We started this because finance writing fell into two awful buckets.
Bucket one: jargon walls written for the people who already understand them. Bucket two: hype merchants in ring lights telling you their cousin is buying TSLA calls. We wanted a third thing.
Money Market is a small independent publication about ETFs, stocks, and crypto. We publish twice a week — the Tuesday Tape recaps what mattered in five short reads, and the Friday Wrap goes deep on one story. The goal is the same either way: you should finish a piece understanding more than when you started, without anyone trying to sell you a course at the end.
How we write
We have one rule, and it's stolen from a much better writer than us: if you can say it plainly, say it plainly. Finance has more dialects than the average country, and most of them exist to make people feel either dumb or smart for no good reason. We try to translate, not perform.
Every Money Market piece has at least one of these boxes. It's where we stop and say "OK here's what that actually means, with no finance Latin." If you only read the boxes, you'll still get most of the value. We're fine with that.
We will absolutely have opinions — that's the point of being a publication and not a feed. But we try to label them. "Here's what happened" is reporting. "Here's why I think it matters" is a take. We won't pretend the second one is the first.
Who this is for
Two kinds of readers, mostly:
- The curious newcomer. You've got a Robinhood account, maybe a 401(k), and a vague feeling that the financial world is loudly happening without you. We want you to feel less lost — and to never feel talked down to.
- The experienced reader who wants the gist. You don't need us to explain what an ETF is. You want a sharp, fast read of what changed this week and what's worth a closer look. The Tuesday Tape is built for you.
If you're somewhere between those two — congratulations, that's most people, including us.
Where our numbers come from
Prices, returns, and fund details are pulled from issuer filings (prospectuses, 10-Ks, semi-annual reports), exchange data, and standard market data feeds. When something surprises us, we link to the primary source so you can check our work — usually the SEC's EDGAR system, an issuer's own press release, or, for crypto, on-chain data and the relevant protocol's docs.
The numbers in our sample articles on this preview site are illustrative, with dates and figures chosen to make the writing make sense. Once we're publishing live, everything will be sourced inline and updated when it shouldn't be.
Disclosure
Money Market is journalism and education, not investment advice. We don't know you, your goals, your tax situation, or how you'll react when your portfolio is down 30%. Nothing on this site is a recommendation to buy or sell anything.
Writers will disclose personal positions in any specific stock, ETF, or token they write about, at the bottom of each piece. We don't accept payment from issuers, sponsors, or anyone else to cover specific securities.
Corrections
We will get things wrong. When we do, we fix it visibly — a "Correction" note at the top of the piece with what changed and when. We'd rather look like a publication that corrects itself than one that pretends it never errs.
Get in touch
Tips, corrections, "you're wrong about JEPI" hate mail — we read it all. Reach the desk at hello@moneymarket.example. For sensitive material, ask us about Signal in the first message.