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) is an American weekly

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and

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published by

Dow Jones & Company Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (also known simply as Dow Jones) 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'' ...

, a division of

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, 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 ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...

'', ''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

The magazine has been published by

since 1921. The magazine is named after Clarence W. Barron, an influential figure to Dow Jones and a founder of modern financial

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. Dow Jones also publishes ''

''. 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 "penta-millionaires" (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, publisher (1982–1989), editor (1954–1981) * Alan Abelson, columnist * Clarence W. Barron, "father of financial journalism" and founder of the newspaper

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External links

* {{Dow Jones 1921 establishments in the United States Business magazines published in the United States Dow Jones & Company National newspapers published in the United States Newspapers established in 1921 Weekly newspapers published in the United States

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