AlphAI classified 11,166 ticker level sentiment reads across 9,109 news articles the week of September 21, 2026. Net tone came in at 35.2% bullish, up from 30.1% the week before and back in line with the six weeks from early August to early September, which ran between 35.2% and 36.6% on today’s count. The week opened strong at plus 49.8 on Monday and bottomed at plus 23.5 on Thursday, when a bond selloff met a cluster of single company events.