When you see a divergence from this, it usually corrects itself in time. It may be a mass psychology driven phenomenon, but I think it is more related to the macroeconomic realities that all the major economies are joined at the hip.
So anyway, yes... when you see one instrument displaying similar patterns to another one, and one of them is lagging, you can pretty well bet your boots that the lagging one will follow suit and even eventually catch up.
Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it