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Using sentiment surveys to predict GDP growth and stock returns

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  • Guzman, Giselle C.

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This study sheds new light on the question of whether or not sentiment surveys, and the expectations derived from them, are relevant to forecasting economic growth and stock returns, and whether they contain information that is orthogonal to macroeconomic and financial data. I examine 16 sentiment surveys of distinct respondent universes and employ the technique of principal components analysis to extract the common signals from the surveys. I show that the ability of different population groups to anticipate correctly economic growth and excess stock returns is not identical, implying that not all sentiment is the same, although there exist some common components. I demonstrate that sentiment surveys have significant predictive power for both GDP growth and excess stock returns, and that the results are robust to the inclusion of information pertaining to the macroeconomic environment and momentum. Furthermore, the findings reject the conventional wisdom that the effect of sentiment is apparent exclusively in small-capitalization stocks.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 36653.

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Date of creation: 31 Oct 2008
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Keywords: Sentiment; GDP; economic growth; stock returns; return anomaly; predictability; forecasting; principal components analysis; composite factor; surveys; sentiment factor; econometric models; household sentiment; consumer sentiment; business sentiment; asset pricing; alpha; excess returns; small-capitalization stocks; Efficient Markets Hypothesis; Rational Expectations Hypothesis;

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Cited by:
  1. Giorgio Fagiolo & Andrea Roventini, 2012. "Macroeconomic Policy in DSGE and Agent-Based Models," Working Papers 07/2012, University of Verona, Department of Economics.
  2. Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2011. "Rethinking Macroeconomics: What Failed, And How To Repair It," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 9(4), pages 591-645, 08.
  3. Guzman, Giselle C., 2010. "An inflation expectations horserace," MPRA Paper 36511, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  4. Guzman, Giselle C., 2011. "The case for higher frequency inflation expectations," MPRA Paper 36656, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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