Composite Survey Sentiment as a Predictor of Future Market Returns: Evidence for German Equity Indices

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RAKOVSKÁ Zuzana

Rok publikování 2021
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj International Review of Economics & Finance
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta

Citace
www https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1059056020303087
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2020.12.022
Klíčová slova composite indicator; consumer confidence; DAX indices; return predictability; sentiment
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Popis In this paper, I construct a novel composite sentiment indicator that captures the irrational beliefs of a general population in Germany. This indicator is used to demonstrate that the sentiment of general public is responsible for the temporary overreaction of the aggregate German stock market, but also its narrower segments embodied in four important equity indices from the DAX family. My results show that population-wide beliefs work as a contrarian predictor of future returns of German equity indices for horizons of six to twelve months. In addition, the out-of-sample framework is developed to underline the degree of improvement achieved by combining several survey-based measures into one composite sentiment indicator. The results reveal that the composite indicator exhibits a more accurate forecasting performance than the popular sentiment measure, consumer confidence.
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