Sentiment

Sentiment refers to the general mood or attitudes of a population. There are many different methods used to ascertain general sentiment, with the most popular being surveys.

The collection and analysis of sentiment has become quite sophisticated in the past 50 years. It is used by the government to not only formulate public policy but to create platforms at election time, for marketers to create advertising campaigns and it is also used by investment and trading professionals to determine asset allocation.

There are large organizations which engage in surveying the public to determine trends and priorities in public sentiment. Such examples include Pew Research, Gallop, Nielson, Zogby, and National Opinion Research Center.

Bloggers not only engage in communicating public sentiment but also play a role in formulating it through their own activities. As blogging becomes more and more pervasive and popular, the voice of bloggers within the media plays a larger role in shaping our society.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Sentiment”

• Higher stocks on improved consumer confidence

  
  VerySmartInvesting — Authority: 131
  Dow is up 21, advancers ahead of decliners 3-2 while NAZ is flat on another very quiet for the markets. Banks are flattish, the Financial Index has a tiny gain. S&P 500 FINANCIALS INDEX Value 195.32 Change 0.15 % Change 0.1% The Alerian MLP Index & Dow Jones REIT Index are each down ...
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• Consumer Confidence Hits 3 Month High

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 659
  Plus home prices remained unchanged, holding onto five months of gains. Looking up. NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence improved more than expected in December, hitting a three-month high as job market pessimism eased and consumers expectations reached a two-year high, according to a private report ...
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• Woman celebrates 100 b’day by saying yes to beau’s proposal!

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Melbourne, Dec 28 (ANI): A Brit woman, who recently turned 100, is said to have celebrated her birthday by saying yes to her love of some 40 years when he proposed by phone from Austria.Myra Harris was reduced to tears of joy when her beau, who happens to be about 30 years younger than her, [...]
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• AT&T Website Stops Selling iPhone in New York City [REPORT]

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 164
  The AT&T website has stopped offering phones to the New York metropolitan area, and entering a zipcode from there delivers the message that it is “unavailable” in that area, according to a blog report. AT&T is continuing to sell iPhones in NYC stores. After verifying this on the AT&T Wireless website, ...
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• The Fire ‘Em All Approach to Voting is Just Silly

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 165
  Many good, honest conservatives want to fire all of Congress. One of the latest efforts is a website called goooh.com (as in GetOutOfOurHouse.com). Believe me, I understand the feeling. Congress has miserably failed to satisfy the voters. They’ve been arrogant, they’ve spent more time accumulating personal ...
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• My Ten Favorite Tweets – Week Ending 122509

  
  I'm Not Actually a Geek — Authority: 520
  From the home office in the North Pole, where I’m packing up a for a couple months relaxing in Hawaii… #1 : RT @ nenshad No spoilers but I agree! rt @ twailgum “The Business Application of the Decade: And the Winner Is…” http://bit.ly/53BdZ2 my blog on CIO.com #2 : The Benefits of Pissing People Off ...
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• Nook vs. Kindle via Twitter Sentiment

  
  Webnomena — Authority: 109
  TwitterSentiment – this sentiment analysis tool provides interesting information using Twitter status updates. Since it seems like this holiday season’s most desired gadget was one eReader or another I decided to ask TS about the overall  sentiments for B&N Nook and Amazon Kindle. I can  see the potential ...
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• Three suspected militants killed in US drone attack in N.Waziristan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Miranshah, Dec.27 (ANI): At least three extremists were killed and two others injured in a US drone attack on a suspected militant hideout in North Waziristan, late on Saturday evening.According to The Daily Times, two missiles were fired from an unmanned aircraft, which targeted the house of a local resident, ...
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• Peace On Earth, Free Trade For Men

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  With the Christmas season and its promise of "Peace on earth, goodwill toward men" upon us, and protectionist sentiment stirring in Washington, it is appropriate to revisit the question of whether free trade promotes world peace. Advocates of free trade have long argued that its benefits are not merely economic. Free ...
  5 days ago

• Holiday Open Thread

  
  The Big Picture — Authority: 149
  So. What say we give this stock market/investing thingie a break for a day, and spend the next 24 hours discussing “other.” How is your holiday season going? Anyone traveling this week? Seeing friends and family? Did y’all shop til you dropped, or not-so-much? Spend less or more than usual? Any one do any ...
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• Consumer Sentiment Is Up, but Not Enough

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 673
  Filed under: Economic data Even with the pressure of the holiday season, consumers are feeling better this month. Consumer sentiment improved from November, thanks to growth in personal incomes and the possibility of a light at the end of the job market tunnel. The latest Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of ...
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• What You Talkin’ ’bout? Home for the Holidays

  
  Adotas — Authority: 489
  ADOTAS - Happy holidays, Adotas readers! I’m sitting at my mom’s dining room table outside of Washington, DC, trying to prevent her cats from waging battle against her Christmas ornaments. It’s definitely a white Christmas down in the District, as last weekend’s East Coast snowpocalypse blanketed the region in ...
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• Keep Your Eyes on the Yield Curve

  
  GreenLightAdvisor Views — Authority: 142
  Stocks are trading at or close to 2009 highs, being helped along by a record steepening of the yield curve. Put simply, on Tuesday the gap between 10- and 2-year US government bond yields hit its widest spread ever – 286 basis points, beating last week’s 276 basis points and the previous record set in August 2003 ...
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• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
  6 days ago

• Consumer Sentiment and Spending Still Support U.S. Recovery

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 768
  Its been a mixed, holiday-shortened week for the U.S. economy: New home sales declined, but the Dow continued to solidify gains over 10,000 and while the Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment index missed estimates and was revised lower, it still improved in December, totaling 72.5 for the month (final), ...
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• Consumer sentiment improves in December (Reuters)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 179
  Reuters - Consumer sentiment improved in December from November on some income growth and less gloomy job conditions, a survey showed on Wednesday.
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• Consumer sentiment improves in December (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

  
  Debt Consolidation Blog — Authority: 146
  Consumer sentiment improved in December from November on some income growth and less gloomy job conditions, a survey showed on Wednesday.
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• Analysis of Tuesdays Session (by Drew)

  
  Slope Of Hope with Tim Knight — Authority: 495
  Hello Slopers, Drew here from Tilt . As I discussed in our prior update, traders were looking for abreakdown in the VIX to help confirm the new intermediate highs on someof the key market indices. During Tuesdays session, the VIX closedbelow 20 for the first time since late August 2008. Investors overlooked a weaker ...
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• Leading Market Trends for 2010

  
  MarketClub Trader's Blog — Authority: 133
  For today’s guest blog post, I’ve invited Amey S. from  The Wild Investor to share some things to look for in the markets for 2010. Please share your thoughts for 2010 by commenting on this post. =================================================================== If you have followed any of my work, then I’m ...
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• US Dollar Recovery Shows Signs of Exhaustion on Forex Sentiment

  
  Forex - Foreign Exchange Blog — Authority: 148
  EURUSD – Euro Forecast to Bounce Against US DollarGBPUSD – British Pound Bias Remains BearishUSDJPY – Japanese Yen Forecast Improves on Sentiment ShiftUSDCHF – Swiss Franc Outlook Turns BullishUSDCAD – Canadian Dollar Expected to Rally versus US DollarGBPJPY – British Pound Forecast Unclear versus Japanese ...
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