Figures updated · Text reviewed · By the Riftrate team · How the index is built
| CNN Fear & Greed | Riftrate | |
|---|---|---|
| Measures | US stock market sentiment | Geopolitical tension in the world’s news |
| Inputs | 7 market indicators: momentum, stock price strength and breadth, put and call options, junk bond demand, volatility, safe-haven demand | 8 signals from the GDELT event database and the Geopolitical Risk Index |
| Scale | 0 = extreme fear, 100 = extreme greed | 0 = calm, 100 = crisis |
| Updated | As soon as new market data is available | Every hour |
| Today | — | 40.0 (Easing) |
Reading them together
A geopolitical shock usually shows up in both: Riftrate jumps, and markets swing towards fear. But the two often diverge. Markets can stay greedy through a distant war, and fall into fear because of interest rates while the world is calm. Comparing them helps tell a geopolitical sell-off from an economic one.
The markets page shows what oil, the dollar and safe-haven currencies did after each crisis since 2018.