Editorial standards

These standards apply to every Cairneer site.

Sources

Numbers come from primary sources wherever one exists: the agency, regulator, exchange, filing or studio that produced them. Each figure carries the date it was checked and the conditions it depends on. Aggregator sites are not cited as the source of a number.

How AI is used

AI tools help research and draft articles. Articles say that AI tools were used, so readers know what they are reading. Automated and manual checks compare figures and quotations against their sources before and after publication. Quotations are used only when the words appear in the cited source.

Real people

When an article opens with a real person’s story, it uses only what that person has said publicly, and links to where they said it. We do not speculate about private matters such as health, family or legal cases. Hypothetical examples are labelled as hypothetical.

Advice

Money, health and legal articles give general information, not personal advice. Stock articles do not tell readers to buy or sell.

Corrections

Errors are corrected on the original article, which then says it was corrected. Report a possible error through the contact page.

Advertising and affiliate links

Some articles contain affiliate links, marked where they appear. Advertisers and affiliate partners do not see or shape articles before publication.

Last reviewed: November 13, 2026.