Editor's choice: : the sum of all fears investor sentiment and asset prices

• Autores: Zhi Da, Joseph Engelberg, Pengjie Gao
• Localización: Review of Financial Studies, ISSN-e 1465-7368, Vol. 28, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 1-32
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We use daily Internet search volume from millions of households to reveal market-level sentiment. By aggregating the volume of queries related to household concerns (e.g., �recession,� �unemployment,� and �bankruptcy�), we construct a Financial and Economic Attitudes Revealed by Search (FEARS) index as a new measure of investor sentiment. Between 2004 and 2011, we find FEARS (i) predict short-term return reversals, (ii) predict temporary increases in volatility, and (iii) predict mutual fund flows out of equity funds and into bond funds. Taken together, the results are broadly consistent with theories of investor sentiment.