For investment committees
Alternatives & comparisons
Search asks for a geopolitical risk index, a VIX alternative, a country risk rating, or a research-firm substitute. Those are different objects. This hub maps each against a sealed thermodynamic instrument under V5-locked (1.19.0) — with locked case proof, not theater.
Three terms a mandate IC needs before reading the clocks — same language on the live Index.
- Watch
- Earliest Crisis of any fashion — I_sys Crisis, gap Crisis, or dual. Surface to clients; do not allocate on Watch alone.
- Act
- Dual Crisis — I_sys Crisis ∧ entropy gap ≥ Orange. The capital posture clock.
- Hit
- Signal at or before the relevant event day. Lighting on the day counts; missing the month is a miss.
Sealed proof · same physics as live
Three locked case studies under V5-locked physics — team-ready PDF on each page for IC circulation.
GFC 2008 · banner proof
· US · dual Crisis leadWatch and Act both lit dual Crisis by March 2008 — 6 months before Lehman.
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Turkey 2018 · gate lock
· Non-US · FX stress classWatch and Act both register Crisis seven months before the August 2018 lira break — same frozen physics hash as GFC, period-correct country ledger.
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Dotcom · dual-clock doctrine
· US · Watch ≠ ActWatch lit 2 months before the NASDAQ peak; Act dual Crisis at the NBER recession trough — early signal and capital timing are different jobs.
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Named index
Geopolitical Risk (GPR) Index vs Entropy Index
Newspaper tallies of geopolitical tension — versus sealed thermodynamic stress on human systems.
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Research firm
BCA Research vs Entropy Index
Strategist-led macro and geopolitical research — versus a sealed thermodynamic instrument.
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Research firm
Eurasia Group vs Entropy Index
Politics-first geopolitical consulting and Top Risks — versus auditable regime physics.
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Named index
ICRG / PRS Group vs Entropy Index
Classic political–economic–financial country ratings — versus regime thermodynamics and dual clocks.
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Market foil
VIX vs Entropy Index
Equity fear priced in options — versus structural stress measured before markets price it.
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Market foil
Market stress gauges vs Entropy Index
VIX, MOVE, credit spreads, FCIs, Cleveland Fed SRI — priced or near-coincident stress versus sealed structural clocks.
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Quant geo peer
GeoQuant vs Entropy Index
High-frequency political-factor scores via Fitch — versus six-domain thermodynamic regime stress.
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x402 mall comp
GeoPulse vs Regime Gate (Entropy Index x402)
Base x402 country sticker scores — versus sealed regime physics with 2008 proof on the same HTTP 402 rail.
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Data firm
Verisk Maplecroft vs Entropy Index
ESG and political risk indices at country and asset level — versus unified regime thermodynamics.
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Research firm
Oxford Analytica vs Entropy Index
Advisory-grade geopolitical briefings — versus an auditable sealed instrument.
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Named index
Fragile States Index vs Entropy Index
State fragility taxonomy — versus thermodynamic systemic stress and capital clocks.
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Category hub
Country risk ratings vs Entropy Index
EIU, Fitch, ICRG-class scorecards — versus sealed regime thermodynamics.
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