How Social-Network Attention and Sentiment of Investors Affect Commodity Futures Market Returns: New Evidence From China

Wenwen Liu, Jinyu Yang, Jingrui Chen and Lei Xu

SAGE Open, 2023, vol. 13, issue 1, 21582440231152131

Abstract: Using 34 products from China’s commodity futures market, this study examines the impact of social network attention and sentiment on its futures market returns. A machine learning text analysis algorithm was used to construct social network investor sentiment in consultation with three search volume indices. We find that: social network sentiment is a good predictor of commodity futures returns, investor attention has a significant positive impact on returns and absolute returns, and the Baidu index is better at forecasting returns than the Sogou and 360 indices. In addition, we examine how social network sentiment affects returns at different levels. We find that extremely high, market social network sentiments of investors changed the predicted results significantly; thus, the bases of the specified trading strategies of investors were altered. Regulators should therefore incorporate investor sentiment into regulatory targets and enhance retail investor education.

Keywords: Social network sentiment; investor attention; commodity futures market; return predictably (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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