Daily Market Sentiment Brief
Scans global financial news, scores sentiment, and emails an executive market brief for your watchlist assets every weekday morning.
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What This Workflow Does
This workflow acts as your personal AI analyst. Every weekday morning, it scans global financial news for the assets you care about, scores the market sentiment, extracts the key catalysts, and delivers a polished executive brief to your inbox — all before the opening bell.
It's designed for traders, portfolio managers, and finance teams who need to cut through the noise and focus on what actually moves markets.
Key Features
- Institutional Sentiment Scoring: Goes beyond "good or bad" by assigning a numerical sentiment score (-10 to +10) to quantify market mood per asset.
- Noise Filtering: The AI logic ignores fluff and clickbait, focusing only on institutional-grade catalysts (earnings, M&A, Fed pivots, geopolitical events).
- Volatility Alerts: Automatically flags assets experiencing the most extreme sentiment shifts.
- Multi-Asset Support: Works across equities, crypto, and commodities.
- Automated Email Delivery: Sends a styled HTML email with a complete market brief every weekday.
How It Works
The workflow runs on a scheduled trigger (weekday mornings) and follows four main steps:
| Step | What Happens | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Load Watchlist | Reads your asset tickers from a workflow variable | Edit the ASSET_TICKERS variable anytime to change which assets are tracked |
| 2. News Search | AI agent searches the web for each asset in parallel | Pulls the top 5 news stories from the last 24 hours, prioritizing sources like Bloomberg, Reuters, and CNBC |
| 3. Sentiment Analysis | AI agent analyzes the news per asset | Assigns a sentiment score (-10 to +10), identifies the top 3 catalysts, and provides a rationale |
| 4. Executive Brief & Delivery | AI agent synthesizes all data into a single report | Generates a Markdown brief, converts it to styled HTML, and sends it via Gmail |
What the Executive Brief Includes
- Most Urgent Asset to Watch — The asset with the most extreme sentiment score, with an explanation of why it demands attention.
- Asset-by-Asset Analysis — Sentiment score, visual gauge, top 3 catalysts, and key headlines with source attribution for each asset.
- Sentiment Leaderboard — A ranked table of all assets from most bullish to most bearish.
- Strategic Takeaway — A concise, actionable insight for portfolio decision-making.
Who Should Use This
- Day Traders & Portfolio Managers who need rapid morning briefings before markets open.
- Hedge Fund Analysts looking to automate sentiment tracking across multiple assets.
- Corporate Finance Teams monitoring industry-specific news cycles and competitive intelligence.
Setup Instructions
- Configure your watchlist: Edit the
ASSET_TICKERSworkflow variable to include the tickers or asset names you want to track (e.g., AAPL, BTC, Gold). - Connect Gmail: Authenticate your Gmail account in the email delivery node and update the recipient address.
- Adjust the schedule (optional): The default trigger is set to 8:30 AM ET, Monday through Friday. Change the cron expression if you prefer a different time.
- Run it: Once configured, the workflow runs automatically on schedule. You can also trigger it manually for an on-demand brief.
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