Market risk lab

Are the warnings agreeing?

Stress is narrow

Only one of four independent market areas is warning.

1 / 4

watched market areas are warning against their own recent history. This is a count, not a blended risk score.

Credit · stocks · volatility · Bitcoin

Four readings. Four separate clocks.

A daily market price and a quarterly bank survey do not belong in one average. Keeping them apart makes disagreement visible.

Credit3.15%

higher than 64% of the past five years · +0.46 points in three months

Stock participation-4.2%

equal-weight S&P versus S&P 500 in three months · index -0.1% from its one-year high

Volatility14.8

higher than 8% of the past year

Bitcoin versus stocks+1.6 pts

Bitcoin +2.9% versus the S&P 500 +1.2% over the same 30 trading dates

Does one loud warning own the story?

Two checks keep a dramatic headline from carrying more weight than it deserves.

Removal test

Remove stock participation, and 0 warnings remain.

The strongest disagreement

Bitcoin returned +2.9% in 30 days versus +1.2% for the S&P 500. Credit costs are higher than 64% of their readings in the past five years.

Slow pressure, shown slowly.

The yield curve, bank lending and company spending can shape the economy. They do not time tomorrow’s market.

10-year minus 2-year Treasury yield+0.44%

A positive number means the 10-year yield is above the 2-year yield. Banks reported +0.0 as the net share tightening business-loan standards on 01 July 2026. These are economic context, not short-term market calls.

GOOGL71%

of trailing operating cash went to equipment and infrastructure

MSFT63%

of trailing operating cash went to equipment and infrastructure

AMZN102%

of trailing operating cash went to equipment and infrastructure

META69%

of trailing operating cash went to equipment and infrastructure

Research by for Charlie Quant Lab · Updated