''Barron's'' is an American weekly
magazine
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newspaper published by
Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is an American publishing firm owned by News Corp and led by CEO Almar Latour.
The company publishes ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Barron's'', ''MarketWatch'', ''Mansion Global'', ''Financial News'' and ''Private Equ ...
, a division of
News Corp
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Founded in 1921 by
Clarence W. Barron (1855–1928)
as a sister publication to ''
The Wall Street Journal'', ''Barron's'' covers U.S. financial information, 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
Abby Joseph Cohen (born February 29, 1952) is an American economist and financial analyst on Wall Street. , she continues to serve as an advisory director at Goldman Sachs, after retiring from leadership of its Global Markets Institute. Prior to ...
,
Felix Zulauf
Felix Zulauf (www.felixzulauf.com) (born 1950), is the owner and president of Zulauf Asset Management, a Zug, Switzerland-based hedge fund, which he founded in 1990 and now runs as his private family office. Zulauf Asset Management had $1.7 billion ...
, 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
The magazine has been published by
Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is an American publishing firm owned by News Corp and led by CEO Almar Latour.
The company publishes ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Barron's'', ''MarketWatch'', ''Mansion Global'', ''Financial News'' and ''Private Equ ...
since 1921. The magazine is named after
Clarence W. Barron,
[ 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 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 "pentamillionaires", individuals with at least $5 million in assets, with financial advice.
]
Employees
Famous former and current editors, publishers, and journalists of the magazine include:
* Robert Bleiberg
Robert M. Bleiberg (June 21, 1924 – November 3, 1997) was an American editor, publisher and writer. He was the long-time editor, publisher and editorial director of ''Barron's''.
Biography
Bleiberg was born in Brooklyn in 1924 and graduated ...
, publisher (1982–1989), editor (1954-1981)
* Alan Abelson
Alan Abelson (October 12, 1925 – May 9, 2013) was a veteran financial journalist, and longtime writer of the influential ''Up and Down Wall Street'' column in ''Barron's Magazine''.
Career
He was editor of Barron's from 1981 until 1992. , columnist
* Clarence W. Barron, "father of financial journalism" and founder of the newspaper
See also
* William Peter Hamilton
References
External links
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