The Savior Market Conviction Compass™ currently reads 57.4/100, signaling a Neutral / Hold posture.
The dashboard highlights changing market internals across breadth, trend, credit, liquidity, leverage, sentiment, and valuation.
Rules-Based Market Conviction Framework
Tracking breadth, trend, credit, liquidity, leverage, sentiment, and valuation.
1. What Changed
The Compass currently reads 57.4/100, compared with the last published reading of 50.2/100.
The Compass improved meaningfully versus the last published reading, but this should not be interpreted as an all-clear signal.
The improvement reflects better surface support from credit and trend conditions, while the caution reflects weaker breadth,
negative new-high/new-low readings, elevated valuation, and market extension above long-term trend.
In plain English: the market looks healthier in some areas than it did at the prior reading, but the rally still deserves discipline
because several internal and structural risks remain.
2. What Improved
- Volatility remains relatively subdued, suggesting investors are not yet aggressively hedging downside risk.
- Corporate credit spreads remain relatively calm, meaning bond markets are not yet signaling broad financial stress.
3. What Deteriorated or Still Deserves Caution
- The market remains extended above its long-term trend, which historically can increase pullback risk.
- The Buffett Indicator remains near historically elevated levels, suggesting market value is high relative to the size of the economy.
- Price-to-sales ratios remain historically stretched, leaving less room for disappointment.
4. Early-Warning Flags
The following public-facing caution flags are currently active. These are not predictions; they are reminders that risk/reward can shift before headlines fully reflect it.
- SPX extended above 250DMA
- Buffett Indicator extremely elevated
- CAPE extremely elevated
Strongest Areas of the Dashboard
| Dashboard Area | What It Means |
|---|---|
| Credit & Funding | Supportive. Credit and funding conditions are not yet confirming a broad stress event. |
| Breadth & Structure | Fragile. Participation beneath the surface is not as strong as the headline indexes suggest. |
| Macro / Rates / Policy | Manageable. Rates and policy remain important, but they are not currently the primary source of pressure. |
Weakest Areas of the Dashboard
| Dashboard Area | What It Means |
|---|---|
| Valuation / Fundamentals | Pressure point. Long-term valuation leaves less room for disappointment. |
| Sentiment & Hedging | Mixed. Sentiment and positioning argue against complacency. |
| Leverage / Fragility | Pressure point. Elevated leverage can amplify downside if volatility or credit stress appears. |
| Price Trend & Technicals | Mixed. Trend remains positive, but parts of the market look extended. |
Key Public Indicator Readings
These selected readings help explain the current market setup. The public version shows directional context and interpretation, not the full proprietary scoring methodology.
| Indicator | Latest Reading | What It Means |
|---|---|---|
| SPX % Above 50DMA | 58.0838 | Shows whether broad participation is strengthening or narrowing beneath the index. |
| SPX % Above 200DMA | 59.481 | Helps measure longer-term participation and whether the market has broad support. |
| NDX % Above 50DMA | 61.3861 | Tracks participation within large-cap growth and technology leadership. |
| NYSE A/D Trend Score | 70.4 | Measures whether more stocks are advancing or declining beneath the surface. |
| New Highs – New Lows | 33.0 | A key internal health check. Negative readings can show deterioration hidden by index strength. |
| SPX Distance to 250DMA % | 12.5168 | Shows how extended the market is relative to long-term trend support. |
| VIX | 16.63 | Reflects expected volatility. Calm readings can be supportive but can also mask complacency. |
| High Yield OAS | 2.78 | Credit stress gauge. Tight spreads suggest corporate credit is not yet confirming broad stress. |
| Investment Grade OAS | 0.75 | Investment-grade credit stress gauge. Wider spreads would signal rising caution. |
| Buffett Indicator % | 229.5 | Broad market valuation gauge comparing equity market value to the size of the economy. |
| CAPE | 40.11 | Long-term valuation measure. Elevated readings reduce the market’s margin for error. |
Market Insight of the Week
Credit spreads often provide an early read on whether equity weakness is becoming systemic.
Market Tip: Valuation is rarely a timing tool, but it matters a lot when liquidity tightens.
“The most important thing is knowing what you don’t know.”
— Howard Marks
How Investors Should Think About This
The goal of the Compass is not prediction. It is disciplined risk awareness.
A higher reading means market conviction has improved. It does not mean risk has disappeared. A lower reading means market conviction has weakened.
It does not mean downside is guaranteed.
The value is in the change: whether participation is broadening or narrowing, whether credit is confirming or rejecting stress,
and whether valuation and leverage leave room for error.
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Summary
The Savior Market Conviction Compass™ is a rules-based market conviction framework from Savior Wealth.
The current public reading is 57.4/100, signaling a
Neutral / Hold posture.
The framework reviews breadth, trend, credit and funding conditions, volatility, valuation,
leverage, sentiment, and macro/rates policy signals.
Higher readings indicate stronger conviction toward risk assets. Lower readings indicate reduced conviction
and a greater emphasis on discipline, selectivity, and risk management.
Generated: 2026-05-25
Research Context and Data Sources
The Compass uses a rules-based process that incorporates market data, macro data, valuation data,
credit conditions, volatility, and market internals.
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