A New Leader Emerging in Global Rotation

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Jason Perz
Feb 17, 2026
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Every cycle produces new leadership. The mistake most investors make is assuming it will be the same names, the same countries, the same stories. Markets do not reward comfort. They reward rotation.

Thailand is beginning to rotate into leadership.

For the first time in many years, Thailand is showing meaningful relative strength versus the S&P 500 and versus other international markets. When a country that has been dead money for years suddenly rises to the top of a leadership scan, you pay attention. That is not noise. That is capital moving.

If you look at the International ETF Leadership Dashboard, Thailand ($THD) is near the top of the table.

Strong year-to-date returns. Strong one-month relative performance versus SPX. Trading above its 200-day moving average. Near its 52-week highs. That is not the profile of a laggard. That is the profile of emerging leadership.

Leadership shifts quietly before it becomes obvious.

Now look at the chart.

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