Founded asBarron's National Financial Weekly in 1921 byClarence W. Barron (1855–1928) as a sister publication toThe 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.
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.[8]
Top Financial Advisors – America's top financial advisors.[9][10]
The magazine has been published byDow Jones & Company since 1921.[11] The magazine is named afterClarence W. Barron,[12] an influential figure to Dow Jones and a founder of modern financialjournalism. Dow Jones also publishesThe 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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Barrons.com[13][14] was launched in 1996 as part of WSJ.com.
In 2005, following "its first redesign in nearly 11 years"[15]Barron's relaunched as a standalone product,[16] months after their first Financial Advisor conference.[17]
In September 2008,Barron's acquired the Winner's Circle Organization.[18] 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.[19][20]
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