Each composite collapses 5–7 constituent indicators into one 0-100 score. We use each constituent's historical percentile as the normalized contribution; weights are editorial judgment calls and documented in the breakdown below each card.
Weighted blend of conventional fear gauges. CNN F&G dominates the weighting because it is itself a meta-composite. VIX and the junk/IG spread (HYG/LQD) carry the remaining weight. A reading of 100 means peak risk-off (every constituent at its 100th historical percentile); 0 means peak calm.
Aggregate of consumer-side signals: BetterHelp app rank (mental-health spend), Google Trends "Recession", "stock market crash", consumer-discretionary stock activity, and credit-card balance growth. 100 = consumer is most active / confident; 0 = retrenchment.
Composite reading for broad macro stress: Fed balance sheet trajectory, 2y/10y yields, USD index, breakeven inflation, financial-conditions index. 100 = peak stress (yields screaming, USD spiking, breakevens dislocated); 0 = benign.
Pure satire layer. Aggregates astrology + folk-finance signals into one number. Has no statistical claim to predict anything; published as a parody of meta-composites that DO claim to predict things. A reading of 100 means we're in maximum cosmic alignment with bearishness as defined by retrogrades + droughts; 0 means the universe is calm.