🔥 Market Heat Index
🧭 What you’re seeing
The heat map shows the Pearson correlation of the selected, smoothed series (rows vs. columns). Blue indicates positive co-movement; red indicates inverse co-movement. The diagonal is 1.0 by definition. Values shown inside each cell.
- Gold (search): Daily close of GLD (SPDR Gold Shares) normalized within the selected range.
- Bitcoin (search): Bitcoin USD price (CoinGecko), normalized within the selected range.
- Nasdaq (search): NASDAQ Composite index (^IXIC) daily close, normalized.
- Cosmetics / Lipstick: Google Trends daily interest for 'lipstick' (global), normalized to 0–100 within the selected range.
- Male Underwear: Google Trends daily interest for 'male underwear' (global), normalized to 0–100 within the selected range.
- Cardboard Boxes: Google Trends interest for 'cardboard boxes' (global). Proxy for e-commerce, moving activity, and packaging demand.
- Moving Boxes: Google Trends interest for 'moving boxes' (global). Seasonal/mobility-sensitive signal complementing cardboard boxes.
- Packaging: International Paper (IP): Stock proxy for packaging demand (International Paper). Normalized price in your selected window.
- Packaging: Packaging Corp (PKG): Stock proxy for corrugated packaging demand (Packaging Corp of America). Normalized price.