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Sentiment

8 concepts in this category.

  • FinBERT Sentiment

    FinBERT is an AI model that reads financial news and rates it as positive, negative, or neutral. Unlike a general AI, it was specifically trained on earnings calls, analyst reports, and financial news — so it understands financial language.

  • News Sentiment

    News sentiment combines the emotional tone of recent news articles about a company. Lots of positive headlines = positive sentiment. A string of bad news = negative. It can signal upcoming price moves before they happen.

  • Social Sentiment

    Social sentiment tracks what regular investors are saying on Twitter, Reddit, and forums. When retail traders go wild about a stock (think GameStop), social sentiment spikes. High social sentiment with price divergence can signal a squeeze or crash.

  • Sentiment Score

    The sentiment score blends news and social media signals into one number. Think of it as a thermometer for how the market 'feels' about a stock right now. Positive = optimistic; negative = pessimistic.

  • Panic Alert

    A panic alert fires when sentiment suddenly plunges — lots of negative news and selling pressure at once. Sometimes this is justified (real bad news). Other times it's an overreaction and a buying opportunity for the brave.

  • Cross-Source Agreement

    When both news AND social media are positive (or both negative), that agreement makes the signal much stronger than if they disagree. Like getting the same weather forecast from two independent meteorologists.

  • Sentiment Momentum

    Sentiment momentum measures how fast sentiment is changing. Rapidly improving sentiment (even if still slightly negative) can be a powerful buy signal. It's like watching whether a restaurant's reviews are getting better or worse.

  • Institutional Sentiment

    Institutional sentiment tracks what large investors — hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds — are actually doing with their capital, inferred from public filings and money flows, rather than what they say in interviews or media appearances. A rising number of institutional holders in a company, or net inflows into a sector, is one data point analysts weigh alongside others when reading how professional capital is currently positioned.