StarMine Monthly Performance Report – February 2026

Market Performance

Performance was positive in February across all regions and countries on an equal-weight basis.  Korea, Canada, and Japan had the strongest performance with prices rising by 14.0%, 9.4%, and 8.4%, respectively. Prices were broadly flat in the U.S., Developed Europe, the U.K., and Developed Asia ex-Japan, each rising by less than 1%.

Long-Short Performance

Price Momentum (PMO), Value-Momentum (Val-Mo), and Combined Alpha Model (CAM) delivered the strongest breadth, with positive top-bottom decile spreads across all regions and countries. PMO saw the highest decile spreads, led by Canada (+22.3%), Australia (+21.5%), and Japan (+18.8%). PMO also recorded the highest information coefficient (IC) among all models, with Canada and Japan having IC’s of 0.46 each.

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