In the week of 20 July 2026 (2026-W30), the Valdrans Market Pulse tracked 101 corroborated market-moving stories — 76 market stories and 25 qualified breaking-news stories — drawn from 1,775 source items across 14 distinct sources.
Market stories by category
| corporate | 29 |
| macro | 17 |
| geopolitical | 15 |
| regulatory | 8 |
| political | 7 |
Market stories by magnitude
| High (7–10) | 18 |
| Medium (4–6) | 56 |
| Low (1–3) | 2 |
| Unscored | 0 |
Most active sectors
Stories may touch multiple sectors; counts can exceed the story total.
| energy | 35 |
| technology | 23 |
| semiconductors | 19 |
| financials | 17 |
| shipping | 16 |
| consumer discretionary | 10 |
| retail | 10 |
| artificial intelligence | 9 |
Breaking-news pipeline
| Corroborated clusters tracked | 171 |
| Qualified as market-relevant (HIGH + MEDIUM) | 25 |
| Tier HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW / unclassified | 0 / 25 / 55 / 91 |
Coverage context
| Source items processed | 1,775 |
| Distinct sources | 14 |
| Instruments touched | 339 |
| Sectors touched | 107 |
Natural-hazard signals (USGS/NOAA)
Governmental hazard alerts ingested — a separate stream with its own severity scales, never mixed with market-story magnitude.
| flood | 1194 |
| earthquake | 121 |
| fire weather | 299 |
| severe weather | 3139 |
| tropical cyclone | 554 |
| Total | 5307 |
Definitions and quality gates: methodology. Machine-readable series: /pulse.json. This snapshot was computed on 2026-07-27 and is immutable.