President Calvin Coolidge and his wife Grace, visited Clarence Barron at his Cohasset, Mass. summer home.	Cover page of first issue of Barron's, dated May 9, 1921.

On May 8, 1921, Barron's hit the newsstands for the first time. The masthead read Barron's: The National Financial Weekly. In his foreword, founder Clarence Barron wrote, "With clear appreciation of difficulties to be met and close and confident attention to the best means of meeting them, we submit to those who read for profit a new financial publication having for its motto 'the application of money to practical means.'" Clarence Barron himself penned the lead story of the inaugural issue, which was titled "European Unsettlements: The Distress of France."

When Barron's made its debut, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (then comprised of 20 stocks) was a lofty 79.48. The first issue was 16 pages in length and sold approximately 9,000 copies. The cover price of the new financial weekly was 20 cents and $10 for an annual subscription. Circulation today, in this 80th year, is over 300,000.

In the 80 years since Clarence Barron launched his weekly financial magazine, it has become even more comprehensive. What hasn't changed is the commitment to provide readers the best intelligence for making wise investment decisions.