Barron's (newspaper)
Barron's (newspaper)
Categories | Business |
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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 |
Website | |
ISSN | 1077-8039[24] |
Barron's [2][3] is an American weekly magazine/newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp. Founded in 1921 by Clarence W. Barron (1855-1928)[4] as a sister publication to The Wall Street Journal, Barron's covers US 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.
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 |
Website | |
ISSN | 1077-8039[24] |
Features
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 as Bill Gross, Mario Gabelli, Abby Joseph Cohen, Felix Zulauf, and Marc 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
The magazine has been published by Dow Jones & Company since 1921.[13] The magazine is named after Clarence W. Barron,[4] 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.