Methodology

Every indicator keeps its formula, thresholds, and caveats out in the open.

This page is the compact directory view. The deep-dive pages carry the same information in context with the charts.

recession

Recession / Term Structure

10Y-2Y Spread

US 10Y minus 2Y Treasury Spread

Direct term-spread inversion signal from the Treasury curve.

10Y-3M Spread

US 10Y minus 3M Treasury Spread

Broader term-spread recession signal using the 3-month bill.

liquidity

Liquidity

M2 YoY

M2 Money Stock YoY

Year-over-year growth in the M2 money stock.

WALCL YoY

Federal Reserve Balance Sheet YoY

Year-over-year growth in total Federal Reserve assets.

Liquidity Composite

Liquidity Composite v1

Average z-score of M2 YoY and WALCL YoY, used as an explanatory summary.

valuation

Valuation

CAPE

Shiller CAPE

Cyclically adjusted price/earnings ratio sourced from a curated local series.

leverage

Leverage / Speculation

Margin Debt

FINRA Margin Debt

Latest level of FINRA customer margin debt.

Margin Debt YoY

Margin Debt YoY

Year-over-year change in FINRA margin debt.

Margin Debt / GDP

Margin Debt to GDP

Margin debt scaled by nominal GDP, exposed as chart-only until thresholds are calibrated.

credit

Credit Stress

HY Spread

High Yield Spread

High-yield spread level as a credit stress barometer.

HY Spread 3M Delta

High Yield Spread 3M Change

Three-month change in the high-yield spread.

breadth

Breadth / Concentration

Equal vs Cap 6M

Equal-Weight vs Cap-Weight Relative 6M

Six-month relative performance of equal-weight versus cap-weight equity proxies.

Top-10 Concentration

Top-10 Concentration Proxy

Curated proxy for the share of index weight represented by the top 10 names.