Where things sit in their own history
Nine rates and asset classes, each ranked against nothing but its own record: where does today's reading fall against its own trailing 10 years? This counts and ranks only — it says nothing about why a series is where it is, and nothing about what to do about it.
| Series | Latest | Date | Percentile | Side |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 IndexSP500 | 7,686.14Index | 2026-08-31 | 99 | Above its median |
| 10-Year Treasury YieldDGS10 | 4.73Percent | 2026-08-28 | 99 | Above its median |
| NASDAQ Composite IndexNASDAQCOM | 26,370.89Index Feb 5, 1971=100 | 2026-08-31 | 99 | Above its median |
| 2-Year Treasury YieldDGS2 | 4.34Percent | 2026-08-28 | 86 | Above its median |
| Crude Oil Price (WTI)DCOILWTICO | 83.9USD per Barrel | 2026-08-25 | 86 | Above its median |
| VIX Volatility IndexVIXCLS | 14.43Index | 2026-08-28 | 29 | Below its median |
| US Dollar Index (Broad)DTWEXBGS | 118.75Index Jan 2006=100 | 2026-08-28 | 57 | Above its median |
| Yield Curve (10Y-2Y Spread)T10Y2Y | 0.41Percent | 2026-08-31 | 50 | Above its median |
S&P 500 Index's latest reading (2026-08-31, 7,686.14 Index) sits at the 99th percentile of its own last 10 years — above its median.
10-Year Treasury Yield's latest reading (2026-08-28, 4.73 Percent) sits at the 99th percentile of its own last 10 years — above its median.
NASDAQ Composite Index's latest reading (2026-08-31, 26,370.89 Index Feb 5, 1971=100) sits at the 99th percentile of its own last 10 years — above its median.
2-Year Treasury Yield's latest reading (2026-08-28, 4.34 Percent) sits at the 86th percentile of its own last 10 years — above its median.
Crude Oil Price (WTI)'s latest reading (2026-08-25, 83.9 USD per Barrel) sits at the 86th percentile of its own last 10 years — above its median.
VIX Volatility Index's latest reading (2026-08-28, 14.43 Index) sits at the 29th percentile of its own last 10 years — below its median.
US Dollar Index (Broad)'s latest reading (2026-08-28, 118.748 Index Jan 2006=100) sits at the 57th percentile of its own last 10 years — above its median.
Yield Curve (10Y-2Y Spread)'s latest reading (2026-08-31, 0.41 Percent) sits at the 50th percentile of its own last 10 years — above its median.
1 series excluded: BAMLH0A0HYM2 (the trailing window spans 3 complete calendar years of history, fewer than the 8 required).
The rule
For each series in a written list, we take the latest published observation and compute its percentile within that series' own trailing 10-year window — the share of that window's OTHER readings that sit strictly below it, the reading itself excluded from its own comparison pool. A series needs at least 8 complete calendar years of span and at least 100 observations in that window to be ranked; short of either, it is excluded and the reason is stated rather than the series being quietly dropped.
Distance is the percentile minus 50. Rows are ordered by the size of that distance, largest first, ties broken by series id — a reading near either extreme of its own record ranks ahead of one sitting near its middle, whichever direction it moved to get there. The side (above or below its own median) is carried by a symbol and a word together, never by colour alone.
This is enumeration, not attribution: the table counts and ranks, and says nothing about why any series is where it is, or what a reader should do about it. The full rule, with a recompute button, is entry cross-asset-rank in the claims ledger.
Every value above is the latest record for its date, not a point-in-time reconstruction — a percentile computed here for a past date would use that date's value as it reads today, revisions included. Source figures may later be revised by the agency or exchange that publishes them.
For the same question asked across economies rather than assets — how many countries are in their own tail on the same concept, right now — see cross-country breadth.
S&P 500 Index (SP500), NASDAQ Composite Index (NASDAQCOM), VIX Volatility Index (VIXCLS), High Yield Corporate Bond Spread (BAMLH0A0HYM2) are licensed for display on this site but not for redistribution through our own API — the readings above are ours to show, and recomputing them means fetching the raw series from its own publisher rather than from us. See data sources for which series that applies to and why.