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Every analytical surface, in one place.

Daily briefings, sentiment readings, screeners, the economic calendar, and the lessons that explain how to read each one. Bookmark this page as a starting point — every link below leads to a tool you can actually use, not a teaser.

Evergreen explainers

Frameworks that don't expire

Longer-form pieces on the mechanisms behind the daily briefing — how rates ripple, how the yield curve actually predicts recessions, how the dollar drags everything else. Each runs 7-10 minutes and includes worked examples and self-check questions.

Indicators6 min

When the backtest disagreed with us: a signal-relabeling postmortem

We built 12 trading-robot rules, labelled four of them bearish, and shipped a backtest page that scored every rule honestly. The data said three of the four bearish labels were wrong — so we relabeled them. Here's what happened and why the editorial process matters.

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Rates & policy9 min

How interest-rate changes ripple through asset classes

When the Fed moves the funds rate, the shock travels through bonds, the dollar, equities, and crypto — but not at the same speed or in the same direction. A practical map.

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Macro8 min

The yield curve, explained

Why a flat or inverted curve has predicted every US recession since 1955 — and the three signals worth more than the headline shape.

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Indicators8 min

Reading inflation data: CPI, PPI, and PCE

Three reports, three methodologies, one decision. Which one the Fed actually targets, why core matters more than headline, and the components to watch when the topline lies.

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Cross-asset7 min

Risk-on / risk-off, decoded

How to read the cross-asset tape as a single regime indicator — and the four signal pairs that confirm a real risk shift versus a head-fake.

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Currencies8 min

DXY: the dollar wrecking ball

The dollar index isn't just an FX trade — it's the transmission belt connecting US monetary policy to commodities, emerging markets, and crypto. A practical guide to reading DXY moves.

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Earnings7 min

Earnings season as a market-wide event

Earnings move individual stocks — but aggregate earnings move the index, the dollar, and credit spreads. How to read a season as a single macro release.

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Daily reads

What landed today

The cross-asset and sector briefings that refresh on a 30-minute cycle.

Data tools

Look at the tape yourself

Screeners, calendars, sentiment — the data layer that the briefings sit on top of.

Reading the data

Lessons that make the tools useful

Without context, indicators are noise. These primers explain what each measurement is actually telling you.

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