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The market at a glance
Indices and sectors as of the last completed session, and which corners of the market drew unusual activity against their own trailing average.
For investors and for the people who sell ads
Live market dashboards, our opinion briefs and ad market intelligence, on one board and one login. Every number says how it was measured, and nothing here tells you what to buy or sell.
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What is inside
Pin the cards you use, keep a board for each job and jump anywhere with Cmd-K. A card always shows its method, the window it covers and when its data is from.
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Indices and sectors as of the last completed session, and which corners of the market drew unusual activity against their own trailing average.
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Drawdown, volatility and the spread of returns for any ticker, each stating the window it was measured over and the assumption it rests on. Members add value at risk, correlation and beta.
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Upload your holdings from a file and the portfolio cards fill with your own positions. The file is read in your browser and kept on our side only if you choose to save it to your account.
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Rules on volatility, drawdown, one-day and five-day moves and a flip in news tone, checked after the close. A match shows in the bell and, if you switch them on, as a notification or an email.
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The Flow Board shows signed dollar volume by fund over the window you choose. Sentiment shows how news coverage of a ticker or a watchlist reads over time.
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Which ad tech a publisher runs, how directly its inventory can be bought, what it claims about its audience and what can be measured. Follow a publisher and see what changed.
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The brief
A short opinion column published at 8:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET. Every fact links to the outlet that reported it. No hype, no jargon, no fifty page PDF.
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The news that moved markets and how it was covered, from named publishers. Every fact links to the outlet that reported it.
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Our read, stated plainly as an opinion. What we like, what we doubt and what we are watching. We never tell you what to buy or sell.
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One ticker we find interesting and the reason, grounded in what was reported. It is our opinion, not advice, and it always carries a disclaimer.
When a brief or a card talks about sector activity or signed dollar volume, that read is each fund's dollar volume for the session against its own trailing average, signed by the day's direction. It comes from price and volume, not from fund creation and redemption data.
How we work
Every reading says what it measured, over which window and what it assumes. An empty card says why it is empty, so it is never mistaken for a quiet market.
The brief is opinion and says so. Nothing in the dashboard is a recommendation or a forecast, and nothing places a trade.
A portfolio you upload is read in your browser. What an account keeps is listed in our privacy policy, and we delete it when you ask.
The archive
The summary of every brief is public. The full brief and the pick are for members.
Major Tom publishes market commentary and opinion. Nothing here is investment advice, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Do your own research.