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finance · sector mood
2011
year mood -0.17 · -0.61 to +0.10 across 12 mo
Monthly mood
bearish −1 +1 bullish
-0.75 -0.38 0 +0.38 +0.75 Jan +0.10 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct -0.61 Nov Dec
month values ▾
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
+0.10+0.10+0.00+0.05+0.00-0.05-0.10-0.45-0.53-0.61-0.35-0.20

The finance sector is under pressure this month, primarily due to the collapse of MF Global, which filed for bankruptcy following substantial losses tied to the European debt crisis. This event has amplified concerns about risk management and counterparty exposure across financial institutions, weighing on sector sentiment despite broader macro stability. The fallout has reinforced a cautious, bearish stance in markets.

How this mood is scored ▾
Each day the model reads that day's news for the sector and asks, as someone who owns assets or makes their living in it: how am I feeling this month, and why? The month's mood is that running answer, tied to the specific events driving it (the story shown above). It leans on trusted, higher-impact reporting, and on the prior month when a month is quiet, so one loud headline can't swing it. The read updates daily through the month; once a month ends, its mood is locked. This year is read live from the news the pipeline actually collected (hover a bar for its story count). · last computed Jul 06, 2026
Top finance stories of 2011
Aug
French bank shares crater as SocGen falls 15% on funding rumors nasdaq.com →

Rumors about France's own AAA rating and dollar-funding strains hammered Societe Generale and peers, forcing denials and short-selling bans across four countries. The episode showed the sovereign crisis morphing into a European bank-funding crisis.

Oct
MF Global files for bankruptcy amid European debt crisis losses cbsnews.com →

MF Global, led by former Goldman Sachs executive Jon Corzine, filed for bankruptcy with $41 billion in assets after suffering heavy losses from bets on European sovereign debt. The collapse, triggered by a downgrade to junk status and failed sale efforts, marks the first major U.S. brokerage failure tied to the eurozone crisis, disrupting markets and raising concerns over contagion risks.