9. The big picture: macro, markets and news

Markets

Indices, sectors, the heatmap, movers, IPOs and sentiment.

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  • 6 lessons
  • 23 min
About this section

The whole market at a glance: world indices, sectors, themes and rotation, a heatmap of the biggest names, venue status around the world, the day's movers, new highs and lows, halts, IPOs, and two thermometers: sentiment and valuation.

What you will be able to do

  • Read world indices by region (WEI) and venue hours (MAP).
  • Compare sectors and themes and see rotation (BI, THEM, RRG), at a glance on a heatmap (HM).
  • Find movers, new highs and lows, and halts (MOST, HILO, HALT).
  • Read the IPO calendar (IPO).
  • Read a sentiment gauge and market valuation ratios (FNG, VAL).

Five words to know

breadth
how many stocks take part in a move
rotation
money moving from one group of stocks to another
mover
a stock with a large move today
halt
a pause in trading of one stock, decided by its exchange
IPO
a company's first sale of shares to the public
  1. 01World indices and trading hours (WEI, MAP)WEI lists the main stock indices of the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific with their level, change and session status, and MAP shows every trading venue on a world map.4 min
  2. 02Sectors, themes and rotation (BI, THEM, RRG)BI shows sector and industry performance, THEM curated themes as equal-weight baskets with breadth, and RRG plots each sector's strength and momentum against the market.4 min
  3. 03The market heatmap (HM)HM draws the largest US stocks as rectangles sized by market value and colored by today's change.3 min
  4. 04Movers, new highs and lows, halts (MOST, HILO, HALT)MOST lists today's biggest gainers, losers and most active stocks, HILO counts new session highs and lows live, and HALT lists trading halts.4 min
  5. 05IPOs (IPO)IPO lists upcoming, priced and recent initial public offerings on the main US, Asia-Pacific and European venues, with size, price range and first-day performance.3 min
  6. 06Sentiment and market valuation (FNG, VAL)FNG shows a fear-and-greed gauge built from seven market signals, and VAL shows whole-market valuation ratios against their own history.4 min

Educational material about reading market data, not investment advice.