Clara Mendes

Clara Mendes makes complex market events make sense. As Markets & News Editor at BrokersRoom, she leads the market news and forecasts section and runs the editorial fact-checking process. Her mission is to help retail traders understand why markets move — and what it means for their portfolios — through clear, data-driven analysis.

Clara earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Lisbon, followed by a Master's in Financial Journalism & Business Communication. Before joining BrokersRoom, she spent over nine years as a financial reporter and market analyst for European business publications, covering earnings seasons, monetary policy and market developments.

She specialises in the intersection of global macro and markets — from Federal Reserve and ECB decisions to inflation trends, equities and commodities. Clara invests in the markets herself, but keeps a strict wall between her own analysis and her independent reporting, and every review and forecast she edits passes a multi-step verification process.