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American financial weekly newspaper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barron's

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

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Barron's
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April 5, 2021 cover of Barron's
Editor in ChiefDavid Cho
CategoriesBusiness
FrequencyWeekly
Total circulation
(2013)
305,513[1]
FounderClarence W. Barron
First issue1921; 104 years ago (1921)
CompanyDow Jones & Company (News Corp)
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City, New York, U.S.
Websitewww.barrons.com
ISSN1077-8039
OCLC29933161
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Founded as Barron's National Financial Weekly in 1921 by Clarence W. Barron (1855–1928) as a sister publication to The Wall Street Journal, Barron's covers U.S. financial companies, 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[4][5]
  • Barron's Roundtable – Posts from noted investors such as Bill Gross, Mario Gabelli, Abby Joseph Cohen, Felix Zulauf, and Marc Faber[6][7]
  • 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.[8]
  • Top Financial Advisors – America's top financial advisors[9][10]

History

The magazine has been published by Dow Jones & Company since 1921.[11] The magazine is named after Clarence W. Barron,[12] 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.[13]

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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 "penta-millionaires" (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

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