Sectors · curated groupings

Browse 596 indicators by sector

Editorial groupings that organize the catalog by what they read on — banking, housing, industrial production, sentiment. Indicators can belong to multiple sectors (the BetterHelp app rank is consumer-spending and sentiment-fear at the same time). Looking for a specific ticker instead? Browse all 272 tickers →

01Economic sectors

Rigorous groupings tied to standard economic categories. These are the sectors you'd use to read “what is the U.S. economy doing right now?”

Banking & Lending0 indicators

Bank balance sheets, credit card delinquency, consumer lending.

Consumer Spending1 indicator

Retail, payment apps, travel throughput, app-store activity.

Construction & Homes0 indicators

Housing permits, Case-Shiller, builders, mortgage rates.

Commercial Real Estate0 indicators

Office attendance, REIT ETFs, hotel & hospitality.

Industrial Pulse0 indicators

EPA waste tonnage + TRI chemical releases as production proxies.

Macro & Rates0 indicators

Fed balance sheet, treasury curve, USD, breakevens.

Sentiment & Fear1 indicator

VIX, F&G indexes, MOVE, junk spreads, recession searches.

Labor & Employment0 indicators

Jobless claims, payrolls, JOLTS, layoff announcements.

Energy & Commodities0 indicators

WTI, Brent, gas, copper, gold, silver, lumber, lithium.

Travel & Leisure1 indicator

TSA throughput, hotels, airlines, restaurants, dating apps.

Tech & Semiconductors0 indicators

Semi tickers, EPA semi waste, foundry data, big tech.

Autos & Transport0 indicators

Auto tickers, freight, rail, shipping indices.

Healthcare & Pharma0 indicators

Pharma tickers, healthcare ETFs, TRI pharma releases.

Defense & Aerospace0 indicators

Defense tickers, aerospace, ITA ETF, defense plant TRI.

Metals & Mining0 indicators

Steel, copper miners, gold/silver, materials TRI.

Crypto & Digital Assets0 indicators

BTC, ETH, crypto F&G, brokerage apps.

Fintech & Payments0 indicators

Payment apps, BNPL, brokerages, budgeting tools.

Political Trading0 indicators

Senate & House trade disclosures, dollar volumes.

Calendar Events0 indicators

FOMC, triple witching, elections, earnings windows.

Regional Metros0 indicators

Per-metro weather, housing, office attendance.

02Exploratory groupings

We keep weather, search trends, and folklore signals around because once you have nationwide data you can ask if it correlates to anything. Any signal found here lives or dies on the multiple-testing burden — treat them as curiosities, not actionable.