Description
MarketWatch is seeking an ambitious and intellectually curious Markets and Investing Reporter to help readers make sense of increasingly complex financial markets.
The ideal candidate will cover fast-moving markets through the eyes of individual investors, breaking news, producing sharp analysis and developing original enterprise stories that uncover investing trends before they become obvious.
Responsibilities:
- Cover breaking developments across financial markets with urgency, accuracy and context.
- Explain market moves, economic data and geopolitical developments in language that is accessible to a broad investing audience.
- Break news and develop enterprise stories uncover investing trends before they become widely recognized.
- Become deeply embedded in the retail investing community to understand emerging trends, evolving trading behavior and the most pressing individual investing questions.
- Cultivate relationships with traders, portfolio managers, strategists, economists, academics, regulators and individual investors to generate original reporting.
- Explain how developments in market structure , from options activity and exchange rules to new trading platforms and investing products , affect individual investors.
- Track innovations in investing, including digital assets, prediction markets, brokerage platforms and new investment products, helping readers distinguish meaningful developments from short-lived hype.
- Use market data, charts and public filings to identify trends, support reporting and communicate complex ideas clearly.
- Collaborate with colleagues across the newsroom to produce impactful journalism.
- Pitch creative story ideas across multiple timelines, from breaking news to ambitious enterprise reporting.
Requirements:
- 3-5 years experience covering financial markets, investing or business journalism.
- Strong knowledge of financial markets, investing products, market structure and macroeconomic concepts.
- Excellent news judgment and an ability to identify distinctive story angles from market movements, economic data, research and public reports.
- A proven ability to explain sophisticated financial concepts in clear, engaging language for everyday investors and readers.
- Experience developing sources across Wall Street, academia, government, financial services and the investing community.
- A habit of connecting seemingly unrelated developments into meaningful and credible stories that help our subscribers make smarter decisions.
- Excellent writing skills, meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to rigorous, reader-first journalism.
What success looks like: Success in this role is measured by your ability to help readers understand financial markets and take smarter actions.
Within your first year, you'll become a trusted voice on the retail investing beat by consistently breaking news, producing original enterprise, developing a deep network of sources and uncovering trends before they become old news.
Benefits: We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.
Salary: $95,000 - $115,000