Influence of Bloomberg’s Investor Sentiment Index: Evidence from European Union Financial Sector

A part of the financial literature has attempted to explain idiosyncratic asset shocks through investor behavior in response to company news and events. As a result, there has been an increase in the development of different investor sentiment measurements. This paper analyses whether the Bloomberg...

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Main Authors: Mariano González-Sánchez, M. Encina Morales de Vega
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/4/297
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author Mariano González-Sánchez
M. Encina Morales de Vega
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description A part of the financial literature has attempted to explain idiosyncratic asset shocks through investor behavior in response to company news and events. As a result, there has been an increase in the development of different investor sentiment measurements. This paper analyses whether the Bloomberg investor sentiment index has a causal relationship with the abnormal returns and volume shocks of major European Union (EU) financial companies through a sample of 85 financial institutions over 4 years (2014–2018) on a daily basis. The <i>i.i.d.</i> shocks are obtained from a factorial asset pricing model and ARMA-GARCH-type process; then we checked whether there is both individual and joint causality between the standardized residuals. The results show that the explanatory capacity of the shocks of the firm Bloomberg sentiment index is low, although there is empirical evidence that the effects correspond more to the situation of the financial subsector (banks, real estate, financial services and insurance) than to the company itself, with which we conclude that the sentiment index analyzed reflects a sectorial effect more than individual one.
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spelling doaj.art-d4be830d7ef644aebe7be9b743362e9e2023-12-03T12:12:09ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902021-02-019429710.3390/math9040297Influence of Bloomberg’s Investor Sentiment Index: Evidence from European Union Financial SectorMariano González-Sánchez0M. Encina Morales de Vega1Department of Business and Accounting, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Paseo Senda del Rey, 11, 28040 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Business, Universidad San Pablo CEU, Julián Romea, 23, 28003 Madrid, SpainA part of the financial literature has attempted to explain idiosyncratic asset shocks through investor behavior in response to company news and events. As a result, there has been an increase in the development of different investor sentiment measurements. This paper analyses whether the Bloomberg investor sentiment index has a causal relationship with the abnormal returns and volume shocks of major European Union (EU) financial companies through a sample of 85 financial institutions over 4 years (2014–2018) on a daily basis. The <i>i.i.d.</i> shocks are obtained from a factorial asset pricing model and ARMA-GARCH-type process; then we checked whether there is both individual and joint causality between the standardized residuals. The results show that the explanatory capacity of the shocks of the firm Bloomberg sentiment index is low, although there is empirical evidence that the effects correspond more to the situation of the financial subsector (banks, real estate, financial services and insurance) than to the company itself, with which we conclude that the sentiment index analyzed reflects a sectorial effect more than individual one.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/4/297investor sentimentidiosyncratic shocksfinancial institutionsmarket risk
spellingShingle Mariano González-Sánchez
M. Encina Morales de Vega
Influence of Bloomberg’s Investor Sentiment Index: Evidence from European Union Financial Sector
Mathematics
investor sentiment
idiosyncratic shocks
financial institutions
market risk
title Influence of Bloomberg’s Investor Sentiment Index: Evidence from European Union Financial Sector
title_full Influence of Bloomberg’s Investor Sentiment Index: Evidence from European Union Financial Sector
title_fullStr Influence of Bloomberg’s Investor Sentiment Index: Evidence from European Union Financial Sector
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Bloomberg’s Investor Sentiment Index: Evidence from European Union Financial Sector
title_short Influence of Bloomberg’s Investor Sentiment Index: Evidence from European Union Financial Sector
title_sort influence of bloomberg s investor sentiment index evidence from european union financial sector
topic investor sentiment
idiosyncratic shocks
financial institutions
market risk
url https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/4/297
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