The Macro page is the weather report for the whole market. It doesn’t tell you what to buy — it tells you the mood, so nothing surprises you.
- S&P 500 — the price of America’s 500 biggest companies, bundled together. A common “how are stocks doing” number.
- VIX — the “worry meter”. When it’s high, investors are nervous; when it’s low, they’re calm.
- Yield curve — a line of interest rates. Its shape can hint at whether the economy is speeding up or slowing down.
Before a picnic you check the weather. You can’t control it, but you’ll bring an umbrella if storms are likely. Macro is that weather check.
Where these numbers come from
These come from trusted public sources: stock prices from market data feeds, and interest rates and the VIX from FRED, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s free data service. Most update each trading day.
Open the Macro pagePart of the Finisdom app — sign in to open it.