15 Indicators • One Score • Updated Daily via FRED

Stop Watching the Economy.
Measure It.

The only dashboard that compresses 15 Fed and market indicators into a single, transparent Recession Risk Score—in under 5 minutes a day.

No opinions. No gurus. Just the data.

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LIVE RECESSION RISK SCORE
55
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/100
0 Safe50100 Crisis
EXIT CRITERIA — What's keeping risk elevated?
Elevated (4)
VIX18.2
Consumer Sentiment65.4
Jobless Claims220K
+1 more...
Healthy (4)
Yield Curve+0.31%
Credit Spreads0.52%
Unemployment4.2%
+1 more...

We Don't "Predict" the Future. We Calculate the Present.

Most investors rely on lagging indicators (headlines) or gurus (feelings). Recessionist Pro relies on Math.

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The Bond Market

Yield curve inversions and normalization. Credit spreads and liquidity stress signals.

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The Labor Market

Rate-of-change in unemployment. Sahm Rule tracking. Jobless claims momentum.

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The Credit Market

High-yield spreads. Bank lending conditions. Consumer credit stress indicators.

What AI Does (and Doesn't Do)

✓ AI Does:
  • • Summarize what changed today
  • • Explain why it matters in plain English
  • • Save you from reading 20 data sources
✗ AI Does NOT:
  • • Generate the recession score
  • • Predict future market movements
  • • Make investment decisions for you

The math is deterministic. The data is auditable. The AI is just the narrator.

Under the Hood

22,000+ Lines of Code. Zero Gut Feelings.

This isn't a spreadsheet with a few formulas. It's a production-grade system that processes more data than most hedge fund interns.

28
Data Sources
Fed, Treasury, CBOE
20
Model Indicators
Weighted & Scored
7
Regions Monitored
Geopolitical Risk
6
Override Factors
Regime Adjustments

Real-Time Monitoring

  • Geopolitical Crisis Detection
    Scans 300+ headlines daily for military strikes, invasions, sanctions. Cross-references with VIX/Oil spikes.
  • Political Risk Scoring
    Economic Policy Uncertainty Index, election cycle positioning, historical party patterns.
  • Data Integrity Monitoring
    Detects government data delays, revisions, and methodology changes that distort official numbers.

🧮 Multi-Layer Scoring

  • Base Indicator Score
    15 weighted indicators: yield curve, credit spreads, unemployment momentum, consumer sentiment, etc.
  • Regime Override Layer
    Late-cycle credit stress, Bitcoin risk, housing affordability, commercial real estate stress.
  • Divergence Detection
    Flags when markets ignore labor stress, or when "soft" data contradicts "hard" data.

22,326 lines of JavaScript. 4,226 lines in the core model alone. Production-grade code, not a hobby project.

Investment Strategy

Know What to Buy in Every Zone

Your recession score defines the regime. Each regime has an optimal strategy.

0-25
Expansion
80% Stocks
Growth, Small Caps
25-45
Late Cycle
65% Stocks
Quality, Large Caps
45-65
Caution
40% Stocks
Defensives, T-Bills
65-85
Recession
15% Stocks
Long Treasuries
85+
Crisis
5% Stocks
Cash is King

Each zone includes specific stock ideas, ETF recommendations, sectors to favor, and what to avoid.

View Full Strategy in Dashboard →

Recessionist Pro vs. The Macro Content Economy

Signal vs. noise. Data vs. opinion. Your time has value.

FeatureRecessionist ProMacro Influencers
Time to Insight< 5 minutes/day30-90 min/video
Core OutputObjective Risk ScoreOpinions & narratives
Data SourceFed & market dataSelective charts
MethodologyRules-based, transparentSubjective interpretation
Update FrequencyDaily, automaticIrregular, reactive
TransparencyVerify first, pay laterPay to view
Price$29/mo$1,500-3,000/yr

If you enjoy macro content, this isn't for you.
If you want clarity without commentary, it is.

One Dashboard. Twenty Indicators. Five Minutes.

Stop synthesizing. Start deciding.

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Live Dashboard

15 indicators updated daily. One recession risk score 0-100.

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Exit Criteria

See exactly which indicators are elevated vs healthy. Know what would lower the score.

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AI Score Analysis

In-depth analysis when the score moves. Explains exactly what changed and why it matters for recession risk.

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Investment Strategy

5 regimes, each with allocation targets, sector plays, and specific stock/ETF ideas.

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Real Estate Stress Monitor

CRE defaults, housing affordability, foreclosures. The 2025 canary in the coal mine.

Bitcoin 4-Year Cycle

Days since bottom, Bull Market Support Band. Time crypto exits with data.

Built by a Data Auditor, Not a "Guru"

A skeptic who builds tools instead of narratives.

Tom Spark

Tom Spark

Creator of Recessionist Pro

10+ years auditing software
Full-stack developer
17.5M+ YouTube views

For a decade, my job wasn't predicting the future—it was auditing software, tearing apart marketing claims, and exposing what actually works versus what's noise.

I realized the financial commentary space had the same problem: too many opinions, too little instrumentation. So instead of adding another "macro take," I built what I wanted as an investor.

I'm not asking you to trust me. I'm asking you to trust the measurement.

This Isn't Competing With Other Finance Products

It's competing with the chaos in your head.

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Endless scrolling
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Decision paralysis
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Emotional overtrading

The right question isn't "Do I agree with this?"
It's "Does this reduce my uncertainty?"

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