Barron's
 April 5, 2021 cover ofBarron'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 inall caps) is an American weeklymagazine/newspaperpublished byDow Jones & Company,a division ofNews Corp,since 1921.
Founded asBarron's National Financial Weeklyin 1921 byClarence W. Barron(1855–1928)[4]as a sister publication toThe Wall Street Journal,Barron'scovers 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 asBill Gross,Mario Gabelli,Abby Joseph Cohen,Felix Zulauf,andMarc 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 byDow Jones & Companysince 1921.[13]The magazine is named afterClarence W. Barron,[4]an influential figure to Dow Jones and a founder of modern financialjournalism.Dow Jones also publishesThe Wall Street Journal.In 1990, color was introduced to the magazine and full color in January 1996.Barron'sintroduced a two-section version of the paper on March 7, 1994.
Barrons[14][15]was launched in 1996 as part of WSJ.
In 2005, following "its first redesign in nearly 11 years"[16]Barron'srelaunched as a standalone product,[17]months after their first Financial Advisor conference.[18]
In September 2008,Barron'sacquired the Winner's Circle Organization.[19]In September 2009,Barron'slaunched 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]
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- ^Hersh Shefrin (2002).Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding Behavioral Finance.Oxford University Press.ISBN0195161211.
- ^Harold L. Vogel (2014).Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis.Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-1107075290.
- ^ab"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.SSRN1183167.
{{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).OCLC712794404.
- ^"Barron's' to bow on Web".Advertising Age.28 June 1996.
- ^"Barron's Videos".wsj.
- ^"Barron's gets a redesign".Advertising Age.17 May 2005.
- ^January 2006
- ^2005:"Best of BestMeet 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.Retrieved28 May2015.
- ^"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.ISSN0099-9660.Retrieved2021-10-09.
- ^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.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2021-10-09.