Sourcing

Every article must cite its sources, and the source list is published at the end of the article. Our publishing system will not publish an article without at least one source on record.

Figures, forecasts and holdings

Because this is a finance title, three rules are enforced by the software, not left to memory. Every article that carries a figure, a price, a rate or a percentage states the date those numbers were last checked against their source, and that date is shown to you. We do not publish price forecasts or buy, sell or hold recommendations; our publishing system refuses a piece that reads as one and names the phrase. And any article about a specific company, instrument, fund or asset states the author’s own position in it, which may be "none", so you always know whether the writer has a stake.

Claim labels

We distinguish, visibly and permanently, between three kinds of reporting. "Reported and attributed" is standard journalism: claims are attributed to named sources. "Based on company claims" means the key information comes from the company itself and nobody has checked it against anything else. "Independently verified" means we went to the underlying evidence, the filing or report or dataset itself, and confirmed the claim against it rather than relying on the company’s description of it. The label is set when the piece is produced and is shown on the article.

How pieces are published

Some of our coverage is produced and published automatically, on a schedule, without a person reading it first. The verification gates still apply and are enforced by the software rather than by memory: a piece without at least one primary source does not publish, every figure carries the date it was checked, no piece that reads as a forecast or a recommendation publishes, and sponsored content is labelled. Automatically published pieces carry the publication itself as the byline, never a person’s name, so a named byline always means a person stood behind that specific piece. Review of automated work happens continuously after publication, and corrections are logged in the open on the article.

Specialist review

Articles making significant financial, regulatory or legal claims can be flagged for specialist review. A flagged article cannot be published until a named reviewer and review date are recorded, and that reviewer is shown on the article. We never display a reviewer who did not actually review the piece.

Sponsored content

Paid content is always labeled. See our Sponsorship & Affiliate Disclosure policy for the full rules.

Corrections

When we get something substantive wrong, we correct the article and log the correction in a visible "Updates & corrections" section on the article itself. We do not silently rewrite published work, and we do not change dates to make old work look fresh.

To request a correction, use the contact page and include the article link and the specific claim you believe is wrong, with evidence where possible.

What our reporting is not

Finance Trend Wire is journalism, not financial advice. We report what happened and what the numbers show; we do not tell you what to buy, sell or hold, we do not make price forecasts, and nothing here is personal financial, investment, tax or legal advice for your circumstances. Every figure is accurate as of the date we checked it, which we state, and markets move after that.