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Data Pulse™

A personal editorial view of publicly available macro data.

Editorial use only. All content on this page is personal commentary on publicly available data — not financial advice, not investment recommendations, and not a solicitation to buy or sell any security. Macro regime classifications are editorial opinions, not professional analysis. Equity prices are sourced from Finnhub and may be delayed. FRED series (yields, spreads, VIX) are updated daily by the Federal Reserve and reflect the most recently published value, not real-time quotes. Weekly signals are AI-generated drafts reviewed and published by the site author. Past signals do not predict future outcomes.

Current Macro Regime

Editorial classification · Not investment advice

Risk-On

Equities rising, spreads tight, fear low. Markets pricing in growth. Favorable for risk assets.

Risk-On

Reflation

Deflation

Risk-Off

Stress Indicators

Institutional-grade risk gauges — sourced from FRED & CBOE

VIX — Fear Index

CBOE Volatility Index · below 18 = calm, above 25 = fear

Low Stress+0.03

15.84

IG Credit Spreads

Investment grade OAS in bps · tighter = confidence

Low Stress+0.00bps

0.76bps

HY Credit Spreads

High yield OAS in bps · wider = risk aversion

Low Stress+0.00bps

2.7bps

Yield Curve (10Y–2Y)

Positive = normal · Negative = inverted (recession signal)

Low Stress

0.38%

10Y Treasury Yield

Risk-free rate · drives mortgage rates, equity valuations

+0.05%

4.54%

2Y Treasury Yield

Fed policy proxy · reflects near-term rate expectations

+0.02%

4.16%

USD Index (DXY)

Dollar strength vs major currencies · higher = tighter global liquidity

-0.20

120.6902

Data sourced from FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) · Updated daily · Not real-time · Editorial use only

Proof Score™ Leaderboard

Publication credibility ranked by editorial scoring across 18 articles

CNBC

8 articles

IEEE Spectrum

1 article

TechCrunch

1 article

MarketWatch

1 article

Finextra

1 article

The Verge

4 articles

Ars Technica

2 articles

Rankings update automatically as new Tipsy Reads are published · Proof Score is an editorial credibility metric, not a financial rating

Bourbon Pour Weekly Signal

AI-analyzed · Reviewed & published by Bourbon Pour

First signal drops this Friday at 9 AM ET.

Weekly macro analysis — published every Friday morning.

Data sources · FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data, public) · CBOE Volatility Index via FRED · Finnhub (equity & commodity quotes, may be delayed) · OpenAI GPT-4o-mini (weekly signal drafts, human-reviewed before publishing)

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