Bubble Sentiment

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Gen Li

University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance

Date Written: January 1, 2020

Abstract

I examine the difference in news sentiment between stock price run-ups that crash (bubble stocks) and do not crash (non-bubble stocks). I find that bubble stocks have more negative sentiment in earnings news during their run-ups. The negative sentiment has predictive power up to two years in advance that a run-up is a bubble and will crash. I do not observe similar predictability from positive earnings news or news unrelated to earnings. I find that past negative sentiment in earnings news also predicts a bubble’s future maximum drawdown.

Keywords: Bubble, News Sentiment

JEL Classification: G4, G1

Suggested Citation

Li, Gen, Bubble Sentiment (January 1, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3659891 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3659891

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