This paper uses a dataset of more than 900,000 news stories to test whether news can predict stock returns. We measure sentiment with a proprietary Thomson-Reuters neural network. We find that daily news predicts stock returns for only 1 to 2 days, confirming previous research. Weekly news, however, predicts stock returns for one quarter. Positive news stories increase stock returns quickly, bu...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Selenium usually acts as an antioxidant at optimal levels in the body and increased levels are toxic. In this study an attempt was made to evaluate the effect of an optimum dose (0.14 mg) of selenium on histopathological changes in experimental hypercholesterolemia in cockerels. METHODS The effect of selenium (0.14 mg) was investigated on histopathological changes in f...

Like other nascent and emerging markets, China’s stock markets are highly imperfect, reflecting inadequate disclosure, ineffectual regulatory supervision, opaque corporate governance and legal framework, ownership restrictions, weak shareholder protection, etc. Reflecting the wide-spread perception, Chinese stock markets are often depicted as something like “casinos driven by fast money flows i...

The genus Hypericum is one of the most important medicinal plants that contain 17 species in Iran, three of them are endemics. This paper reports the essential oil composition of eight Hypericum species from Iran. The essential oil analysis of a number of the studied plants has already been reported but their report from Iran may be valuable for scientists.  Samples collected from different pla...

Morphological quality of black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) seedlings largely dictates their capacity to establish well in plantations and their performance potential for use as rootstocks in grafting. Larger seedlings and rootstocks, attained from propagation at relatively low nursery sowing densities, have comparatively more expansive root systems for exploitation of soil resources and greater n...

Hospital Physician September 2007 47 H ospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is defined as pneumonia that develops 48 hours or more after hospital admission, which was not incubating at the time of admission (Table 1). Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) refers to pneumonia that develops more than 48 to 72 hours after endotracheal intubation. Postoperative pneumonia is HAP or VAP that occurs in a ...

study of the changes in the stock price in tehran stock exchange is of great importance. this is because of its application in forecasting the stock price in the stock exchange. the aim of this article is to investigate the forces and mechanisms that cause the dramatic changes in stock price and the formation of chaotic trend. to test whether the chaotic trend in the tehran stock exchange exist...

this paper investigates the effect of formal information and rumors on the real buyers’ choice in tehran stock exchange. following this study, the question is what kind of information has an effect on buyers’ choice of shares? the purpose of this study is to identify information affecting buyers selected stocks, in order to offer some solutions to enhance stock exchange performance. in this stu...

this paper investigates the nature of volatility characteristics of stock returns in the bangladesh stock markets employing daily all share price index return data of dhaka stock exchange (dse) and chittagong stock exchange (cse) from 02 january 1993 to 27 january 2013 and 01 january 2004 to 20 august 2015 respectively.  furthermore, the study explores the adequate volatility model for the stoc...