Barron's
 April 5, 2021 cover of Barron's | |
| Editor in Chief | David Cho |
|---|---|
| Categories | Business |
| 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, New York, U.S. |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 1077-8039 |
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.
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Famous former and current editors, publishers, and journalists of the magazine include:
- Robert Bleiberg, publisher (1982–1989), editor (1954–1981)[22]
- Alan Abelson, columnist[23]
- Clarence W. Barron, "father of financial journalism" and founder of the newspaper
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Hersh Shefrin (2002). Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding Behavioral Finance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195161211.
- ^ Harold L. Vogel (2014). Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107075290.
- ^ 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. ...
- ^ 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) - ^ "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. Vol. 50, no. 4. pp. 1257–1273. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6261.1995.tb04057.x.
performance of .. Barron's Annual Roundtable
- ^ "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 ...
- ^ "Top Financial Advisors". Barron's.
- ^ Barron's (1921–1942). OCLC 712794404.
- ^ "Barron's' to bow on Web". Advertising Age. 28 June 1996.
- ^ "Barron's Videos". wsj.com.
- ^ "Barron's gets a redesign". Advertising Age. 17 May 2005.
- ^ January 2006
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Barron's acquires The Winner's Circle Organization". American City Business Journals. September 25, 2008.
- ^ "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.