GLOBAL Picks to

RULE ’26

What follows are Murray’s five contenders for the NEXT ‘Global Stock of the Year’. But what do we mean by that term?

Time magazine picks a ‘Person of the Year’.

Someone who — for better or worse — profoundly shapes the cultural, political or social landscape. The last three were Donald Trump, Taylor Swift and Volodymyr Zelensky.

There’s an equivalent in the investing world. You could call it the global ‘Stock of the Year’.

Not the biggest absolute price gainer in a given 12 months. But a listed equity that truly breaks through the noise. Captures the spirit and momentum of the moment. In some cases, becomes a sun that the rest of the market orbits around.

And makes astute investors who own it on January 1st a heck of a lot wealthier by the following December 31st...

Hello, Murray Dawes here.

I started my International Stock Trader advisory to put you in the running for owning these kinds of global ‘zeitgeist’ stocks.

Before they have big runs into the mainstream narrative.

Obviously, there are no sure-things. I’m just speculating. (With a very effective, chart-based system that affirms those speculations.)

But it’s still guesswork.

Here’s what I CAN guarantee you though...

There’s a low probability
an
ASX stock will be 2026’s

global ‘Stock of the Year’

I’ll expand on that point below. And I’ll start drilling down on specific nominees for 2026.

Before I do that, what do I mean by ‘Stock of the Year’?

And why might it be a good idea to add my candidates to your portfolio now...even if you’ve never bought an internationally listed stock before?

Here’s a short five-year
history of
previous global
‘SOTY’ winners...

Now, this is not an official title.

This is my subjective take on previous stocks of the year. Based on the criteria I outlined above.

Media ‘cut-through’.

And, of course, share price gains.

2020 was almost certainly the year of Tesla.

Already a behemoth, it surged nearly 700% in the year COVID blew up the world.

Wrap your head around that.

This was a company already worth $80 billion in December 2019.

Its electric vehicle leadership, expansions in production, inclusion in the S&P 500, and the Musk X-factor...turned this already-famous company into an early pandemic-era cash machine.

Only in the international stock arena can you own an $80 billion company and see its stock surge 700% in 12 months.

2021 was a weird one. I’d personally give the title to GameStop. (Even though that’s not the kind of trade I’d go anywhere near.)

It was the quintessential pandemic ‘meme stock’, rising 30 times its initial price in January alone.

An outlier, though, which then gave up all those gains. But you can’t give that year’s award to anyone else. GameStop, in my opinion, was the infamous Stock of the Year for 2021.

(You will never see a GameStop-like phenomenon housed on the Australian Securities Exchange.)

2022’s winner? I’d say Occidental Petroleum Corp.

These guys were the primary beneficiaries of the then-new Russia-Ukraine war. Geopolitical tensions and energy supply disruptions made Occidental the best-performing S&P 500 stock of 2022.

2023 was owned by a company called ImmunoGen. A cancer treatment developer. It surged 522% after AbbVie announced plans to acquire it for $10 billion.

It far outstripped the ‘sexy’ AI first-movers at the time. Primarily from sales of its leading cancer drug, ELAHERE.

2024’s Stock of the Year was probably Nvidia.

Already famous as the primary AI first-mover. But it put on another 171% in 2024. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang likened its rise to Taylor Swift’s world-conquering Eras Tour.

This year?

A stock called AppLovin Corp already has ‘2025 Stock of the Year’ in the bag. In my opinion at least. 

This is a US$200 BILLION Nasdaq-listed company.

Remember, this is all subjective. Unlike Time’s Person of the Year, this title is not made official.

AppLovin Corp is as far from a small-cap as you can get.

Yet its AI-based advertising platform has boosted its share price 420% since January. That’s freaking nuts for an outfit that big.

So...

Who might be that breakthrough shock-stock in 2026?

I’ve officially recommended four contenders so far.

And I’m about to name a fifth.

But before we get to them, let’s reiterate an important fact:

Stocks of the Year do
NOT
emerge from the ASX

The ASX is fertile ground if you know what you’re looking for. Understand the local dynamics. And know how to use charts as your guide.

But we’re a small and marginalised side-pool of the global equity markets.

Our largest ASX companies, such as BHP, CSL, Macquarie Group and Woodside Energy, tend to be stable blue chips or cyclical resource plays.

These giants often deliver dividends and steady returns.

But rarely produce the kind of meteoric gains that define global ‘Stock of the Year’ winners like Nvidia or Netflix (who took the 2015 award).

If you’re looking for explosive global growth and technological disruption...you need to GO NORTH.

Which brings me to my five contenders.

Four are official recommendations.

One...perhaps the most compelling case of the five...I’m getting close to pulling the trigger on...

What type of plays are

we about to zero in on?

In starting to compile this global portfolio, I could have opted for some ‘household name’ positions.

The kind of stocks you’ve seen go up and up in recent years, but have been barred from owning if you stick to only ASX equities.

Certainly, some previous ‘Stocks of the Year’ already had name recognition. And sizeable price run-ups before their breakout year.

But then you have the likes of AppLovin. Who’s a strong contender to ‘win’ 2025.

This rising mobile advertising tech giant travelled in relative obscurity in the years after its 2021 IPO.

This year, though, it’s gone supersonic. Thanks to its AI-driven platform, Axon 2.0, which optimises ad targeting and timing.

AppLovin’s spectacularly fast rise is reminiscent of Nvidia’s a few years ago. From a nobody to S&P 500 company...now recognised alongside tech legends like Meta and Alphabet — in the blink of an eye...

It’s these kinds of
rapid-growth
situations International Stock Trader
is tailor-made to get
you into...

Situations that simply don’t bubble up on the ASX.

Our local market hosts strong and stable companies.

But I’m looking for scale.

I’m looking for outfits tapping directly into the veins of 2026’s emerging megatrends.

And I’m looking for high-velocity potential breakouts...with the kind of momentum, global coverage and trading volume that ASX stocks can’t possibly compete with.

I’m also looking at companies that are starting to exhibit this momentum...but have yet to experience exponential share price growth.

Because let’s face it...

The non-ASX stocks above that have gone exponential in the last five to 10 years are probably NOT going to be 2026’s Stock of the Year.

When you reach these levels, future growth naturally slows. And new competitors close in to get a slice of the pie.

Truth is: the ‘next Nvidia’ is almost certainly a company you’ve not heard of yet.

As techi.com points out:

‘Now worth more than $4.1 trillion in market share, with a margin of an astronomical nature, and dominating the world of AI, Nvidia is legendary.

‘... at the same time ... it is in constant danger of being overtaken by the next generation of disruptors.’

So, who might those 2026, 2027, 2028 disruptors be?

As I say, I’ve got five contenders for you.

There’s probably only ONE name here that you MIGHT have heard of. Maybe two at a stretch. The other guys you won’t have. Each is jostling to be a leading player in what I see as THE five key rising megatrends going into 2026.

A great example is my latest addition to the International Stock Trader portfolio.

Greenlit just last week, on September 20th.

You won’t know its name yet.

Despite its epic recent growth and a market capitalisation in the tens of billions, it remains largely under the radar among mainstream retail investors.

Even in the country it’s housed in.

That’s changing though, by the week.

I just urged my members to take a position.

I think you should consider doing the same...

2026 STOCK OF THE YEAR
CANDIDATE #1

AI COLLIDES

WITH BANKING

‘Like a GPS for your money.’

That’s how Michelle Bonat, chief AI officer at AI Squared, describes the next great AI collision.

I think it could go mainstream in 2026.

And I’m backing this stock early to lead it.

AppLovin’s 2025 Stock of the Year performance was down to the intersection of AI and advertising.

What if 2026 is the year that AI enables hyper-personalised financial services?

What if we’re about to see mass adoption of an AI-powered ‘everything bank’ on your smartphone?

One that lets you do it all: open a high-interest checking and savings account, get a credit card, borrow money (personal, student-loan refi, or a mortgage), invest in stocks and ETFs — all in the same place.

With a few finger swipes.

And with AI as your 24/7 personal banking concierge.

That’s the exact bet with my latest move.

What we’re looking at here is the new face of banking.

Several outfits around the world are looking to own this space. These guys I believe are about to jump into pole position.

And WE are jumping into Candidate #1 as it breaks out above a major high hit in 2021.

That means you’ll be buying into momentum here.

There are upsides and downsides to that.

This stock has jolted up 30% in the last month.

But I think the wheels are REALLY going to start spinning next year...

If it keeps hitting its marks...if its member base keeps compounding...this could feasibly be 2026’s AppLovin.

If this breakout sticks and the company has a mega-run in 2026, that is fabulous. We’ll be in the money big-time. With possible further outsized returns each following year to 2030. 

That’s the upside bet.

Then there’s the risk. I might be wrong. Worst-case scenario, a false break of the high could occur.

That’s the possible downside.

If that happens, we may see a return to the middle of its trading range from the past few years.

And you’ll see a loss for a period of time if you enter at the current price.

If you understand and accept
these
risks, here’s some
more info on this
Stock
of the Year candidate...

Its mission is bold but simple:

Pull new banking customers in with easy, high-value entry points...and then nudge them to try more products over time.

Doing it with a one-of-a-kind, AI-powered app.

A one-stop, on-your-phone banking portal that offers accounts with strong yield. $0-commission stock trading. And a bunch of other perks.

If these guys break through in 2026, it’ll be because they’re disrupting banking like Robinhood did a few years ago with stock investing...

The cross-sell engine is already humming.

Growth’s already up 34% year over year.

850,000 new members in the last quarter.

Deposits climbing to US$29.5 billion.

The numbers just keep getting better. But they’re ONLY JUST starting to be reflected in the stock price.

I reckon buyers in
September 2025
will be
patting themselves
vigorously
on the back
in a few years’ time...

But beyond that...

The next frontier for these guys is disrupting the global mortgage system. That comes a little later.

There’s a three- to five-year picture for this enterprise. And it looks SOLID.

Membership could plausibly reach 40 million-plus in five years.

However, 2026 could be the catalyst year. 

None of these are promises. They’re just guesses based on current growth rates. What my charts are telling me. And a gut instinct from studying previous global stocks of the year.

It’s a guess I’m willing to put my neck out on.

Remember the Stock of the Year criteria:

A listed equity that — for better or worse — profoundly shapes the cultural, political or social landscape.

These guys are in the running to do that.

Which is why I just made them my fourth official entry in my International Stock Trader portfolio.

Next contender:

2026 STOCK OF THE YEAR
CANDIDATE #2

MY ‘NEXT
NVIDIA’ BET

This is the only laggard so far on my International Stock Trader buy-list. All the other trades are up.

It’s only down a tiny -1.4%. Which means nothing really in the space of the first few months — when you consider this is a trade with a 12- to 36-month timeframe.

With potential to achieve ‘Stock of the Year’ status next year. If anything, getting in 1.4% below my initial buy price is a bonus!

I’d consider jumping on this chance.

But you should view my due diligence and make your own call.  

Now, of course, ‘Next Nvidia’ has become a bit of an overused descriptor.

Nvidia’s growth story is so spectacular and unique — a mix of visionary leadership, major AI and gaming market dominance, software ecosystem control, and silicon innovation — it’s impossible to replicate.

Same goes for its 70,000% rise in share price.

That’s a bottom-to-peak gain unlikely to be matched by many, if any, stocks in the future.

Especially in that short timeframe.

With all that said, though...

Some up-and-comers are following in Nvidia’s footsteps...carving new niches...expanding AI chip applications where Nvidia’s GPU dominance is less focused...

...and drawing share investor attention AWAY from the world’s most famous chip play.

Lattice Semiconductor has put on 20% in just the last month. That’s the early-stage momentum we’re scouting for.

Its secret sauce is a breakthrough in low-power programmable logic chips that could be invaluable in AI’s next phase.

Cool international stock story.

But not quite there yet for a definitive buy.

Rambus Inc. is moving to shake up the semiconductor and memory interface industry like Nvidia did from around 2017 onwards.

It’s strategically doubling down on infrastructure for artificial intelligence. This stock’s quietly risen 165% in the last year.

It’s a potential sleeping giant.

But don’t buy it just yet!

This next 2026 Stock of the Year candidate is a better option.

Given the explosive growth of AI, data centre infrastructure, and computing...you’d have to say a NVIDIA-LIKE story is out there right now, and just getting started.

Think about it.

The semiconductor industry has lightning-fast tech cycles, innovations and emerging architectures (like AI accelerators and neuromorphic chips).

It’s a sector that’s always been in fast-forward.

And AI just made it a hundred times faster!

This creates fertile ground for breakthrough players to pop up overnight — and start eating Nvidia’s lunch.

ON 28 AUGUST, I MADE
MY CALL ON
WHO I THINK
MIGHT BE NVIDIA’S HEIR

Nvidia started out focusing on 3D graphics capabilities for PCs and gaming consoles.

Hard to believe it became a colossus from such humble beginnings.

My current trade specialises in two similar niche areas.

Its strategic positioning and AI edge processing innovations lead me to believe it’s on the cusp of ‘levelling up’, just as Nvidia did about five years ago.

Its revenues are starting to go bananas. The latest forecast puts them well above $13 billion by 2028.

That’s nowhere near Nvidia scale.

But it’s very big for a company I guarantee no one you know has even heard of. 

Like Nvidia, it’s making a concerted pivot to AI.

Expanding from its current wheelhouse into AI-related semiconductor applications — the domain where Nvidia has disrupted everything in the 2020s so far.

Analysts are finally paying attention.

THIS IS KEY.

This is a cluttered space.

EVERYONE wants to be the next Nvidia.

When a company’s name starts appearing in analyst reports for the first time, predicting upside potential, that’s another indication a big upward run could be coming.

It ran from US$150 to US$240 over the past five months. So we shouldn’t be surprised to see it correct further before getting ready to run again.

That’s why it’s the only one of my current picks that is very fractionally down.

I’m all-in though. But with caution.

I plan on adding to the position if it heads towards US$170 to US$200. That’s our signal to load up on even more shares.

The semiconductor market is still in recovery mode after a period of oversupply.

I recently sat in on an earnings call for this company. They said customer inventories have been normalised in the current quarter and will start to grow again.

I see recent flat trading as your big opportunity.

IF THE ‘LEVEL UP’ I PREDICT

HAPPENS, WE’LL BE IN — RIGHT

AT THE START OF IT!

Now, Nvidia’s growth has been fuelled by its dominant position in GPUs for AI, gaming and data centres.

Markets with enormous scale and explosive demand.

Trust me...

NO ASX STOCK IS ON THE SHORTLIST OF THE FIRST 50 THAT MIGHT DOMINATE THESE MARKETS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THESE guys, however, are in the conversation...

But, at the moment at least, they’re only on the fringe of it.

They face pricing pressure and intense competition that Nvidia didn’t at the start of its run.

And while Nvidia is already a GPU innovator central to AI computing...this play is only just beginning its incursion into AI.

So...zero guarantees here. None of this may play out as I expect.

Even though this is already a sizeable company by ASX standards, its story is only just getting started.

I might be wrong. We’ll wait and see. And if I am, my stop-loss strategy will take us out of the position before there’s too much damage.

But if I’m right...

These guys could become a significant, talked-about, known and influential semiconductor leader between now and 2030.

And they could potentially generate the kind of exponential gains we’ve been talking about throughout The GO NORTH Initiative series.

If this is the very first international stock you buy...the aim is for you to have genius bragging rights telling your mates that in five years’ time!

And remember:

We’ll be using the same
strategy
to manage this
position that’s gotten
us
such a superb hit-rate with

my ASX-only advisory...

Same goes with every entry in this international stock portfolio.

If it fails to fire and goes the other way, we’ll be stopped out for a manageable loss. 

If it goes on an initial splurge, as I expect in the next few months, we’ll then take a bit of profit off the table later this year.

That’s the powerful position we aim for. Where all the stress in the trade evaporates.

Then...

If the run continues in 2026...we could get in a position where we bank a second batch of profits.

With a bit of the position still in play.

That’s the aim anyway.

That’s share trading heaven.

Beyond that point, we will either make money...

Or make MORE money.

A win/win-bigger scenario

That scenario is never guaranteed. But it’s the ideal end-goal with every new recommendation we open up in this global portfolio initiative. 

As one of my early International Stock Trader members, PAP from Sydney, emailed to say:

‘Murray has our trust from the past dealings!

‘Understand that you are in new territory and wild territory. We support you in keeping to “your knitting” designed to protect us.

‘You don’t need to do anything new for us — just be the “prior Murray trader”. Btw THANKS for all your help and assistance on our mutual journey.’ 

PAP is referencing the strategy I’ve been using for many years on the ASX with Retirement Trader.

Here are the results. (Assuming a hypothetical starting pot of $100,000, with 2% of capital invested in every recommendation, reinvesting all profits.)

Past investment returns are not indicative of future performance.

And it’s the same modus operandi for this new global project.

I won’t be reinventing my successful trading method for the ASX.

I’ll simply be casting a much wider net.

And going for much bigger fish!

Of course, the old adage is important: past returns are no guarantee for the future. Point is, we’ll be using a tried-and-true system to find the ideal entry point for trades and trade management.  

Remember one of the primary goals:

We’re looking for emerging opportunities that simply DO NOT EXIST on the ASX.

Some seismic shifts are so massive...so disruptive and long-lasting...they reshape industries and create new ones in the space of a few short years.

That’s what you call a megatrend.  

If you want to tap into the megatrends with ASX-listed stocks only, good luck with that!

Nowhere is this more apparent than with:

2026 STOCK OF THE YEAR
CANDIDATE #3

CRYPTO STOCK
KNOCKING ON DOOR OF MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

I bloody love this opportunity!

It’s the essence of why I started International Stock Trader.

A potential exponential growth story that no one seems to have quite cottoned on to yet.

And where there is not even a tangential equivalent on the ASX.

You know about the Magnificent 7 stocks.

A group of the most influential and dominant international, tech-related companies that have made shareholders very wealthy for five years.

All of these have been Stocks of the Year at some point...

• Alphabet (Google) (GOOGL)
• Amazon (AMZN)
• Apple (AAPL)
• Meta Platforms (META)
• Microsoft (MSFT)
• Nvidia (NVDA)
• Tesla (TSLA)

These companies have all reached market capitalisations of about $1 trillion or more, with some exceeding $3 trillion.

AI, obviously, has played a huge part in cementing their positions.

But could another player be about to gatecrash this group...making it the Magnificent 8?

And could it become...dare I say it...the world’s first trillion-dollar listed CRYPTO STOCK?

I don’t want to say much more on this here.

Why?

Because this is the only candidate of the five that I’ve yet to formally recommend a buy on.

The price is not quite where I want to see it.

But there’s an 80% chance it will be within the next few weeks.

If it happens...this probably will jump to number 1 on my list of 2026 Stock of the Year candidates.

Because it has the potential to become the world’s first trillion-dollar crypto company.

Imagine a listed crypto company being talked about in the same rarified air as Meta or Microsoft.

That seems crazy.

But the same could have been said about a chipmaker called Nvidia five years ago...

These guys already have a global stablecoin base nearing $300 billion...and transaction volumes in the tens of trillions per year.

I believe that’s just the beginning.

Its business model is the future. Its cost structure is relatively simple.

And the potential scale
going
into the 2030s is EPIC

Look, I’m smart enough to know how ignorant I am when it comes to crypto.

But I’m pretty good at picking rising trends.

And choosing the right time and the right stock — based on a rigid charting method — to buy into them.

In this instance, a bit of Googling might tip you off on who I’m talking about.

But what you might not know is WHY all the stars are aligning for them in 2026...

How everything is coming together to unlock massive profits...

How regulation is going all their way for a massive breakout...

And how my charts have identified a certain buy-point that may come in the next few weeks...at a low price you may never see again...

Like I say, I’ve yet to pull the trigger on these guys. But, if I do, they may well turn out to be next year’s award winner.

Let’s move to a candidate that IS a live trade.

And it’s off to a bolter.

Up 12% since I issued the buy call on 28 August.

That’s a chunky up-move for a company this size.

The great results keep coming by the week.

But in my opinion, this train has barely left the station...

Now...

This next candidate IS an International Stock Trader recommendation. And this is one to pay attention to because it’s already off to a flyer...

2026 STOCK OF THE YEAR
CANDIDATE #4

ENGINEER OF
THE FUTURE

Important question:

What do you think almost all of the exponential global stock gainers we’ve been talking about have in common?

In almost every case, each of these companies sat right at the centre of a ‘collision point’.

Meaning:

They didn’t just dominate a SINGLE trend.

They sat right at the intersection of where multiple trends were colliding into each other.

Take Quantum Computing Inc. [NASDAQ:QUBT].

Up a STUPIDLY GIANT 2,300% in just the last 12 months.

The secret of its success is not just contained in the name. Quantum computing is just one white-hot trend for the next 10 years that these guys are achieving mastery of.

They’re in a sweet spot where quantum technology collides with integrated photonics...and AI and machine learning...and cybersecurity and secure communications...and semiconductor manufacturing...and sustainability and energy efficiency.

Their bonkers gain over the last year shows what happens when you own a sweet spot like that.

Which brings me to these guys...

As I say, we entered this position on 28 August.

It’s already notched 12% in 28 days.

That’s an impressive gain for a company this massive. But it’s a long-term play, and I believe it’s just getting started.

This company also sits at a collision-point sweet spot.

I think this collision point is going to be just as ‘mission critical’ over the next few years as the one Nvidia and Quantum have owned over the last five.

Those guys are reimagining computing.

THESE guys are about to reimagine ENGINEERING.

The time to start making plays on this collision point is NOW. BEFORE the exponential gains.

This recommendation sits where:

• Engineering, architecture, construction and manufacturing...

Collides into:

• Artificial intelligence-superpowered design tools...

Which collides into:

• Cloud-connected workflows and data ecosystems...

Which collides into:

• Sustainability and low-carbon design...

Which collides into:

• The emerging trend of prefabricated components...

Which collides into:

• The emerging trend of extended reality (XR) to visualise designs from the inside...

Now, there’s a lot of jargon going on there.

I don’t expect you to absorb all of it.

But to break it down:

Imagine a company that comes from nowhere... scales up within years...and reinvents engineering in the way Netflix did with entertainment.

These are exactly the kind of bets we’re going to be making. Where the odds of finding anything remotely similar on the ASX are 1,000 to one.

This trade’s latest quarter was strong. Revenue grew at a solid double-digit rate and profits beat Wall Street expectations, helped by steady demand for its design tools.

A forward-looking sales measure (billings) also rose, which points to a healthy pipeline.

The architecture/engineering/construction business led the way, supported by ongoing spending on big projects like data centres and infrastructure.

Looking ahead, management nudged up full-year guidance for both revenue and earnings, and talked up improving profit margins.

So it feels like it is only a matter of time until this play breaks out above the all-time high at US$345 and continues to run.

WHO ARE THEY?

Based on the epic start we’ve had to International Stock Trader...we are re-issuing the special launch subscription deal for a few days.

Maybe you stood down on the launch offer because the service had no hard trades...and was still a theory rather than a practical, live, dynamic global portfolio.

Well, we’re live now.

We have a growing number of brilliant ‘seed trades’.

And already, in a very short timeframe, we’re sitting on an average gain of 6%.

That’s sizeable considering the giant stocks we’re dealing in here.

6% portfolio growth since 28 August.

What might that look like by 31 December 2026?

I’d like to invite you today to become one of my very first members.

We’ll be building an international portfolio brick by brick. Using the exact same rules that helped us wallop the ASX over the last 6.5 years...

No guarantees of course. All investing carries risk. Obviously, investing in these trades will be your ultimate decision with your capital.

Trades can go against us. If that happens, it’s your capital at risk. So, please take some time to go over my due diligence really carefully before you invest.

But the ASX strategy shown in the chart above is the one we’re now implementing on global markets.

Retirement Trader member Ian O. managed a massive $275,000 in portfolio growth, just following my system applied to Australian stocks. Imagine what could happen when we unleash it internationally!

Ian writes...

‘I would recommend to anyone Murray services...

‘Have been following Murray for around 5-plus years. In one year alone managed to profit $275k from his recommendations...

‘Murray explains his recommendations in a way anyone could understand. And when he shows you the buy and sell areas it jumps out on the chart very clearly and makes so much sense.  

‘Have followed other advisory services, but have found Murray’s to be the best.’

There’s something you need to know about my trading system and ‘theory of markets’.

It’s NOT location-specific

You can apply this framework anywhere.

In fact, it’s probably better suited to international stocks because they tend to trend for much longer periods of time than Australia’s predominantly cyclical market.

And, obviously, the opportunities are much broader.

With so many stocks to choose from, my system — as applied in International Stock Trader — will whittle the vast investment universe down to the highest probability trades.

Look:

I don’t think there’s been
a
more urgent need for
this
kind of advisory
in Australia

The number of listed companies on the ASX fell by 145 from January 2023 to December 2024.

That’s some serious shrinkage. The biggest two-year decline since the recession in the early 1990s.

When you think about it, why WOULD you want to be a publicly listed company in this hostile environment?

All the increased scrutiny. Rising regulation costs. May as well just stay private.

And that’s exactly what’s happening...

Our little 2% puddle of global stocks is getting even smaller.

Is it wise to continue splashing
in that
shrinking puddle?

International Stock Trader is diving from the puddle to the ocean. I invite you today to put your togs on and join me.

To commemorate the launch of this advisory, we’ve  arranged a significant discount to membership.

It’s never been easier
to
build an international
stock
portfolio from
within Australia

It used to be a headache.

You could do it. But there was paperwork. Delays.

And you often had to physically go see or call up your broker. 

All that hassle disappeared years ago. Yet a lot of investors miss gains because they still have that mindset.

Online share trading platforms are dead-easy to set up. With user-friendly interfaces that make it straightforward for investors to buy and manage foreign shares directly — without needing complex arrangements or overseas accounts.

I’ve shown you how the home bias favouring Aussie stocks is already weakening.

And how investing internationally from Australia is now supported by clearer frameworks around taxation and currency considerations.

In any case, if you’re still a bit worried about the ‘hassle’ aspect...one of the first things you’ll get if you join International Stock Trader is a much more extensive breakdown...step by step...of setting up platforms, key tax considerations to be aware of, currency stuff — everything you need to seed your portfolio today with our four (soon to be five) foundation picks.

Which brings us to...

2026 STOCK OF THE YEAR
CANDIDATE #5

REBOOTING
REAL ESTATE

This is an interesting one.

In that it already has a bit of a cool rep and is building ‘heat’.

It’s certainly not a known name in Australia.

Nevertheless, the name MAY be familiar.

These guys went on an absolutely insane rise during the pandemic following an initial plummet to $20 as lockdowns threatened their core business.

A recovery that was remarkable, even by pandemic boom standards. By February 2021, shares reached a peak of over $208.

Then they hit a scale wall.

In November 2021, the company announced it was winding down one of its operations. Shares halved in a month. And ended up at lows near $26 by October 2022.

But momentum is starting

to build again...

This one’s ALSO showing a great gain since I tipped it on 28 August. Up 7%.

This American company is in the process of disrupting one of the largest markets in the world.

A market that — until recently — was slow, paper-heavy and opaque.

I’m talking about residential real estate.

And the new trend of it going FULLY DIGITAL and AI-ENHANCED.  

The shift to digital property search has been massive and years in the making.

Over 90% of American homebuyers do their searching online.

Nothing new about that.

But there’s an evolution coming here. And this play sits right at the heart of it.

This next wave is about integrating the whole transaction — discovery, touring, financing and closing — into a seamless, mostly digital, AI-ASSISTED experience.

All my 2026 Stock of the Year candidates are reinventing something.

Whether it’s banking...or chipmaking...or mass-adoption...or crypto...or engineering.

This one is doing the same with buying, selling and renting houses.

It’s literally rebooting real estate. In that it aims to become a ‘super app’ that’s a one-stop-shop for everything housing-related...in the palm of your hand.

Buyers, sellers and renters want speed, transparency and convenience.

Agents and landlords want more qualified leads, efficient tools, and data insights.

Millennials are now the largest group of homebuyers and Gen Z is entering the market. The demand for tech-forward, mobile-first real estate platforms is massive.

And these guys are looking to TOTALLY DOMINATE and LOCK IN this space, before anyone else.

This could be HUGE.

Far, FAR beyond any kind of tech disruption I see in the works on the Australian Securities Exchange.

NO ONE HAS DONE THIS BEFORE

If this strategic reinvention works, it could be scaled worldwide from 2026 onwards.

Now look...

You might already know who I’m talking about.

Or can find out who they are with a quick Google search.

But two points on that.

First, there’s a good chance you don’t know what I’ve just found out about them. How a new pivot to AI-driven home recommendations and pricing algorithms could be about to make the above a reality in 2026.

Leading to a possible price re-rating equal to or better than the one in 2020. No guarantees of course.

Second point...and this is key...

THIS IS A TRADE THAT NEEDS

TO BE MANAGED PERFECLY

And that really is the key to International Stock Trader. Many good analysts can pick promising stocks. It’s how you manage the position that defines your success.

If this position scales up as I predict, it’s going to be a wild ride. Probably with some scary pullbacks.

But I tipped it at US$81 just last month.

Now it’s already knocking on the door of $90.

Every time the probability of falling interest rates goes up, the share price spikes.

So hopefully we are on the right track with this one and it will breach US$90 before long and go for an epic run.

This is a fantastic stock to own.

And the charts are confirming it’s still a great time to enter. But it might not be for long...

Remember, with International Stock Trader we’re hunting for epic potential scale-ups.

With the size, speed and global impact that cannot possibly be replicated by any listed Australian company.

This position fits that bill perfectly.

These guys are about reinventing themselves by transforming from a home-flipping operation into a comprehensive real estate super app powered by AI and SaaS tools.

The market is just starting to stir on this.

Let’s get in before it fully wakes up!

These five plays are

just the beginning...

Wait until you see some of the OTHER potential positions on my watchlist...

Sezzle is a Nasdaq stock completely disrupting fintech with its just introduced AI-based agent platform. It’s taking ‘buy now, pay later’ into the 2030s.

Forget about Afterpay.

These guys have smashed ahead 324% in just the last 24 months!

There’s probably too much momentum for us to get on board the Sezzle train now. But I’ve another fintech on my watchlist that’s about to write its own story in the next year or so...

Tiziana Life Sciences is pulling off a similar disruption in biotech. Remaking drug development with its intranasal (nasal spray) delivery method for its lead drug candidate, foralumab.

A stonking 123% gain in just the last six months.

Not even closely matched — from what I can see — by any biotech on the ASX this year.

Tiziana is a little bit on the small and speccy side, though. Remember, we want to focus on big, already scaling-up large-caps.

I wouldn’t call Tiziana a ‘penny dreadful’ by any stretch. But there’s another bigger, more stable biotech on my watchlist that I think has the same growth potential...

Also, here’s a newsflash.

One of the biggest mining stock gains I can find over the last year is not listed on the ASX...but the NYSE.

And it’s not a speccy miner.

MP Materials is a $12.8 billion behemoth.

But that hasn’t stopped it rising a heart-stopping 480% in the last 12 months.  

I mean, come on.

That’s a bloody crazy price re-rate for a company even bigger than Aus’s well-known employment platform Seek.

WHEN HAVE YOU EVER HEARD

OF AN ASX COMPANY THAT SIZE

GOING UP 500% IN A YEAR?

In this market, it just doesn’t happen.

And it’s a miner!

Isn’t that supposed to be OUR wheelhouse?

MP Materials is benefiting from the push by the United States to claw back rare earth element supplies from China.

Sales have nearly doubled.

A 119% increase in production of neodymium-praseodymium oxide (NdPr).

Revenue increasing 84% year-over-year.

Home market bias makes us assume the only good mining stocks are right on our doorstep.

When you look at the data, that’s not always true.

MP Materials has jumped so hard already it’s not even on my watchlist.

But several other foreign mining plays that could follow its trajectory most definitely are...

So, what do you reckon?

Shall we build the
ultimate
international stock

portfolio together?

How much is membership?

Like my ASX-only advisory Retirement Trader, it’s not an entry-level advisory.

It’s for serious investors.

Seriously engaged with your portfolio. And serious about building exposure to the next round of global stocks rising to greatness as we close out the decade.  

I can tell you now the full annual membership dues for International Stock Trader is $3,999.

But remember, we are reissuing our launch discount for you today.

There’s no comparable
service that
I’m aware of.
Not even close...

Not one with my chart-anchored system where we aim to attack long-term growth moves in phases...taking part-profits at key points.

If you know of anything like this, I’d love to hear from you!

The closest you’ll get is if you find a personal financial adviser who has expertise in international stock recommendations.

I’ve been in this game for decades, and I can tell you now, there aren’t many of those in Sydney or Melbourne.

If you’re lucky enough to find one, they can often charge you an upfront fee of around $3,500 right out of the gate.

Then an implementation fee of $1,500-plus.

Then layer on an ongoing advice fee. These can vary a lot, but factor in roughly $2,000/year.

AND THEN...

In the event their international stock recommendations do the business for you...

...management/performance fees kick in.

This could be 0.75% of your portfolio per year (say $3,000 on $400,000).

So even for a medium-sized portfolio, you could be looking at $10k-plus for year one and then $8k-plus every year after.

So...

$3,999 annually looks

pretty damn good with

that in mind, right?

And while I might be a little biased here...

...what I’m about to do could be infinitely more beneficial for you than what any of those guys offer.

So $4k a year in itself is a bargain.

But as I’ve said, we’re opening up the launch discount from last month for the next few days only.

*** If I hear from you right this second...
you will pay just $1,999 for your first year. ***

Two grand.

For everything we’ve been talking about. That’s pretty decent value for money, in my books.

A $2,000/50% discount, if you opt to become one of the founding members of International Stock Trader right now.

We’re taking my previously
ASX-only
strategy, and
deploying it WORLDWIDE

Will it work?

In January this year, I asked for feedback from Retirement Trader members who are making a killing from my system JUST ON THE ASX.

I received 79 amazingly positive responses.

Here are just a few:

J. Scott

L.L.

D.M.

Steve

Keith R.

Alan R.

Darren S.

As these words show, I take the responsibility of providing stock trading advice very seriously.

And I’m DEADLY serious about this new international portfolio project.

$1,999 instead of $3,999

And my standard 30-day subscription refund guarantee STILL APPLIES to this launch deal.

International stock trading is easier than ever before. But we’re in this for the long haul. And I want you to feel completely comfortable as we build out our portfolio together.

If, for any reason, inside the first 30 days you feel out of your depth...and that you’d rather stick with just ASX stocks...absolutely no problem.

Contact one of my customer service representatives and we will put every cent of that $1,999 back into your bank account. No questions asked.

You sure as hell won’t come across many financial advisers out there making a pledge like that!!!

But I also realise this is not just a membership price you’re risking with this radical new project.  

You will also be placing your investment capital at risk following the suggestions that I make. And make no mistake: all investing carries risk.

That duty I do not take lightly. As I hope my member testimonials prove.

$1,999 is relatively small fry to give me a try for an advisory of this nature. (Especially with the 30-day guarantee.)

But you could lose a heck of a lot more on your investments if my recommendations don’t pan out as expected.

So, I will not be making decisions lightly.

But you know what?

The absolute WORST advice
I
could give you right now
would be
to stick solely
with ASX stocks!

So, what will you receive if you accept this 50% launch invitation to become a founding member of International Stock Trader?

Three Foundation Positions to Start Your International Portfolio

This is my full research dossier on my first three live positions.  

Two are off to a bolter of a start.

Only one...our ‘Next Nivida’ play...has yet to fire. And that’s only down 1%.

In short, these three positions aren’t just stocks — they’re windows into the future of how we live, build and connect.

And each is a candidate for Stock of the Year 2026.

My Latest Trade...And the NEXT One I’m Getting Ready to Pull the Trigger On

On 19 September, I issued my latest buy.

A play on the collision of AI and banking.

You’ll be directed to that fresh write-up as soon as you join. This is the PERFECT time to open a position in this stock.

And remember, I’m doing the final due diligence of a big global crypto stock trade for 2026.

I’m inches away from making that buy number 5.

There’s an 80% chance that’ll happen and you’ll get full details within your 30-day refund period.

The Current International Stock Trader Watchlist

Retirement Trader members know full-well I never make a trade just for the sake of it.

With International Stock Trader, it will be no different. I will be extremely picky with the positions we enter.

Just because we now have 60,000 stocks at our disposal doesn’t mean we should buy them all!

In fact, I almost have to be more discerning than ever.

That said...there are a number of fascinating set-ups on my watchlist right now. Brilliant stories that haven’t quite moved into the buy zone yet. In this report, I’ll share them with you.

Several will almost certainly become positions down the track. But please, don’t jump the gun and buy now!

My goal is to work with you for many years to come. Remember Rome wasn’t built in a day. We have plenty of time in front of us to build a fabulous portfolio of international stock opportunities.

But we need to time our trades perfectly.

Trust me, you’ll love some of the stories I’ll share with you here...

Trading International Stocks from Australia

‘Going North’ is easier than ever before. But there are a few extra considerations to take into account. 

You’ll need the right brokerage account. We’ll look at the different ones available and how to set it up.

We’ll look at costs. A plan for managing currency exposure. Tax considerations. How to deal with time differences when placing trades. And more.

This guide walks you through it all.

If there’s anything you’re a bit anxious about when branching out to international stocks, this resource will sort you out.

International Stock Trader Alerts

The core of the advisory. But...as mentioned...these will only come when the opportunities present themselves.

I personally find investment newsletters that promise ‘a buy recommendation on the first of every month’ a bit daft.

It may work for them. But markets don’t really work that way.

As such, you’ll need to monitor your email inbox fairly regularly, so you’ll get my trades when they’re generated.

Sometimes there might be a couple within a few weeks.

Sometimes we might go a month or more without entering new positions.

Again:

The market, not a schedule,
will dictate our trading

The top of each trade alert will contain the key information you need to enter a trade. It will let you know:

• The name and code of the stock to buy.
• A conviction rating out of three stars.
• A risk rating out of five stars.
• Expected timeframe to hold the position.
• Recommended price to pay to enter the stock at.
• Stop-loss level to exit the stock and avoid further losses.
• An initial target with instructions on taking some profits and moving the stop loss to ensure the worst outcome will be breaking even on the trade.

The International Stock Trader ‘Direct Access’ Email

If you have any questions along the way, I’ve set up an email address where you can contact me directly.

This works fantastically with Retirement Trader, so we’ll be doing the same here.

Sometimes I’ll be able to shoot you a direct reply, if it’s relatively short. Otherwise, I allocate a time during the week when I reply to emails in batches. This is usually on Monday afternoon.

Test it out when you join. Shoot me an email and say hello.

Maybe you would like me to discuss a certain index in more detail. Maybe you think there’s an emerging international theme I’m not giving enough attention. Perhaps you’ve a cool stock story to tell.

Whatever you’d like to say, don’t be shy, and let’s get the communication channels open. Just remember that I cannot provide any personal financial advice.

So, there we have it.

You’ll get all of the above for $1,999 for your first year instead of $3,999.

A 50% discount.

And you’ve a guaranteed option of getting even that discounted $1,999 refunded in full within 30 days. No questions asked.

Thanks for giving
me your time

I hope you got something out of it, even if you don’t take this extended launch deal today.

But if you’re like me, you’re bored with the miners and the banks.

You’re no longer satisfied with speccy small-caps that might be doing something AI-related...and niche Aussie ‘upstarts’. 

You’re tired of missing out on the legendary ‘moonshot’ growth stories coming out of Silicon Valley, Shenzhen or Tel Aviv.

It’s time to GO NORTH.

Click the link below, take the 50% launch discount, and let’s get cracking.

Regards,

Murray Dawes
International Stock Trader

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