![Most discussed topic in financial commentary [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hlzt5bhytkve1-779x1024.png "Most discussed topic in financial commentary [OC]")
I did NLP on daily market commentary to see what what the most discussed topic each month for the last two years.
Data source: BNZ, a bank in New Zealand. Auckland is the first major city to wake up to a new trading day, and BNZ produce thorough commentary of the previous day.
Tool used: Python
I also published this on my personal website https://coolstatsblog.com/2025/04/18/python-powered-analysis-of-market-trends/
Posted by baskesh
5 Comments
January onward: just one incredibly long bar marked ‘Chaos and existential despair.’
Tariffs are everywhere right now, no matter in which country you live everyone is concerned about their impact on their lifes.
Would be hilarious to see this for reddit as a whole.
Every month since 2016 is just Donald Trump.
So how do the number of mentions of the selected topic for each months compare to other topics being talked about that same month? How were the topics selected? Just the most common? What percentage of the discussion do they represent?
A stacked bar chart with all topics would have been much more useful.
I think AI was the most discussed topic at some point, this chart missed that