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Physical Sciences and Mathematics

American University in Cairo

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Stock Markets Performance During A Pandemic: How Contagious Is Covid-19?, Yara Abushahba May 2021

Stock Markets Performance During A Pandemic: How Contagious Is Covid-19?, Yara Abushahba

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Background and Motivation: The coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic, the subsequent policies and lockdowns have unarguably led to an unprecedented fluid circumstance worldwide. The panic and fluctuations in the stock markets were unparalleled. It is inarguable that real-time availability of news and social media platforms like Twitter played a vital role in driving the investors’ sentiment during such global shock.

Purpose:The purpose of this thesis is to study how the investor sentiment in relation to COVID-19 pandemic influenced stock markets globally and how stock markets globally are integrated and contagious. We analyze COVID-19 sentiment through the Twitter posts and investigate its …