To define the affective state, four terms can be used: passion, state of mind, emotion, and sentiments. The term "passion" is linked with the philosophical and literary tradition and designates a violent tension that the individual...

Sentiment can refer to: feelings and emotions the literary device sentimentality, which is used to induce an emotional response disproportionate to the situation, and thus to substitute heightened and generally unthinking feeling for normal ethical and...

If you want a knock-out blow against efficient market theory, just look at recent moves in the discount on Edinburgh's UK tracker investment trust. In the past 12 months, it has ranged between 1 per cent and 8 per cent - it's now...

Maine legislators turn out to be a sentimental lot, full of embracing thoughts and kind feelings toward fellow residents. Give them an opportunity to express that sentiment in official form and they will do it over and over, about 1,500 times a year, and...

Long-term Treasury prices rose Friday after investors moved into the government-backed securities when a poll's results showed weakening consumer sentiment.Such a sign of future economic malaise could increase the odds that the Federal Reserve will cut rates again at its meeting next week.Prices turned higher...

A key measure of industry sentiment on the U.S. market for new homes fell to its lowest point in more than 16 years, a trade group said Tuesday, as builders struggled with rising inventories of unsold houses across the country.The National Association of Home Builders/Wells...