Big Picture Indicators
The data on this page provides us with big-picture indicators of the U.S. economy.
Topic
Barometers
A collection of 6 issues
Historical Risk Profile
This metric helps us determine when to engage in active management and when to invest passively. The four quadrants also correspond to Stan Weinstein's Stage Analysis.
S&P 500 Index Volatility Deciles
It is a crude but robust measurement of risk relative to previous episodes.
Sector SPDR and Index Rotation
Tracking the performance of all eleven Select Sector SPDRs against the benchmark S&P 500 Index provides us with information that can be used to detect rotation of these sectors.
OEX/NDX Objective Sentiment Survey
We count up the number of buy and sell signals for each index and plot the data.
NAAIM+ Sentiment Survey
Helene Meisler discussed sources of sentiment data and pointed to the NAAIM Exposure Index as a good source.