Every plan rests on the same daily reading of 138 sources. The free plan tells you on Friday. Paid plans tell you the same day, because crises move in days, not weeks.
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Once a week, on Friday
Same day, for the Core and 2 desks
Same day, for every area
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Silicon Valley Bank went from the first public worry to a closed bank in about 48 hours. In September 2022 the Bank of England had to step in within days of the UK bond sell-off. In August 2024 a jump in the yen reached tech shares and crypto around the world within three trading days. In weeks like these, a weekly reading tells you what has already happened. A same-day report gives you time to think and act.
The overall level reached Alert on Monday 9 March 2020. Paid subscribers knew 4 days before free readers.
Thu 12 Mar: Worst day for stocks since 1987
The financial markets area reached Alert on Monday 5 February 2018. Paid subscribers knew 4 days before free readers.
Thu 8 Feb: The Dow fell over 1,000 points for the second time that week
Backtest dates are hypothetical: no reports were sent then. They show when each reader would have heard under today's method.
Three Ravens watches what you hold. Six Ravens also watches what could hit it.
Stress travels. It starts in one corner of the system, often one most investors do not follow, and spreads to the markets they do. A shareholder in tech companies had no reason to watch the yen in July 2024; a saver with a UK pension had no reason to watch gilt auctions in September 2022. Both were hit within days.
Six Ravens watches all ten areas, so you hear about the first move wherever it happens, the same day, and see how it spreads in the weekday briefing. For $25 a month more than Three Ravens (paid yearly) you get five more desks, and every desk we add later.
A sudden sell-off in gilts forced pension funds to sell whatever they could, and the Bank of England had to step in.
One exchange collapsed. Lenders, funds and other platforms exposed to it followed within weeks.
The yen jumped first. Within days, tech shares and crypto were falling around the world.
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz stopped. Oil rose about half above its yearly average, feeding inflation and bond markets.
| One Raven | Three Ravens | Six Ravens | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The overall level, the Stress Score and the Core | |||
| When you hear the overall level or the Core changed | Friday | Same day | Same day |
| Friday report | Short | Full | Full |
| Your panel: the overall gauge | Every Friday | Every weekday | Every weekday |
| Public page, track record and sources | |||
| Desks | — | 2 of your choice | All, including new ones |
| Area gauges and charts in your panel | — | The Core and your desks | All ten areas |
| Same-day report: a desk you watch reaches or leaves Alert | — | ||
| What is behind each area, in plain English | — | ||
| Central bank and regulator announcements | — | ||
| SEC distress filings and the news radar | — | ||
| Every indicator and the background figures | — | Weekly | Daily |
| Archive of every report | — | ||
| Every smaller move (Stable ↔ Caution), the same day | — | Friday | |
| Weekday briefing | — | — | |
| Public alarm: sudden worldwide attention to bank runs, crashes, crypto failures or war | — | — | |
| Whisper: social network talk about bank runs, crashes, crypto failures or war | — | — | Coming soon |
| Download of every indicator (CSV) | — | — | |
| Price lock: new desks never raise your price | — | — |
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Talk to usIn your panel, which every subscriber has, free plan included. One Raven shows the overall gauge, updated with each Friday report; Three Ravens adds the Core and your two desks, and Six Ravens all ten areas, both updated every weekday. The public website shows the method and the record since 2007, not the current reading. Silicon Valley Bank went from the first public worry to a closed bank in about 48 hours. In September 2022 the Bank of England had to step in within days of the UK bond sell-off. In August 2024 a jump in the yen reached tech shares and crypto around the world within three trading days. In weeks like these, a weekly reading tells you what has already happened. A same-day report gives you time to think and act.
Banks, credit and markets. Systemic crises start there and spread to everything else, including currencies and crypto. A desk without the Core would show you the symptoms without the cause.
The Friday report, plus a same-day report when the overall level changes or a desk you watch reaches Alert or leaves it. In our backtest since 2007 that happened on about 14 days a year across all desks; 1 whole years passed with no warning at all. Fewer desks means fewer reports. Moves between Stable and Caution are in your Friday report, or the same day with Six Ravens.
Legend holds that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, the kingdom will fall, and six must always stay. One Raven keeps the essentials in view, Three Ravens watches the Core and the two areas closest to you, and Six Ravens is the full guard: every area, every weekday.
Six Ravens watches every area, including desks we add later, for $49 a month ($480 a year). It also brings every change the same day, the weekday briefing, the daily indicators with a data download, Public Alarm (sudden public attention to bank runs, crashes or war), and a price lock.
Yes. With Three Ravens you can swap your two desks at any time; the change applies from the next report.
Either. Paid yearly, Three Ravens costs $180 ($15 a month, saving $48) and Six Ravens $480 ($40 a month, saving $108): more than two months free. You can switch between monthly and yearly at your next billing date, and cancel at any time: you keep access until the end of the period you paid for.
No. Ravenmaster reports on the state of the financial system using public data. We never tell you to buy, sell or move anything, and we do not know your circumstances. What you do with the information is your decision.
No. An Alert means stress in that area is high compared with history. Markets can keep rising during an Alert or fall without one. Ravenmaster tells you what is happening in the system, not what to do with your money.
No one can date a crisis. We measure stress as it builds and tell you when it is unusual, broad or easing. Some warnings will be followed by calm; that is the nature of a warning.
From 57 market data series and 81 official and news sources, including the Federal Reserve, the US Treasury, the FDIC, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England. See every source.
Not because of new desks or features. Six Ravens includes every desk, new ones too, and its price is locked: as the service grows the price for new subscribers may rise, while yours stays the one you joined at. For every plan, prices may be adjusted once a year in line with inflation, by at most 5%, with 30 days' notice; you can cancel at any time.
Yes, at any time from the link in every report. You keep access until the end of the period you paid for.
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