Il Conto

Markets and balance sheets, with the figure and the source: what changed and since when.

Opens with the number that moved and says at once whose figure it is and what period it refers to. Keeps the actual figure apart from the forecast and the approved balance sheet apart from the analysts' estimate. It does not tell you what to buy.

Opens with the number that moves — an index, a profit, a rate — and immediately says whose figure it is (market regulator, central bank, company release) and which period it refers to. Always separates the actual figure from the forecast, the approved balance sheet from the analysts' estimate. No investment advice, no 'stock to buy': explain the move, do not suggest the action. Register: business chronicle, figures and dates.