Heidi Moore

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Heidi N. Moore is The Guardian's U.S. finance and economics editor. She was formerly the New York bureau chief and Wall Street correspondent for Marketplace.

Prior to joining Marketplace, Moore was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, where she was the lead writer for the paper’s award-winning Deal Journal online and daily newspaper column during the height (and depths) of the world financial crisis. In addition, she wrote an analysis of banks and mergers and broke news of SEC investigations, big acquisitions, and Barclays Capital buying most of Lehman Brothers out of bankruptcy.  Before that, she was U.S. Bureau Chief for London-based, Dow Jones-owned weekly newspaper and daily website, Financial News. For six years, she was a senior writer covering Wall Street banks and power brokers for The Deal magazine.

Moore’s articles on Wall Street banks and finance have been published in The New York Times, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Financial Times and Slate.

Moore is a graduate of Columbia University and a native New Yorker. In her free time, Moore enjoys running and traveling.

Latest Stories (229)

Reporter's Notebook: Wall Street's Lost Moral Center

Mar 6, 2012
John G. Taft, the CEO of RBC Wealth Management in the U.S., has a new book out with a message for Wall Street: Hey. It's not all about you, okay?

The Ben Bernanke Congressional Variety Hour

Mar 1, 2012
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been testifying in front of Congress this week - and he's been asked about everything but the economy.

When Wall Street suffers, bonuses are always the last to go

Feb 29, 2012
The New York State Comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, said that profits in the New York securities industry were down by half in 2011 -- but bonuses only dropped by 14 percent.

J.P. Morgan profits despite its depositors

Feb 29, 2012
J.P. Morgan Chase is posting record profits and opening hundreds of new branches. But most depositors don’t make the bank any money at all.

Greece: When the bailout is worse than the sickness

Feb 28, 2012
Only a week after European officials approved a Greek bailout package, Greek banks are suffering, the European Central Bank is rejecting Greek bonds as collateral, and a financial freeze seems closer than ever to taking hold on the Continent.

Buffett’s shareholder letter dangles clues

Feb 27, 2012
Warren Buffett says in his annual letter that Berkshire Hathaway has chosen his successor. Many investors care more about his stock advice.

The next Warren Buffett walks among us

Feb 27, 2012
The Oracle of Omaha released his annual letter to investors on Saturday revealing that the 81-year-old investor had picked his successor -- and set tongues wagging about who it could be with an appearance on CNBC this morning.