Thomson Reuters Expands MarketPsych Indices

Media and information giant Thomson Reuters has expanded its MarketPsych analysis service, to provide investors with insight about the emotions and perceptions embedded in news, blogs and social media, and their impact on markets and trading strategies.

The Indices were launched in 2012 along with a consultancy called MarketPsych, specializing in quantitative behavioral economics. The indices provide real-time linguistic and psychological analysis of news and social media focused on specific countries, currencies, commodities and industries, converting qualitative indicators - such as fear, performance forecasts and trust in management - into quantitative insight.

The latest expansion includes new indices covering more than 7,500 individual companies, and should help clients to understand how investor perceptions affect financial markets, while uncovering how global economies and stock prices respond to information.

Richard Peterson (pictured), MD of MarketPsych, comments: 'Through the lens of this data we can distinguish when investors overreact to information - generating price reversals - or under-react to news - precipitating trends. This new data helps investment professionals see how markets behave under stress or during trends, and allows them to systematically enhance investment and trading strategies'.

Web sites: www.thomsonreuters.com and www.marketpsych.com .