Barron's
Barron's 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 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 activity
- 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
History
Barrons.com was launched in 1996 as part of WSJ.com. In 2005, following "its first redesign in nearly 11 years" Barron's relaunched as a standalone product, months after their first Financial Advisor conference.
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" with financial advice.
Employees
Famous former and current editors, publishers, and journalists of the magazine include:- Robert Bleiberg, publisher, editor
- Alan Abelson, columnist
- Clarence W. Barron, "father of financial journalism" and founder of the newspaper