Fact-Checking Policy
How every factual claim on this site is verified before publication, which sources we treat as authoritative, and what we refuse to publish.
Last updated: 2026
Why this policy exists
WealthPulseDaily publishes what Google calls YMYL content — "Your Money or Your Life" — where inaccurate information can cause real financial harm. That raises the bar. This policy sets out exactly how claims are checked, so you can judge our reliability rather than take it on trust.
Source hierarchy
Not all sources are equal. We verify claims in this order of preference:
- Primary official sources. Government departments, financial regulators, tax authorities, and statutory guidance bodies. These take precedence over everything else.
- Standards and scheme operators. Deposit-protection schemes, scoring-model operators, and similar bodies describing their own mechanisms.
- Established reference material where a concept is settled and non-controversial.
Sources we do not rely on for factual claims: marketing pages, affiliate content, forums, social media, AI-generated summaries, and any source with a commercial interest in the conclusion.
The official bodies we cite
| Region | Bodies we cite |
|---|---|
| United States | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, IRS, SEC, FTC |
| United Kingdom | GOV.UK, MoneyHelper, HMRC, Financial Conduct Authority |
| Canada | Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, Canada Revenue Agency |
| Australia | ASIC's MoneySmart, Australian Taxation Office |
| New Zealand | Sorted, Inland Revenue |
The checking process
Identify every factual claim
Before publication, each draft is read specifically for assertions of fact — rules, mechanisms, protections, definitions — as distinct from explanation or opinion.
Verify against a primary source
Each claim is checked against an official body. If a claim can't be verified there, it is either rewritten to reflect the uncertainty or removed entirely.
Label the jurisdiction
Because financial rules are national, any claim that varies by country is explicitly labelled rather than presented as universal.
Avoid perishable figures
Specific tax rates, contribution limits and thresholds change frequently. We explain how a mechanism works and link to the official current figure, rather than quoting a number that silently becomes wrong.
Publish the sources
Every guide ends with links to the official bodies for each covered country, so you can verify our work independently.
What we never do
- Invent statistics, rates, limits, or study findings.
- Fabricate citations, or cite a source we haven't actually checked.
- Present opinion as established fact.
- Guarantee outcomes, returns, approval, or savings.
- Publish a figure we cannot trace to a primary source.
When we're not certain
If something cannot be verified, we say so plainly — "this varies by provider, check yours" — rather than filling the gap with a confident guess. Stating uncertainty honestly is always preferable to inventing precision.
Report an error
If you believe something here is wrong, please tell us. Factual corrections are our highest priority and are handled under the Corrections Policy.