In the week of 21 September 2026 (2026-W39), the Valdrans Market Pulse tracked 89 corroborated market-moving stories — 73 market stories and 16 qualified breaking-news stories — drawn from 1,858 source items across 15 distinct sources.
Market stories by category
| corporate | 23 |
| macro | 16 |
| regulatory | 14 |
| geopolitical | 13 |
| political | 5 |
| flight | 1 |
| weather | 1 |
Market stories by magnitude
| High (7–10) | 11 |
| Medium (4–6) | 58 |
| Low (1–3) | 4 |
| Unscored | 0 |
Most active sectors
Stories may touch multiple sectors; counts can exceed the story total.
| energy | 29 |
| technology | 24 |
| financial services | 20 |
| shipping | 14 |
| semiconductors | 13 |
| financials | 11 |
| banking | 10 |
| cryptocurrency | 10 |
Breaking-news pipeline
| Corroborated clusters tracked | 179 |
| Qualified as market-relevant (HIGH + MEDIUM) | 16 |
| Tier HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW / unclassified | 0 / 16 / 65 / 98 |
Coverage context
| Source items processed | 1,858 |
| Distinct sources | 15 |
| Instruments touched | 331 |
| Sectors touched | 108 |
Natural-hazard signals (USGS/NOAA)
Governmental hazard alerts ingested — a separate stream with its own severity scales, never mixed with market-story magnitude.
| flood | 1513 |
| earthquake | 127 |
| fire weather | 11 |
| severe weather | 962 |
| tropical cyclone | 368 |
| Total | 2981 |
Definitions and quality gates: methodology. Machine-readable series: /pulse.json. This snapshot was computed on 2026-09-28 and is immutable.