Barron's (newspaper)

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Barron's
Barrons Cover April 2021.jpg
April 5, 2021 cover of Barron's
Editor in Chief David Cho
CategoriesBusiness
FrequencyWeekly
Total circulation
(2013)		305,513 [1]
Founder Clarence W. Barron
First issue1921;102 years ago (1921)
Company Dow Jones & Company (News Corp)
Country United States
Based in New York City, New York, U.S.
Website www.barrons.com
ISSN 1077-8039

Barron's [2] [3] is an American weekly magazine/newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp.

Contents

Founded in 1921 by Clarence W. Barron (1855–1928) [4] as a sister publication to The Wall Street Journal , Barron's covers U.S. 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.

Features

Features in the publication include:

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.

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Ad for Barron's, 1975

Barrons.com [14] [15] was launched in 1996 as part of WSJ.com.

In 2005, following "its first redesign in nearly 11 years" [16] Barron's relaunched as a standalone product, [17] months after their first Financial Advisor conference. [18]

In September 2008, Barron's acquired the Winner's Circle Organization. [19] 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. [20] [21]

Employees

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

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References

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  2. ↑ Hersh Shefrin (2002). Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding Behavioral Finance. ISBN   0195161211.
  3. ↑ Harold L. Vogel (2014). Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis. ISBN   978-1107075290.
  4. 1 2 "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 . October 3, 1928.
  5. ↑ "Barron's: IBM Credit Corp. & Comdisco". Computerworld . 17 October 1983. p. 5. The Barron's report further stated that IBM Credit Corp. ...
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  8. ↑ Google Scholar: H. Desai; P. C. Jain (1995). "An analysis of the recommendations of the "superstar" money managers at Barron's annual roundtable". The Journal of Finance. Vol. 50, no. 4. pp. 1257–1273. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6261.1995.tb04057.x. performance of .. Barron's Annual Roundtable
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  10. ↑ "Best Online Brokers". Barron's.
  11. ↑ "Barron's: Comdisco books "very complicated"". Computerworld . September 3, 1984. p. 103. John Keefe, a stock analyst who follows the company, said ... very complicated, and the Barron's examination of ...
  12. ↑ "Top Financial Advisors". Barron's.
  13. ↑ Barron's (1921–1942). OCLC   712794404.
  14. ↑ "Barron's' to bow on Web". Advertising Age . 28 June 1996.
  15. ↑ "Barron's Videos". wsj.com.
  16. ↑ "Barron's gets a redesign". Advertising Age . 17 May 2005.
  17. ↑ January 2006
  18. ↑ 2005: "Best of Best Meet at Barron's Winner's Circle Conference for Financial Advisors; Barron's First-Ever Event Yields Insights into Industry Best Practices" (Press release). 6 December 2005. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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  20. ↑ "Dow Jones Media Group stitches corporate work and lifestyle together". April 9, 2018. The current iteration of Penta is ...
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