Columnist

Morningstar seeks an experienced financial journalist for a new position of markets columnist to join our New-York based markets coverage team. The successful candidate will need to do much more than repeat conventional wisdom and market pundits’ coverage of factors driving the market’s ups and downs. This role requires the experience and knowledge to size up long- or short-term moves in the market and know the data that it will take to back up their views. When needed, our markets columnist will take a thoughtful contrarian view or engage in outright myth-busting. It will be just as important to help investors understand why they shouldn’t worry about the latest headlines as it is to highlight trends that might require action or present opportunities. The mandate is to provide context for investors as fast-moving market factors may challenge long term assumptions. We are looking for a writer who can bring a lively, engaging style, with a proven ability to take complex subjects and make them accessible to readers whose investing experience may range from owning a target-date fund in their 401(k) to actively managing a complex portfolio on their own.