The Wiley Finance Series : Handbook of News Analytics in Finance

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Managing real-time risks and returns: The Thomson Reuters NewsScope Event Indices 81

Base index Description


RCH Broker research (as classified by the Reuters topic code RCH)
Regulation (topic) Regulation (as classified by Reuters)
Stocks (topic) Stocks and investment funds (as classified by Reuters)
Terrorism (keyword) Terrorist actions and related violence
Terrorism (topic) Topics relevant to terrorism
Urgent news (topic) Urgent news (as classified by Reuters)
US The US (as classified by the Reuters topic code US)
VIO Violence (as classified by the Reuters topic code VIO)
Violence (keyword) War, fighting, and other violence


Figure 3.2.Screenshot of a tool for honing indices.

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