Practical guide
How to summarize market news
Separate prices and released data from explanations. Name the instrument, period, and data series, group commentary by assumption, and keep competing interpretations when the evidence does not settle the move.[1][2]
Why this gets difficult
Market summaries often explain every price move after the fact, mix observed data with narrative, and repeat the same consensus across outlets without exposing the assumptions.[1][2]
A practical way through
- Capture the relevant price, filing, release, and named economic series with its period.[1][2]
- Distinguish observed change from analyst explanation and forecast.[1][2]
- Combine repeated consensus commentary while preserving a view based on materially different evidence.[1][2]
- State how the update changes a monitored thesis, risk, or question rather than predicting from headlines.[1][2]
An example
The situation: A sector falls after an economic release and commentators offer several immediate causes using the same data.[1][2]
What changes: The price and release are stated first; explanations remain labeled and are grouped by the demand, rate, or positioning assumption they rely on.[1][2]
What you get: The reader sees what happened, what is conjecture, and which evidence would distinguish the explanations.[1][2]
What to watch for
Sources worth keeping
How Scottie helps
Scottie can rank selected filings, data releases, and market commentary against the reader's monitored questions while keeping facts and interpretations distinct.[3]