market-news-analyst

SKILL.md

Automated analysis of market-moving news from the past 10 days with impact-ranked reporting.

Collects news across six categories (monetary policy, inflation, earnings, geopolitical, commodities, corporate) using WebSearch and WebFetch, prioritizing Tier 1 sources

Ranks events by impact score combining price movement magnitude, breadth across asset classes, and forward-looking significance

Analyzes multi-asset reactions (equities, bonds, commodities, currencies) and compares actual market responses against historical patterns from knowledge base

Generates structured Markdown reports with detailed event analysis, thematic synthesis, commodity deep-dive, and forward-looking risk scenarios

Identifies anomalies, reinforcing/offsetting event interactions, and geopolitical-commodity correlations using specialized reference frameworks

Market News Analyst

Overview

This skill enables comprehensive analysis of market-moving news events from the past 10 days, focusing on their impact on US equity markets and commodities. The skill automatically collects news from trusted sources using WebSearch and WebFetch tools, evaluates market impact magnitude, analyzes actual market reactions, and produces structured English reports ranked by market impact significance.

Prerequisites

Tools: WebSearch and WebFetch tools must be available for news collection

API Keys: None required (uses built-in web search capabilities)

Knowledge: Familiarity with financial markets terminology is helpful but not required

Output

This skill produces conversational guidance during the analysis session. When the full workflow is executed, Claude generates a comprehensive Markdown report (see Step 6 for format) that can be saved to the reports/ directory upon user request. No files are generated automatically; output is presented in the conversation.

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