Barron's_(newspaper)

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Barron's

American financial weekly newspaper

For other uses, see Barron's (disambiguation). "Barrons" redirects here. For the general, see Richard Barrons.

Barron's[2][3] (stylized in all caps) is an American weekly magazine/newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp, since 1921.

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Founded as Barron's National Financial Weekly in 1921 by Clarence W. Barron (1855–1928)[4] as a sister publication to The Wall Street Journal, Barron's covers U.S. financial information,[5] market developments, and relevant statistics. Each issue provides a summary of the previous week's market activity as well as news, reports, and an outlook on the week to come.

Features

Features in the publication include:

  • Market Week – coverage of the previous week's market activity[6][7]
  • Barron's Roundtable – Posts from noted investors such as Bill Gross, Mario Gabelli, Abby Joseph Cohen, Felix Zulauf, and Marc Faber[8][9]
  • Best Online Brokers – A ranking of the top online trading brokerage firms. Criteria include trading experience and technology, usability, mobile, range of offerings, research amenities, portfolio analysis & report, customer service & education, and costs.[10]
  • Top Financial Advisors – America's top financial advisors.[11][12]

History

The magazine has been published by Dow Jones & Company since 1921.[13] The magazine is named after Clarence W. Barron,[4] an influential figure to Dow Jones and a founder of modern financial journalism. Dow Jones also publishes The Wall Street Journal. In 1990, color was introduced to the magazine and full color in January 1996. Barron's introduced a two-section version of the paper on March 7, 1994.

Ad for Barron's, 1975

Barrons.com[14][15] was launched in 1996 as part of WSJ.com.

In 2005, following "its first redesign in nearly 11 years"[16] Barron's relaunched as a standalone product,[17] months after their first Financial Advisor conference.[18]

In September 2008, Barron's acquired the Winner's Circle Organization.[19] In September 2009, Barron's launched Penta as a new section. The section targets "pentamillionaires", individuals with at least $5 million in assets, with financial advice.[20][21]

Employees

Famous former and current editors, publishers, and journalists of the magazine include:

See also

References

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    "Barron's: IBM Credit Corp. & Comdisco". Computerworld. 17 October 1983. p. 5. The Barron's report further stated that IBM Credit Corp. ...
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    Google Scholar: N. W. Netanel (2008). "New media in old bottles? Barron's". George Washington Law Review. SSRN 1183167. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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    "This Week". Barron's.
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    Google Scholar: H. Desai; P. C. Jain (1995). "An analysis of the recommendations of the "superstar" money managers at Barron's annual roundtable". The Journal of Finance. Vol. 50, no. 4. pp. 1257–1273. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6261.1995.tb04057.x. performance of .. Barron's Annual Roundtable
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    "Roundtable". Barron's.
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    "Best Online Brokers". Barron's.
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    "Barron's: Comdisco books "very complicated"". Computerworld. September 3, 1984. p. 103. John Keefe, a stock analyst who follows the company, said ... very complicated, and the Barron's examination of ...
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    "Top Financial Advisors". Barron's.
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    Barron's (1921–1942). OCLC 712794404.
  14. [14]
    "Barron's' to bow on Web". Advertising Age. 28 June 1996.
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    "Barron's Videos". wsj.com.
  16. [16]
    "Barron's gets a redesign". Advertising Age. 17 May 2005.
  17. [17]
    January 2006
  18. [18]
    2005: "Best of Best Meet at Barron's Winner's Circle Conference for Financial Advisors; Barron's First-Ever Event Yields Insights into Industry Best Practices" (Press release). 6 December 2005. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  19. [19]
    "Barron's acquires The Winner's Circle Organization". American City Business Journals. September 25, 2008.
  20. [20]
    "Dow Jones Media Group stitches corporate work and lifestyle together". April 9, 2018. The current iteration of Penta is ...
  21. [21]
    "Barron's Magazine to Launch New Section Providing Trusted Advice for Pentamillionaires" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. September 24, 2009.
  22. [22]
    Grant, James (1997-11-07). "The Great Contrarian". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  23. [23]
    Martin, Douglas (2013-05-11). "Alan Abelson, Who at Barron's Was a Thorn in Wall Street's Side, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
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