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During the period of COVID-19, very little information was published to investors, so Investors’ decisions were based not only on declared information but also on sentiment. So this research aims to investigate the extent to which these two factors influence the stock market prices, The sample consisted of 14 countries: Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain, the United States of America, France, Turkey, Holland, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The study adds to the literature related to the debate between traditional finance and behavioral finance in terms of studying whether the stock market is only driven by information or is also affected by sentiment. Using stepwise regression the results reveals that investor sentiment has a great effect on the stock market in both developed and developing countries.
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