Methodology

• Where an official source exists, we use it: the Federal Reserve (FRED), the US Treasury and central banks, the SEC and the exchanges.
• Live prices come from market data providers.
• Pages name their source next to the number or at the bottom.

• Every price shows its time: “as of 2:19 pm ET” while the market is open and “Oct 30 close” when it is shut.
• Futures and crypto trade almost all the time, so they always show a time.

• Each tab scores 1 to 10. 10 is healthy and 1 is alert.
• The score compares each indicator with its own history, not with an opinion.
• When the same risk is measured twice, the worse one counts.

Every day, automated scripts compare what the site shows with the original source:

• year-to-date prices;
• bonds;
• liquidity;
• the thermometers.

If you spot something we missed, write to us.

• We never fill a missing number with a made-up one: no data means “—” or no row.
• We don't round to make a number look better.