METHODS OF ASSESSING LONG-TERM INDICATORS OF SENTIMENT

Methods and systems of assessing aggregate sentiment over a plurality of time increments of a time period are provided. A maximum aggregation factor that is associated with a particular time period is assigned. A plurality of time increments over the time period are received. For each time increment, the BISV is subtracted from the ISV to form a BISV/ISV difference value. The BISV/ISV difference value is normalized by dividing by the maximum possible difference, thereby determining a modulator. For each time increment, a value is assigned to a recency of the particular time increment to a most recent incremental sentiment value update event, thereby determining a decay factor. The maximum aggregation factor associated with a particular time period is modulated by multiplying a determined modulator and a determined decay factor associated with each time increment within the evaluated time interval. The modulated maximum aggregation factor is applied to aggregated sentiment values, thereby determining an aggregate sentiment value for each time increment over the time period.