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Barron's

American financial weekly newspaper

Summary

American financial weekly newspaper

Field	Value
title	Barron's
logo	Logo Barron's.svgclass=skin-invert
image_file	Barrons_Cover_April_2021.jpg
image_size
image_caption	April 5, 2021 cover of Barron's
editor	David Cho
editor_title	Editor in Chief
category	Business
frequency	Weekly
total_circulation	305,513
circulation_year	2013
founder	Clarence W. Barron
firstdate
company	Dow Jones & Company (News Corp)
country	United States
based	New York City, New York, U.S.
website
issn	1077-8039
oclc	29933161

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.

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 activityGoogle Scholar: {{cite journal
Barron's Roundtable – Posts from noted investors such as Bill Gross, Mario Gabelli, Abby Joseph Cohen, Felix Zulauf, and Marc Faber
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.
Top Financial Advisors – America's top financial advisors{{cite news

History

The magazine has been published by Dow Jones & Company since 1921.{{cite book

Barrons.com{{cite news |title=Barron's' to bow on Web |newspaper=Advertising Age

In September 2008, Barron's acquired the Winner's Circle Organization. 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.{{cite web

Employees

Famous former and current editors, publishers, and journalists of the magazine include:

Robert Bleiberg, publisher (1982–1989), editor (1954–1981)
Alan Abelson, columnist
Clarence W. Barron, "father of financial journalism" and founder of the newspaper

References

(June 30, 2013). "Alliance for Audited Media Snapshot Report – 6/30/2013". [[Alliance for Audited Media]].
Vogel, Harold L.. (2014). "Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis". Cambridge University Press.
Shefrin, Hersh. (2002). "Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding Behavioral Finance". Oxford University Press.
(1995). "An analysis of the recommendations of the "superstar" money managers at Barron's annual roundtable".
"Roundtable". Barron's.
"Best Online Brokers". Barron's.
"Top Financial Advisors". Barron's.
(October 3, 1928). "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]].
"ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Barron's (1921–2010) – Databases – UW-Madison Libraries".
January 2006
(September 25, 2008). "Barron's acquires The Winner's Circle Organization". [[American City Business Journals]].
(September 24, 2009). "Barron's Magazine to Launch New Section Providing Trusted Advice for Pentamillionaires". [[GlobeNewswire]].
Grant, James. (November 7, 1997). "The Great Contrarian". Wall Street Journal.
Martin, Douglas. (May 11, 2013). "Alan Abelson, Who at Barron's Was a Thorn in Wall Street's Side, Dies at 87". The New York Times.

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