I just got an e-mail from Dave Brown at ChartMechanic, who made a nice display of our favorite financial indicator, the Ted Spread. Check it out here.
He also created one for the VIX, known as the "Fear Index" -- which measures market anxiety about how much stock prices might jump.
Right now these are just updated daily. But they're very user friendly.
Full explanations of the fear index here and Ted Spread here.
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