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Hegseth

PERSON Government / Department of Defense Leadership Momentum 12.5ML Momentum Score (0-100). Weighted composite of 9 features: mention velocity, article breadth, relationship density, deal context, recency, market cap, enrichment completeness, mention concentration, entity type. CRITICALPSI regime classification. QUIET (<0.3): baseline activity. NORMAL (0.3-0.5): typical deal flow. ELEVATED (0.5-0.7): above-average signals. HIGH (0.7-0.85): significant activity. EXTREME (>0.85): exceptional signal concentration. Primary: Spectral Shift

Pete Hegseth serves as Secretary of Defense, leading the 2.9M-person Department of Defense and $820B annual budget. Recent activity includes welcoming the USS Ford Carrier Strike Group home, conducting base visits to emphasize military readiness, and implementing officer personnel changes that critics say undermine morale.

-0.14
PSI ScorePlocamium Signal Index - composite z-score from 5 orthogonal signals: news frequency, targeted sentiment, graph centrality, regulatory filings, and clinical trial activity.
12.5
MomentumML Momentum Score (0-100). Weighted composite of 9 features including mention velocity, article breadth, deal context, and relationship density. Retrained weekly.
1%
ConfidenceSignal confidence - percentage of PSI sub-signals with sufficient data (30+ observations). Higher confidence means the PSI score is based on more complete data.
31
ConnectionsDegree centrality - number of unique entities this entity co-occurs with in news signals and articles. Higher = more connected in the intelligence network.
Hegseth is getting less coverage than expected — the market may be ignoring a developing story (primary driver: Attention Cascade).
Connected Entities
Pete Hegseth DOD United States Iran Donald Trump White House Democrats Middle East Washington WASHINGTON Congress Senate Fox News Strait of Hormuz Tehran
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PSI Intelligence
30-Day Trend
2026-04-25 2026-05-25 31 0 Degree Mentions
Signal Decomposition
Attention Cascade
0.236
Narrative Drift
0.063
Spectral Shift
624.046
Sentiment-Momentum Divergence
0.000
Source Concentration
0.248
Signal
Hegseth is getting less coverage than expected — the market may be ignoring a developing story (primary driver: Attention Cascade).
Driver
Ranked #18 of 27 in Industrials — in line with sector peers. PSI stable vs yesterday (-1.00). Confidence: 63% (entity has limited history, score is shrunk toward sector prior).
Action
Baseline conditions. Continue standard monitoring cadence.
Peer Comparison
18 of 27
Sector Rank
+0.00
Peer Z-Score
35%
Sector Percentile
Network Analysis
31 Degree Centrality
Ego Network (top connections)
Pete Hegseth (weight 109.0)DOD (weight 59.0)United States (weight 37.0)Iran (weight 31.0)Donald Trump (weight 22.0)White House (weight 11.0)Democrats (weight 9.0)Middle East (weight 8.0) Pete HegsethDODUnited StatesIranDonald TrumpWhite HouseDemocratsMiddle East Hegseth (degree 31) Hegseth
Centrality History
2026-04-25 2026-05-25 31 0 Degree Mentions
EntityWeight StatusFirst Seen
Pete Hegseth 109 NEW
DOD 59 STRENGTHENED
United States 37 STABLE
Iran 31 STABLE
Donald Trump 22 STABLE
White House 11 STABLE
Democrats 9 STABLE
Middle East 8 STABLE
Washington 8 STABLE
WASHINGTON 7 STABLE
Congress 7 STABLE
Senate 7 STRENGTHENED
Fox News 6 NEW
Strait of Hormuz 5 STABLE
Tehran 5 STABLE
President 5 STABLE
U.S. Army 5 NEW
GOP 4 STABLE
Pope Leo XIV 4 NEW
Washington, D.C. 3 NEW
Tesla 3 STABLE
China 3 STABLE
Democratic 3 STABLE
Navy 3 NEW
CBS News 3 STABLE
NATO 3 STABLE
Russia 3 STABLE
REUTERS 2 NEW
Barclays 2 NEW
Michigan 2 STABLE
Article Coverage (0)
DateLaneTitle
No Plocamium-authored coverage yet. This entity surfaces in upstream signals (news, filings, trials) but has not yet been a primary subject of a published article. Watch this entity to be alerted when one is published.

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Data as of 2026-05-25 ← Intelligence Network