Investing using the Barron’s 400 index
Aaron Levitt of InvestorPlace.com writes about how investors can now invest based on how financial publication Barron’s picks stocks. Levitt writes, “Considered to be one of the pillars of financial journalism, media outlet Barron’s has partnered with the fund distributor to create a new ETF based on their popular Barron’s 400 index. The index, which […]
No, I don’t shill for companies or own stocks
Barron’s veteran Tiernan Ray writes on its Tech Trader Daily blog about how he responds to allegations that his business journalism is influenced by outside forces. Ray writes, “I adhere to the Dow Jones rule of conduct, which is that I do not write about anything in which I have a financial interest. I got rid […]
Behind the scenes at Barrons.com
Greg Bartalos is the editor in chief of Barrons.com, the online site for the weekly business newspaper. He rejoined Barron’s as editor of Barrons.com in early 2009, following his most recent role as assistant managing editor of Yahoo! Finance, a position he held since 2006. He previously served as senior editor of Barrons.com. In his role, […]
Colleagues, Wall Street friends and readers remember Abelson
Barron’s has collected a series of remembrances about Alan Abelson, its former editor and longtime columnist who died last week at the age of 87. Here is one from Rhonda Brammer, a former Barron’s contributing editor: The Barron’s magazine I joined in the early 1980s, back in the days of ticker tape and martini lunches, […]
A giant in business journalism
Howard Gold writes for Marketwatch.com about why Barron’s columnist Alan Abelson, who died last week at the age of 87, was one of the greatest business journalists of all time. Gold writes, “In a field not known for its humor (Allan Sloan being a notable exception), Abelson’s wit was dry and sly, and he had […]
The legacy of Alan Abelson’s life
John Kostrzewa, the business editor of the Providence Journal, writes about the biggest legacy that Barron’s columnist Alan Abelson leaves the world of financial journalism. Kostrzewa writes, “But in reading his obituary, here’s what caught my eye. He grew up in Queens and studied chemistry and English at City College of New York before earning […]
Why we will all miss Alan Abelson
Brooke Southall of RIABiz.com writes about why readers of Barron’s will really miss columnist Alan Abelson, who died earlier this week. Southall writes, “Often things happen on Fridays and his columns that appeared Saturday mornings always seemed to assimilate late-breaking reality —without the sense of last-minute appending. I often coughed up the five bucks for […]
Abelson could move stock prices
The writer who critiqued Wall Street and companies the most during the last 30 years of the 20th century was Alan Abelson of Barron’s, whose death at age 87 was announced on Thursday. While the stock market rose to new heights for most of the 1990s, Abelson criticized the run-up on almost a weekly basis. […]
Abelson was one of the greatest market commentators
Joshua Brown of The Reformed Broker writes Thursday about Barron’s columnist Alan Abelson, who has died at the age of 87. Brown writes, “He was one of the greatest market commentators, financial writers and teachers in the history of Wall Street. There will be many eulogies for and remembrances of Alan this weekend, I am […]
Biz journalism legend Abelson has died
Business journalism legend Alan Abelson, who worked for Barron’s for the past 57 years, has died. Barron’s editor Ed Finn writes, “For many readers, there can be no substitute for Alan’s witty, wise and wonderfully written comments each week in Up and Down Wall Street. But Alan’s contributions to Barron’s, and to financial journalism, go […]
