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title: SA Stock Market Volatility Prediction
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/gam-jmathe-v-11-y-2023-i-6-p-1371-d-1094820/
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updated: 2026-09-26
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identifier: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:11:y:2023:i:6:p:1371-:d:1094820
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/redir.pf?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2F2227-7390%2F11%2F6%2F1371%2Fpdf%3Bh%3Drepec%3Agam%3Ajmathe%3Av%3A11%3Ay%3A2023%3Ai%3A6%3Ap%3A1371-%3Ad%3A1094820
featured: 2023-05-24
citations: unknown
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
---


# SA Stock Market Volatility Prediction

Newspapers-based macroeconomic attention indexes and news sentiment index improve stock market volatility prediction in South Africa, according to a study using machine learning.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/redir.pf?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2F2227-7390%2F11%2F6%2F1371%2Fpdf%3Bh%3Drepec%3Agam%3Ajmathe%3Av%3A11%3Ay%3A2023%3Ai%3A6%3Ap%3A1371-%3Ad%3A1094820
- Identifier: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:11:y:2023:i:6:p:1371-:d:1094820
- Released: 2023-05-24
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 1 (2023-05-24): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-05-24/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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