Barron's
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Categories | Business |
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Frequency | Weekly |
Total circulation (2013) | 305,513[1] |
Founder | Clarence W. Barron |
First issue | 1921 |
Company | Dow Jones & Company (News Corp) |
Country | United States |
Based in | New York City |
Website | www |
ISSN | 1077-8039 |
Barron's[2][3] is an American weekly magazine/newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp. Founded in 1921 by Clarence W. Barron(1855-1928)[4] as a sister publication to The Wall Street Journal, Barron's covers US 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. 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[13] was launched in 1996 as part of WSJ.com and relaunched as a standalone product in January 2006. Barron's held its first Financial Advisor conference in 2005.[14] In September 2008, Barron's acquired the Winner's Circle Organization.[15] 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.[16]
References
- ^ "Alliance for Audited Media Snapshot Report - 6/30/2013". Alliance for Audited Media. June 30, 2013. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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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.
- ^ Computerworld. 17 October 1983. p. 5 https://books.google.com/books?id=oRXYb7liu6wC.
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- ^ "This Week". Barron's.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ "Roundtable". Barron's.
- ^ "Best Online Brokers". Barron's.
- ^ Computerworld. September 3, 1984. p. 103 https://books.google.com/books?id=0OsESSRYEc0C.
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(help) - ^ "Top Financial Advisors". Barron's.
- ^ "Barron's Videos". wsj.com.
- ^ "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". 6 December 2005. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Barron's acquires The Winner's Circle Organization". American City Business Journals. September 25, 2008.
- ^ "Barron's Magazine to Launch New Section Providing Trusted Advice for Pentamillionaires" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. September 24, 2009.