Barron's Magazine

Pros: Weekly Review of the Markets and the worlds of Business and Finance

Cons: Some stories and articles may be over beginners' heads

The Bottom Line: Anyone with money in the markets, interested in learning more about investing, researching companies, and getting a better handle on the markets is well served by reading Barron’s regularly

Review: A weekly look at the markets, finance and business, Barron’s is written for people who are serious about their money and serious about the latest financial news. It’s also a good primer for anyone who is more interested in getting involved in the stock ...

Pros: Excellent tools, plethora of information

Cons: It is only a weekly paper, quite pricey

Review: I’ve heard people say that in this kind of bull market, you can pretty much take a dart and toss it at a stock chart, purchase the stock, and you’ll make money. I think that’s the most asinine way to invest your money, but hey, we all have our own...

Pros: Easy to read, very in depth, covers a lot of topics

Cons: Some information is difficult to understand

Review: Some of you may have read my earlier posting regarding the hidden bias in the financial press. Now I am going to offer you an alternative that is not biased. First of all, a little background on my previous post. Many financial publications are...

Pros: More info than you can possibly use

Cons: A little costly to buy every week

Review: As you can tell by my title, I think Barron's is a terrific publication.

If you need a quick recap of the week's events, the Market Week section is where to turn.

The articles on companies, economics and current events are very...

Pros: succinct, usually correct in its predictions

Cons: needs more graphics and color

Review: Barron's has quickly become one of my favorite weekly periodicals. At first I was turned off by its size and confusing page numbering system (it differentiates between ordinary page numbers and "Market Watch" page numbers in a special section)....

Pros: Timely; accurate; some great staff writers

Cons: Newspaper format, falls apart easily; Novice investors won't understand everything

The Bottom Line: Barron's is a very helpful, timely, financial publication.

Review: Those who have large sums of money invested are usually avid followers of financial markets and avid readers of financial periodicals. There are several publications that talk the language of finance and one of them is Barron’s, a magazine that ...

Pros: Good recap of the stock market

Cons: Can't predict the future of the market..but who can?

Review: Barrons is a weekly financial publication that has the weeks stock quotes, charts and graphs of stocks and a myriad of the previous weeks financial information.
If you don't have the time to read the weekly papers such as the Wall Street...

Pros: Great recapping of news, great insight into future purchases

Cons: Cost is slightly high compared to other sources

Review: I started subscribing to Barron's right after I got hooked on the stock market and investing. I have been 100% happy with my decision to do so.

Barron's does carry a nice hefty yearly subscription fee, but to me, it's well worth it...

Pros: Reliable

Cons: Stodgy

Review: I get Barron's to keep up to date on the stock market. Its listings and stock data are the best of any publication I have seen.

On the other hand, I find it very stodgy in terms of news articles. By this I mean that while investors are...

Pros: Good, in-depth news coverage

Cons: The reporters turn into wanna-be analysts, predictions often wrong, expensive

Review: First off, Id like to say I have read the other reviews, and I do agree with some of the positives the reviewers mentioned about Barron's. However, I think there is a fundamental flaw in the magazine that I have seen come up time and time again in my...