Heidi N. Moore is the New York bureau chief and Wall Street correspondent for Marketplace, where she reports and writes about the culture of banks, companies, financing and markets.

Moore started at Marketplace in January 2011. She enjoys Marketplace's smart, snappy approach and is keenly focused on interpreting and explaining Wall Street so that it's accessible to everyone.

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.

Features By Heidi N. Moore

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New York Stock Exchange agrees to merge with Deutsche Borse

The parent company for the New York Stock Exchange has agreed to a merger with Germany's Deutsche Borse, pending regulatory approval. The deal will create the largest exchange for stocks and derivatives in the world. Heidi Moore explains.
Posted In: Mergers and Acquisitions
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JPMorgan Chase chases tech investment

JPMorgan Chase is starting a fund to invest in private Internet media firms. But with bubble-like valuations, is it too late to get a good price?
Posted In: Investing, Wall Street
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Why it takes so long for checks to clear

In an economy where more people are temporary employees or going the freelance route, checks are the way to pay people. But depositing that check doesn't mean instant money in the bank account.
Posted In: Banks
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JPMorgan Chase snared in Madoff lawsuit

Suit alleges JPMorgan bankers suspected fraud long before Madoff's arrest, raising questions about a bank's duty to sound the alarm on a client.
Posted In: Banks, Investing
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Big storms drive trade in snow derivatives

Snow derivatives started trading only two years ago -- and it's been snowing ever since.
Posted In: Investing
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Egypt downgraded by debt-rating agencies

S&P joins Moody's in downgrading Egypt, after similar moves for Tunisia. How costly a factor are ratings agencies in political change?
Posted In: Wall Street
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The differences between broker and investment advisor

Sometimes it's not exactly clear what the difference is between an investment advisor and a broker. The Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to remedy that.
Posted In: Investing, Personal Finance
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State bankruptcy debate unsettles muni market

The debate over whether to let states declare bankruptcy adds a new element of uncertainty to the jittery municipal bond market.
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Tale of two TARPs

Big banks have repaid government bailout funds and are profitable. But smaller banks that got TARP money face challenges.
Posted In: Banks
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The panic lurking in the municipal bond market

Kai Ryssdal talks to Marketplace New York bureau chief Heidi Moore about the current state of the municipal bond market.
Posted In: Investing

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