Finance entity

The Wall Street Journal

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Each story carries 3.6 original sources on average, compared with 2.7 for the broader beat in this window. Federal Reserve is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 3 of the 10 tracked stories. Against the same-window beat baseline of 26% negative, this entity's 40% share is more negative.

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10 stories
5.9 avg impact
20% positive
40% negative

Coverage balance Negative coverage leads. Negative coverage exceeds positive coverage by 20 percentage points.

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  • 40% neutral
  • 40% negative

Figures are computed live from our source-verified story record — see our methodology for how impact and sentiment are derived.

What the coverage shows about The Wall Street Journal

Each story carries 3.6 original sources on average, compared with 2.7 for the broader beat in this window. Federal Reserve is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 3 of the 10 tracked stories. Against the same-window beat baseline of 26% negative, this entity's 40% share is more negative. Across a 202-day span, the pace is roughly 0.3 stories per week. The busiest single day carried 2. At 5.9, the average consequence score sits below the same-window beat average of 6.2. markets accounts for 5 of the 10 tracked stories, while 4 other categories carry the remainder. This profile follows 10 Finance stories mentioning The Wall Street Journal across the period from February 18, 2026 to September 7, 2026.

Stories tracked
10
Per week
0.3
Negative
40%
Sources per story
3.6

Computed from the 10 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 4736 Finance stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.

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Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering The Wall Street Journal. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.

Timeline

  1. Valuation metrics at extreme levels

    The Buffett indicator stands at about 238 and the Shiller CAPE at 42.15; Bill Dudley writes in Bloomberg this week that the market is in bubble territory.

  2. Bear market bottoms with heavy losses

    By October 2002 the Nasdaq Composite has lost 78% and the S&P 500 has lost 49% from their early-2000 peaks.

  3. Dot-com bubble begins to deflate

    The technology-heavy market retreats, marking the start of a multiyear decline.

  4. Shiller CAPE peaks near 44

    The Shiller CAPE ratio reaches 44.19, the highest level in more than 100 years, months before the internet bubble begins to deflate.

  5. Greenspan warns of irrational exuberance

    Alan Greenspan's speech asks how to know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values; global markets sell off briefly but the dot-com bubble continues inflating.

Stories mentioning The Wall Street Journal 10

Banking Neutral

$1.8B Iranian Shadow Flows Expose U.S. Banks' Clearing Risk

The U.S. Treasury says an Emirati branch of Egyptian state-owned Banque Misr routed up to $1.8B through dollar accounts at three unnamed U.S. banks, potentially for Iranian shadow networks. The action reveals billions in annual Iranian flows passing through U.S. clearing infrastructure, creating counterparty and sanctions risk for banks. Investors should watch for enforcement costs and possible tightening of correspondent relationships.

2 sources

Source: livemint.com · politicalwire.com

Commodities Bearish

Pentagon Takes 35% Stake in 'Biggest' Venezuela Oil Deal

The Trump administration's use of the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital to take a 35% stake in a Venezuelan oil venture, with rights to buy 20% of production at cost, bypasses private capital markets and raises legal and market distortions. Investors should watch litigation, geopolitical risk, and oil supply effects.

2 sources
Markets Bearish

Dow Retreats as Oil Surges to Multi-Month Highs Amid Inflationary Pressures

The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged lower on February 19, 2026, as a significant rally in energy markets weighed on broader investor sentiment. Crude oil prices climbed to their highest levels since last summer, reigniting concerns over persistent inflation and the potential for a more restrictive interest rate environment.

2 sources

Source: The Wall Street Journal · The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is linked from 10 stories on this site, each scored at or above our 35% relevance threshold — see how these pages are built.

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