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]
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.
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:
Robert Bleiberg, publisher (1982–1989), editor (1954–1981)[22]
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^ a b"CLARENCE W. BARRON, PUBLISHER, IS DEAD; Head of The Wall St. Journal a Victim of Catarrhal Jaundice at 73 in Battle Creek. NOTED FINANCIAL FIGURE A Writer on World Fiscal Topics —Body Will Be Taken to His Old Home in Boston". The New York Times. October 3, 1928.
^"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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^"This Week". Barron's.
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^"Roundtable". Barron's.
^"Best Online Brokers". Barron's.
^"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 ...
^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.
^"Dow Jones Media Group stitches corporate work and lifestyle together". April 9, 2018. The current iteration of Penta is ...
^"Barron's Magazine to Launch New Section Providing Trusted Advice for Pentamillionaires" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. September 24, 2009.
^Grant, James (1997-11-07). "The Great Contrarian". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
^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.