Trading on sentiment : the power of minds over markets

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- About the Author -- Preface -- Mathematical Mayhem -- Framing the Issue -- Trading on Sentiment -- The Book -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Foundations -- Chapter 1: Perception and the Brain -- A Long Estrangement -- The Beauty Contest -- What Moves Traders? -- Chained to the Mast -- The Brain: Structure and Function -- Emotion versus Reason -- In Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Mind and Emotion -- Crowds Moving Markets -- Emotional Priming -- Feelings and Finance -- How Emotions Move Traders -- Arousal, Stress, and Urgency -- Anger, Fear, and Gloom -- Information Impact -- In Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Information Processing -- Media and the Flash Crash -- Diversity Breakdowns -- Price Patterns -- Information Characteristics -- A Scarce Resource -- What's in a Name? -- "All That Glitters" -- Profiting From Social Inattention -- In Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Sentimental Markets -- Reflexivity -- Sentiment -- Understanding Media -- The Thomson Reuters MarketPsych Indices -- In Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Finding Signal in the Noise -- Can Investment Research Be Believed? -- Data Biases -- Nonlinear Characteristics -- Exploring Sentiment Data -- Statistical Models -- Cross-Sectional Models -- Decision Trees -- Moving Average Crossovers -- Can Sentiment Be Trusted? -- In Summary -- Notes -- Part Two: Short-term Patterns -- Chapter 6: Information Impact -- The Need for Speed -- Bankruptcy Deja Vu -- Faster than a Speeding Specialist -- A Rehash of the #HashCrash -- Breaking News -- Leaking News -- News Momentum -- Gross National Happiness -- Social Sentiment -- The Human Advantage -- In Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Daily Reversals -- Social Media and Insider Trading -- Daily Reversals Research -- Global Price Forecasts -- In Summary -- Notes.