UNCC Fintech Bootcamp Project 2

Clickbait

Analyze news headlines from 2020 and create a tool to determine the impact of current articles on the DJIA, S&P 500, & Russell 2000

Presented By:

• Shrey Dudhia
• Shana Zaman
• Hunter Norris
• Brandon Srinath
• Aaron Galloway

Project Timeline

Project Start: December 19, 2020 Project End Date: January 16, 2021

Tasks:

1. Collect headlines for 2020 regarding the US economy, US stock market, US President, Cryptocurrency OR Bitcoin OR Ethereum, and American politics
   • The Guardian API
2. Collect market movement data for 2020 (January 2016 - December 2020) from DJIA, S&P500, and Russell 2000
   • Google Finance
3. Leverage VADER sentiment analysis to determine sentiment of headlines
4. Create models for the DJIA, SP500, and Russell 2000 indexs based on sentiment of headlines
5. Export models to dashboard
6. Create Plotly Dash dashboard allowing external users to type in text and predict market impact.