Applicability of Online Sentiment Analysis for Stock Market Prediction

Focusing on online sentiment analysis, this book delves into its application for stock market predictions. It presents various tools and their historical research, alongside a Google Trend model to assess the predictive power of search volumes on the S&P 500 index. The effectiveness of this strategy is compared with a traditional buy and hold approach using historical data. Additionally, it tests the hypothesis that publicly released news can serve as a leading indicator for stock returns, while also evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of algorithmic sentiment analysis.