“Currencies are not necessarily heavily covered on a consistent basis in opinion-leading business and financial publications,” says Racheline Maltese, a researcher at Media Tenor. “But when a crisis or major shift is at hand, the focus increases quickly and significantly.”

While quoted financial analysts have become more optimistic through August on many currencies, sentiment on the rupee has dropped dramatically, with predictions for the future also sharply negative. ...

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“Since the beginning of the year, buy ratings on DAX companies mentioned by the media have dropped from 73% of the total to 45%,” says Racheline Maltese, a researcher at Media Tenor. While she notes that some of this is profit taking in response to fluctuations in individual stock prices and the DAX as a whole, much of the negativity relates to risk factors Media Tenor has identified in quoted analyst coverage.

“Regulatory issues have become strongly visible for the DAX 30 com...

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 June 28, 2013. New York – Despite preoccupation with currency markets in June, equities still offer the best reward for risk in the eyes of financial analysts quoted in opinion-leading business media, according to new research from Media Tenor International.

“There´s been increased interest in currencies in June,” says Racheline Maltese, a researcher at Media Tenor, “but that doesn´t mean currency market performance is likely to lead to positive returns. Rather,...

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June 28, 2013. Boston – Prior to the eruption of protests in Brazil, foreign TV news showed little interest in the issues of the country, reporting only minimally on sports, Brazilian society and the economy at the expense of underlying domestic and social issues, according to Media Tenor International.

Media Tenor found that in the last year and a half, foreign media only reported above awareness levels in January 2013, when the fire erupted at the Kiss Nightclub, and in Jun...

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June 20, 2013. New York – Media and analyst sentiment moving into yesterday´s Federal Reserve meeting was deeply uncertain, despite improvements in the media´s portrayal of monetary policy´s impact on the U.S. financial markets, according to new research from Media Tenor International.

“Media coverage and quoted analysts sentiment regarding major asset classes has been drifting towards neutral for several weeks as analysts avoided making predictions ahead of Thursday´s ...

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