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Consumer Sentiment vs State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)
Correlation
of % moves
+40%
In sync
of periods
58%
History
monthsmonths · through 2026-04
59
These move in the same direction about 58% of the time
Their swing sizes loosely line up (~16% of the pattern is shared).
A faint pattern — interesting as colour, not strong enough to act on alone.
Both lines start at the same point — easy to compare when growth rates are similar.
What to Watch
Tighter in drawdowns
The relationship is stronger when both prices are falling than when both are rising — typical risk-off behaviour.
Flips between sync and inverse
Sometimes the two move together, sometimes opposite. Don't treat this as a stable signal.
Advanced
Statistics
In sync(i)
57.9%
Headline metric
Movement correlation(i)
+40%
Based on % moves
95% CI
+16% → +60%
Likely range of correlation
Pipeline
Pipeline Summary
59 paired data points survived the monthly window.
Raw input
672
1,255
Normalized
672
1,255
Prepared
672
61
Aligned
59
59
Invalid removed
R²(i)
16.3%
Variance explained
Significance
p < 0.01
Statistical confidence
Data points
59
Thin
Time-Shifted Correlation
See how correlation changes when one series is offset in time. A taller bar at a non-zero shift means the two move together better when one leads the other — that's a potential lead/lag signal.
Correlation by shift
Click a bar to inspect. Range: -18 to 18 months.
Selected shift
No shift
Correlation at this shift
+40%
No shift — both series at their actual dates.
58 overlapping points at this shift
Baseline
+40%
No-shift correlation, matching the main time-series chart above.
Peak shift
No shift
+40%
A non-zero peak suggests one series lines up better when shifted against the other.
Stability
How the correlation evolves over time. A stable line means the relationship is reliable; large swings signal regime-dependent behavior.
Do They Crash Together?
How these series behave when markets are rising, falling, or diverging. A correlation that holds in drawdowns is very different from one that only works in rallies.
Both Rising
+28%
19 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
+68%
14 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-33%
25 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
Scatter
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Duplicates removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Alignment drops
615
A: 613 / B: 2
Series A
Consumer Sentiment
UMCSENT
FRED · 672 raw → 672 prepared
Series B
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)
SPY
Stock · 1,255 raw → 61 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
1
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
0.1939
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
0.0103
Linear regression intercept.
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