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Macro markets

Interest rates, currencies, gold and expected volatility: the broader context behind stock and crypto pricing.

US Treasury yields & yield curve (Federal Reserve FRED)

Each indicator carries its own observation date. Treasury yield changes are in basis points; market quote changes are percentages.

Macro indicators with dated observations, changes and reference links
IndicatorValueChangeObserved (UTC)Reference
US 10Y yield 4.98% -7.00 bp FRED series
US 2Y yield 4.61% -6.00 bp FRED series
10Y - 2Y spread 37.0 bp -1.00 bp FRED series

24/7 Cross-Asset Macro & Commodity Benchmarks

Rolling 24-hour tokenized & perpetual reference quotes across precious metals, energy, equity index trackers, and Bitcoin.

Cross-asset macro commodities, indices and digital reserve benchmarks
Benchmark Category Reference Price 24h Change 24h Volume (USD) Research & Forecast
Gold (XAU / USD Perpetual) Precious Metals $3,913.24 / oz +0.55% $1,158,033,963 Forecast →
Silver (XAG / USD Perpetual) Precious Metals $50.28 / oz +1.31% $528,206,712 Forecast →
WTI Crude Oil (CL / USD) Energy $99.89 / bbl -2.90% $739,634,261 Forecast →
Copper (HG / USD) Industrial Metals $6.5410 / lb +0.09% $6,252,994 Forecast →
S&P 500 Index ETF (SPY) US Equities $760.55 +0.32% $49,461,204 Forecast →
Nasdaq-100 Index ETF (QQQ) US Tech Index $697.53 +0.14% $132,326,469 Forecast →
Semiconductor Bull 3X (SOXL) Semiconductors $81.20 +3.36% $1,076,059,177 Forecast →
MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) Asia-Pacific Index $159.29 +3.64% $106,767,924 Forecast →
Bitcoin (BTC / USDT) Digital Reserve $78,003.90 +0.22% $5,395,893,296 Forecast →

What moves financial pricing

US Treasury yields and the yield curve

The 10-year yield is a reference for longer-term financing and valuation discount rates. The 2-year yield is more sensitive to expected monetary policy. The 10-year minus 2-year spread compares observations from the same date; an inversion is context, not a precise recession or market-timing forecast.

DXY: the US Dollar Index

DXY tracks a specified basket of currencies. A stronger dollar can affect overseas earnings, dollar-denominated commodities and financing conditions. A broad trade-weighted dollar index is a different series and must not be labelled DXY.

Gold

Gold can respond to real yields, the dollar, demand and risk sentiment. Spot gold, futures contracts and gold ETFs are different instruments; a gold ETF price is not the price of an ounce of gold.

VIX and expected volatility

VIX measures approximately 30-day expected S&P 500 volatility from option prices. IV means implied volatility and can refer to many different securities or options. A high VIX indicates expected volatility, not a guaranteed decline or rebound.

Sources and methodology

Daily Treasury constant-maturity yields are published by the Federal Reserve and accessed through FRED. Changes compare the latest valid observation with the previous valid observation, not necessarily yesterday. A 0.01 percentage-point yield move equals one basis point.

Market quotes carry source observation timestamps and may be delayed. Missing values are not estimated, and unavailable instruments are not replaced with ETF prices or a different index. Instrument definitions explain the benchmark; they are not citations for a separately supplied market quote.