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Into the Unknown: Uncertainty, Foreboding and Financial Markets

Into the Unknown: Uncertainty, Foreboding and Financial Markets While the link between financial market movement and economic policy uncertainty indices is well-established in literature, uncertainty in the form of ‘foreboding’ emanating from catastrophic events has not been explored in literature. This paper explores “foreboding”, which reflects uncertainty at its extreme, following the Covid-19 pandemic. Using Natural Language Processing on minute-by-minute news data, I construct two Foreboding Indices, representing ‘foreboding’ or ‘fearful apprehension’, for 28,622 Covid-related news for the period July 2020–August 2021. The impact of foreboding on financial market volatility is explored using a logistic regression model. Both the indices show a marked increase in June–July, 2020, in January 2021, April, 2021, and July–August, 2021 and have a positive impact on volatility for hourly S&P 500 Index. Understanding of foreboding sentiment is crucial for central banks looking to monitor financial market volatility. Appropriate signaling in accordance to sentiment can help central banks handle detrimental impacts of market volatility. Moreover, FI can be used for market practitioners to gauge the sentiment and take effective trading decisions. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia-Pacific Financial Markets Springer Journals

Into the Unknown: Uncertainty, Foreboding and Financial Markets

Roy Trivedi, Smita
Asia-Pacific Financial Markets , Volume OnlineFirst – Apr 11, 2023
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10.1007/s10690-023-09404-z
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Abstract

While the link between financial market movement and economic policy uncertainty indices is well-established in literature, uncertainty in the form of ‘foreboding’ emanating from catastrophic events has not been explored in literature. This paper explores “foreboding”, which reflects uncertainty at its extreme, following the Covid-19 pandemic. Using Natural Language Processing on minute-by-minute news data, I construct two Foreboding Indices, representing ‘foreboding’ or ‘fearful apprehension’, for 28,622 Covid-related news for the period July 2020–August 2021. The impact of foreboding on financial market volatility is explored using a logistic regression model. Both the indices show a marked increase in June–July, 2020, in January 2021, April, 2021, and July–August, 2021 and have a positive impact on volatility for hourly S&P 500 Index. Understanding of foreboding sentiment is crucial for central banks looking to monitor financial market volatility. Appropriate signaling in accordance to sentiment can help central banks handle detrimental impacts of market volatility. Moreover, FI can be used for market practitioners to gauge the sentiment and take effective trading decisions.

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Asia-Pacific Financial Markets – Springer Journals

Published: Apr 11, 2023

Keywords: Uncertainty; Foreboding Index; Natural Language Processing (NLP); Market volatility; E71; C80; G40

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