Research Article

The Possible Impact of Twitter Post Messages on Stock Market Activities

Volume: 75 Number: 1 February 20, 2020
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The Possible Impact of Twitter Post Messages on Stock Market Activities

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to contribute to the academic field by demonstrating the relationship between stock related Twitter messages, their frequencies, sentiment analysis; stock return, volume, and volatility of Dow Jones Index and BIST30 & BIST100 Index. In this study, The Multinomial Naive Bayes Text Classifier is used as methodology since it is the most conventional method for text classification based on previous research. Using computational linguistics methods, 138.070 English and 34.632 Turkish tweets have been analyzed on a daily basis for a period of 8 months. The results demonstrated a strong relationship between tweets and their impact on the market. Moreover, according to results, there is a positive correlation between the number of retweets and BIST Volume lag-1 and lag+1. In addition, this article confirms that stock microblogs contain valuable information for investors and it can be an assistance in predicting the future market index. 

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References

  1. Referans 1 Antweiler, W., & Frank, Z. M. (2004), "Is All That Talk Just Noise? The Information Content of Internet Stock Message Boards", Journal of Finance, 59(3): 1259–1294. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.282320

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

February 20, 2020

Submission Date

April 15, 2019

Acceptance Date

July 2, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 75 Number: 1

APA
Özparlak, G. (2020). The Possible Impact of Twitter Post Messages on Stock Market Activities. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, 75(1), 335-354. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.589221
AMA
1.Özparlak G. The Possible Impact of Twitter Post Messages on Stock Market Activities. SBF Dergisi. 2020;75(1):335-354. doi:10.33630/ausbf.589221
Chicago
Özparlak, Gerçek. 2020. “The Possible Impact of Twitter Post Messages on Stock Market Activities”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 75 (1): 335-54. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.589221.
EndNote
Özparlak G (February 1, 2020) The Possible Impact of Twitter Post Messages on Stock Market Activities. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 75 1 335–354.
IEEE
[1]G. Özparlak, “The Possible Impact of Twitter Post Messages on Stock Market Activities”, SBF Dergisi, vol. 75, no. 1, pp. 335–354, Feb. 2020, doi: 10.33630/ausbf.589221.
ISNAD
Özparlak, Gerçek. “The Possible Impact of Twitter Post Messages on Stock Market Activities”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 75/1 (February 1, 2020): 335-354. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.589221.
JAMA
1.Özparlak G. The Possible Impact of Twitter Post Messages on Stock Market Activities. SBF Dergisi. 2020;75:335–354.
MLA
Özparlak, Gerçek. “The Possible Impact of Twitter Post Messages on Stock Market Activities”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, vol. 75, no. 1, Feb. 2020, pp. 335-54, doi:10.33630/ausbf.589221.
Vancouver
1.Gerçek Özparlak. The Possible Impact of Twitter Post Messages on Stock Market Activities. SBF Dergisi. 2020 Feb. 1;75(1):335-54. doi:10.33630/ausbf.589221

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