Financial Writer One if the easiest jobs to do from home, financial writers these days are in high demand. The job involves creating educational content and market analysis or observations for either print/web publications. The substance could be anything from sections related to finance to books that would help students in their university course. A few years of experience in the securities industry as a broker, financial analyst or portfolio manager helps them to start off writing and their personal experience makes them produce pieces faster than the inexperienced. Good financial writers can earn up to several hundred dollars per article. There are some that can pay salaries in the range of $70,000 to $90,000 per year.