Table A1

Variable description

VariableDescription
SESTMSentiment score measured by SESTM method (Ke et al., 2019). The sentiment score ranges between 0 to 1 where a higher value implies a positive sentiment
HIVSentiment score measured by Harvard-IV dictionary. The sentiment score ranges between 0 to 1 where a higher value implies a more positive sentiment
LMSentiment score measured by Loughran and McDonald dictionary (Loughran and McDonald, 2011). The sentiment score ranges between 0 to 1 where a higher value implies a positive sentiment
VADERSentiment score measured by VADER algorithm. The sentiment score ranges between −1 to 1 where a higher value implies a more positive sentiment
US10 returnA weekly return of the US 10-year treasury bond
US30 returnA weekly return of the US 30-year treasury bond
VIX returnA weekly return of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)’s Volatility Index
OVX returnA weekly return of the CBOE Crude Oil ETF Volatility Index
Gold returnA weekly return of the gold futures
SP&500 returnA weekly return of the S&P 500 index
NASDAQ returnA weekly return of the NASDAQ index
Dollar returnA weekly return of the US dollar index
Gas returnA weekly return of natural gas futures
EPU returnA weekly return of the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) change index
PXE returnA weekly return of the Invesco Dynamic Energy Exploration and Production (PXE) ETF

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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