Table 1

Summary statistics

VariablesObsMean5th Pctl25th PctlMedian75th Pctl95th PctlStd DevKurtosisSkewness
Health Care1180.196−0.0460.0370.1780.3770.4450.174−1.145−0.046
Industrials1180.110−0.252−0.0400.1220.2880.3330.192−0.913−0.559
Consumer Discretionary1180.478−0.0710.2360.5890.7130.9270.320−0.766−0.546
Information Technology1180.439−0.0580.1760.4590.7060.9010.309−1.022−0.175
Consumer Staples1180.117−0.0690.0280.1120.1980.3080.115−0.778−0.125
Utilities1180.040−0.107−0.0250.0470.1010.1810.087−0.273−0.225
Financials1180.062−0.312−0.1950.0640.2880.3790.241−1.417−0.196
Materials1180.223−0.1820.0290.2760.4210.5060.229−1.036−0.430
Real Estate1180.109−0.139−0.0310.0510.2860.3820.175−1.2450.173
Energy118−0.153−0.484−0.352−0.123−0.0160.2830.232−0.1110.487
Communication Services1180.264−0.1040.0600.2860.4720.5630.224−1.102−0.219
S&P500 Index1180.174−0.1460.0200.1880.3430.4430.190−1.014−0.278
Gold1180.1780.0270.1400.1800.2260.2830.0710.225−0.534
Crude Oil118−0.100−0.666−0.351−0.0600.0970.4280.3270.0910.178
CDS Spread1180.667−0.2110.0260.2650.7703.3381.0846.5182.407
6-mo T-bill rate1180.1740.0260.0390.0720.1180.9940.2664.4032.355
NBUDI1180.004−0.033−0.0170.0000.0150.0750.0290.7891.087
BEI1180.115−0.406−0.0780.2220.3390.5000.287−0.697−0.478
FRB1180.7700.0000.6800.7971.0021.1350.3131.106−1.243
Fed Funds Rate1180.1410.0320.0520.0520.0581.0000.2666.5372.862
Job Postings1180.134−0.364−0.0850.0330.4120.6070.312−1.2260.135
Macro news effect1180.153−2.0000.0000.0001.0002.0001.1371.682−0.305
Covid news effect1180.720−1.0000.0001.0001.0003.0001.2461.0010.360
Election effect1180.6270.0000.0001.0001.0001.0000.486−1.746−0.533
Source(s): Authors’ work

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