In the week of 6 July 2026 (2026-W28), the Valdrans Market Pulse tracked 111 corroborated market-moving stories — 95 market stories and 16 qualified breaking-news stories — drawn from 1,985 source items across 14 distinct sources.
Market stories by category
| corporate | 42 |
| macro | 18 |
| geopolitical | 16 |
| regulatory | 12 |
| political | 5 |
| weather | 2 |
Market stories by magnitude
| High (7–10) | 13 |
| Medium (4–6) | 81 |
| Low (1–3) | 1 |
| Unscored | 0 |
Most active sectors
Stories may touch multiple sectors; counts can exceed the story total.
| energy | 39 |
| financial services | 23 |
| technology | 20 |
| defense | 15 |
| oil & gas | 13 |
| semiconductors | 13 |
| finance | 12 |
| shipping | 12 |
Breaking-news pipeline
| Corroborated clusters tracked | 167 |
| Qualified as market-relevant (HIGH + MEDIUM) | 16 |
| Tier HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW / unclassified | 0 / 16 / 63 / 88 |
Coverage context
| Source items processed | 1,985 |
| Distinct sources | 14 |
| Instruments touched | 321 |
| Sectors touched | 111 |
Natural-hazard signals (USGS/NOAA)
Governmental hazard alerts ingested — a separate stream with its own severity scales, never mixed with market-story magnitude.
| flood | 1355 |
| earthquake | 104 |
| fire weather | 208 |
| severe weather | 3158 |
| Total | 4825 |
Definitions and quality gates: methodology. Machine-readable series: /pulse.json. This snapshot was computed on 2026-07-13 and is immutable.