Bloomberg seeks a markets editor in NYC, LA or San Fran

We’re looking for a talented, resourceful and versatile editor to work on some of the highest-profile stories at Bloomberg with the markets editing group in the Americas. You’ll work with reporters across teams, time zones and asset classes on everything from quick turnarounds to breaking news and longer-form enterprise. You’ll have the versatility and wherewithal […]

Seeking Alpha to end third-party ads on site

Investing advice site SeekingAlpha.com said Wednesday that it will stop running third-party advertising on its website. Advertising was 70 percent of its revenue at the end of 2019 and is still about 25 percent of its revenue, said CEO David Jackson. But Seeking Alpha grew its annual recurring revenue from subscriptions by 169 percent in […]

Axios hires Phillips from NY Times to cover markets

Axios has hired Matt Phillips to co-author the daily morning “Axios Markets” newsletter and cover all of the latest market trends and economic insights. Phillip’s hire will help bolster the Axios business team. “We are excited about our business news powerhouse team and excited about the impact they will make in our coverage,” said Axios […]

Carr named editor of FT’s Investor’s Chronicle

Rosie Carr has been appointed editor of Investors’ Chronicle, a Financial Times publication. She was deputy editor. Investors’ Chronicle, which won Subscription Publication of the Year at this year’s Newspaper and Magazine Awards, guides readers through investing, offering content across investments, from stocks and shares to pensions and property. York will report directly to Matt Fottrell, […]

Barron’s hires Foster as senior writer

Barron’s editor in chief David Cho sent out the following to the staff: All, We are excited to announce Lauren Foster is joining Barron’s as a senior writer covering all manner of investing topics and strategies, with a focus on sustainable investing. Her reporting on companies, philanthropy, wealth management, markets and investing has appeared in the Financial Times, […]

Investor’s Business Daily seeks a markets writer

Investor’s Business Daily seeks a Markets Writer to produce articles and related content on stocks and other investments for an audience of mostly self-directed investors. Our goal is to help IBD customers make more money in the stock market through content that explains the market’s mechanics and sound investing methods, analyzes the latest market action […]

Yahoo Finance hires Semenova to cover markets

Yahoo Finance has hired Alexandra Semenova as a markets reporter. She will start next week. She has been working at MandateWire, a Financial Times publication, covering the asset management industry. Semenova previously held internships with Bloomberg News, NY1 News, Fox Business Network, and Crain’s New York. She also worked as an assignment desk intern at CNBC, at the network’s main newsroom […]

Study: WSJ articles can help predict stock market returns

Financial news articles can be a good short-term indicator of why the U.S. stock market is doing well or poorly, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research study, reports Clark Merrefield of The Journalist’s Resource. Merrefield writes, “The authors organized the Journal articles by topic, then predicted what aggregate S&P 500 returns would look like based […]

Unsted becomes team leader for EMEA equities at Bloomberg

Sam Unsted has become a team leader for European, Middle East and Africa equities at Bloomberg News. He previously was a European equities editor since March 2017. Unsted was previously a news editor for Alliance News Limited, a business-focused newswire covering all listed stocks in London. He was also an editorial team leader at Precise for […]

Finews.com hires Bloomberg’s Cano

Jade Cano has joined finews.com as a senior contributor. She most recently worked as an equities reporter at Bloomberg News in Zurich, Switzerland. Cano was previously a media monitoring specialist at Credit Suisse. Prior to this, she was a producer for German national TV broadcaster ARD in Geneva. She previously also worked for Thomson Reuters. […]