How we write

Every article follows the same simple format, so you can get the answer fast and dig deeper only if you want to.

  1. The 30-second answer. Two or three sentences at the top that tell you what happened and why.
  2. Key numbers. The price before and after, the size of the move and the value gained or lost.
  3. What happened. The facts, in the order they happened.
  4. Why the market reacted this way. Usually the gap between what investors expected and what they got.
  5. Does this change the company's future? Or is it a short-term reaction?
  6. What to watch next, with dates.
  7. Updates, sources and a disclaimer.

Plain English

We write for a smart reader with a high school education. We explain any finance term we can't avoid.

Research and sources

We work from company announcements, regulatory filings and reporting by established news outlets. Every article lists its sources. Stock prices written during the trading day are snapshots and are labeled as such. Leaked, reported or otherwise unconfirmed figures are always marked as unconfirmed. Figures are from public reports at the time of writing; figures we could not confirm are marked as such. We don't recommend buying or selling any stock.

AI-assisted, human-reviewed and edited

We use AI tools to help collect reports and draft articles quickly. A human editor reviews, fact-checks and edits every article and decides whether it is published. The byline on every article says so: “By WhyMyStockMoved Editors · AI-assisted, human-reviewed and edited”.

Updates

When important follow-up news arrives, such as official data after a leak, we add a dated note to the Updates section of the same article and change its “Updated” date, rather than publishing a new article.

Mistakes

We fix errors quickly and say what we changed. See our corrections policy.