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Does anyone know where I can find a digital version of historical FT / WSJ articles? I’d love to run some NLP over that history to track sentiment over time.
by VinLucero 5y ago
Does anyone know where I can find a digital version of historical FT / WSJ articles?
I’d love to run some NLP over that history to track sentiment over time.
- roaring20s 5y agoGood idea. The market sentiment in 1921 was very bad for stocks. In fact, a week ago in 1921, Andrew Mellon (Treasury Secretary) suggested retail investors avoid stocks. This was covered in my post last week. Sentiment is going to flip around 1923-1924 (once we clear the 1920 top) and only strengthen into 1929.
- VinLucero 5y ago@roaring20s I have read through all of your current Substack articles and would love to catch up on your own background and data sources. I think pre-computer data extraction powers the best ML insights. I am working at a YC Fintech company exploring economic opportunity over time and think there are some deep relationships here around human psychology and markets.
- anconia 5y agoInteresting - What company? If you can't say, no worries.
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- deehouie 5y agoWSJ has a link to its digital archive, which only goes back to May 1996. And unfortunately it doesn't have API so getting articles out of site for NLP is a pain. Let me know if you have code for that. I'm working on something similar
- otterley 5y agoProQuest is the digital provider for Wall Street Journal historical archives. Many public libraries provide free access; often all you need is a local library card and login.