Investor Sentiment Combined with Multisource Information to Predict Stock Prices: An Analysis of China’s A-Share Market

Table 1

Discrete assignment of base ratings and rating changes.

Variable		Assignment	Variable		Assignment
Base rating	Strong buy	1.9	Rating Change	Up	1.2
	Buy	1.8
	Long-term buy	1.7
	Overweight	1.6		First	1.1
	Buy with caution	1.5
	Highly recommended	1.4
	Recommend	1.3		Maintenance	1.0
	Cautious overweight	1.2
	Hold	1.1
	Neutral	1.0
	Recommended with caution	0.9		Down	0.9
	Wait and see	0.8
	Underweight	0.7
	Sell	0.6