In the week of 14 September 2026 (2026-W38), the Valdrans Market Pulse tracked 75 corroborated market-moving stories — 62 market stories and 13 qualified breaking-news stories — drawn from 1,916 source items across 15 distinct sources.
Market stories by category
| corporate | 19 |
| macro | 19 |
| geopolitical | 12 |
| political | 6 |
| regulatory | 6 |
Market stories by magnitude
| High (7–10) | 8 |
| Medium (4–6) | 50 |
| Low (1–3) | 4 |
| Unscored | 0 |
Most active sectors
Stories may touch multiple sectors; counts can exceed the story total.
| energy | 22 |
| financial services | 14 |
| financials | 13 |
| finance | 12 |
| technology | 12 |
| consumer discretionary | 11 |
| defense | 7 |
| retail | 7 |
Breaking-news pipeline
| Corroborated clusters tracked | 165 |
| Qualified as market-relevant (HIGH + MEDIUM) | 13 |
| Tier HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW / unclassified | 0 / 13 / 60 / 92 |
Coverage context
| Source items processed | 1,916 |
| Distinct sources | 15 |
| Instruments touched | 239 |
| Sectors touched | 112 |
Natural-hazard signals (USGS/NOAA)
Governmental hazard alerts ingested — a separate stream with its own severity scales, never mixed with market-story magnitude.
| flood | 1239 |
| tsunami | 2 |
| earthquake | 113 |
| fire weather | 29 |
| severe weather | 1373 |
| tropical cyclone | 3 |
| Total | 2759 |
Definitions and quality gates: methodology. Machine-readable series: /pulse.json. This snapshot was computed on 2026-09-21 and is immutable.