a) Choose an area in finance that interests you. For example, something that you read in the newspaper, a magazine, a finance journal, a book or maybe heard on the TV news.
b) Go to the library and check the Business Periodicals Indexes for additional sources of writing in your area of interest. Though step a) above may point you towards an interesting topic, you can only get sufficient depth and expertise in the area of interest by reading a number of different articles in that field.
c) Read some of the articles and check their bibliography for further leads.
d) Draw up an outline and the title for your paper
e) Write a preliminary draft. Make sure all quotes and sources are properly acknowledged in footnotes (endnotes).
f) Correct your preliminary draft(s) for smooth flow of ideas, spelling and punctuation, grammar etc.