Dan Burrows
Dan Burrows is a financial writer at Kiplinger, having joined the august publication full time in 2016.
A long-time financial journalist, Dan is a veteran of SmartMoney, MarketWatch, CBS MoneyWatch, InvestorPlace and DailyFinance. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Consumer Reports, Senior Executive and Boston magazine, and his stories have appeared in the New York Daily News, the San Jose Mercury News and Investor's Business Daily, among other publications. As a senior writer at AOL's DailyFinance, Dan reported market news from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and hosted a weekly video segment on equities.
Once upon a time – before his days as a financial reporter and assistant financial editor at legendary fashion trade paper Women's Wear Daily – Dan worked for Spy magazine, scribbled away at Time Inc. and contributed to Maxim magazine back when lad mags were a thing. He's also written for Esquire magazine's Dubious Achievements Awards.
In his current role at Kiplinger, Dan writes about equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities, funds, macroeconomics and more.
Dan holds a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College and a master's degree from Columbia University.
Disclosure: Dan does not trade stocks or other securities. Rather, he dollar-cost averages into cheap funds and index funds and holds them forever in tax-advantaged accounts.
Latest articles by Dan Burrows
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The Best and Worst Dow Stocks of 2021
blue chip stocks The Dow Jones Industrial Average produced well-above-average returns in 2021. But some of its venerable blue chips did far better ... while others left shareholders feeling shortchanged.
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The 12 Best Financial Stocks to Buy for 2022
stocks to buy Financial-sector investors could be in for another year of outperformance. These 12 financial stocks have the best prospects for 2022, say Wall Street's pros.
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Hedge Funds' 25 Top Blue-Chip Stocks to Buy Now
blue chip stocks What is the reputed smart money up to lately? We explore the 25 most popular blue-chip stocks among the hedge fund crowd.
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Warren Buffett's Stock Buys and Sells From Q3 2021
stocks Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett kept up his bearish streak in Q3 2021, but he did add a pair of positions from two of his favored industries.
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J&J’s Corporate Split: Just Another Big, Blue-Chip Breakup
Investing for Income Johnson & Johnson is the latest in a line of mega-cap household names that have split their businesses in a bid to boost growth.
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Elon Dumps ~$6B in Tesla Stock as Only Elon Can
stocks Wall Street's pros expected Tesla's CEO to exit part of his position. Musk turned a routine event into a publicity stunt ... and a savvy tax move.
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5 Mega-Cap Stocks Analysts Love the Most
blue chip stocks Stocks with market values of at least $200 billion are where the really big money places its bets. These mega caps are Wall Street's favorites.
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The Single-Best Trading Week of the Year Starts Now
stocks The strongest five-session stretch for stock market returns is upon us, says LPL Financial Chief Market Strategist Ryan Detrick. November as a whole isn't bad, either.
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BofA: 13 Stocks to Buy for a Tax-Loss Harvesting Haul
stocks to buy A BofA Securities note identifies 13 stock picks that might be temporarily hampered by tax-loss harvesting but are fundamentally sound and could outperform in the coming months.
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10 Dow Dividend Stocks Analysts Love the Most
blue chip stocks With uncertainty running high amid a return of volatility, the case for the best Dow dividend stocks is as strong as ever.
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Insider Buying: Bullish Signals for These 7 Stocks
stocks If history is any guide, these stocks could be headed higher in the months ahead, based on recent insider buying activity.
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China's Evergrande Crisis: A Real Threat to U.S. Stocks?
Foreign Stocks & Emerging Markets A looming debt default by Chinese real estate titan Evergrande is sparking fears of global contagion and knocking stocks from their perches.
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Bull Case on Zoom (ZM) Stock Is Cracked, Not Broken
tech stocks Zoom Video's latest quarter produced a few uninspiring surprises, but analysts (and a popular fund manager) remain largely bullish on ZM stock.
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11 Recovery Stocks That Could Get a Vaccine Spark
stocks to buy The FDA's full approval of a COVID-19 vaccine was just the catalyst downtrodden recovery stocks needed, analysts say.
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Penny Stocks: Why You Should Always Stay Away
Scams With the exception of some large foreign firms, investors should generally avoid stocks that trade over-the-counter.
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Wedbush: Apple a Buy Ahead of iPhone 13 Launch
tech stocks Wedbush's Daniel Ives is predicting a "normal" launch of the iPhone 13. And for AAPL stock, normal is ideal.
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Warren Buffett's Stock Buys and Sells From Q2 2021
stocks Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and his team were bears yet again in Q2 2021, hacking away at a large number of positions while only adding to a handful.
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The 10 "Real" Richest Counties in the U.S.
real estate People living in the richest counties in America enjoy high incomes without the heavy cost pressures that usually come with them.
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Raymond James: Facebook (FB) Stock Is a Buy, Growth Worries and All
stocks to buy FB stock slumps as the social media company warns about second-half growth, but Raymond James remains bullish.
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America's Worst CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios
stocks These 10 S&P 500 firms boast sky-high CEO-to-worker pay ratios that see their executives making thousands of times more than their median employee.
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10 High-Quality Stocks With Dividend Yields of 4% or More
dividend stocks There's no shortage of stocks with dividends these days, but not all of them are worth chasing. Here's a list of top-rated, high-yielding names to consider.
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Stock Market Today 6/3/21: Markets Dip Despite Upbeat Jobs Data
Stock Market Today Good news about the state of the labor market just a day ahead of the monthly payrolls report stirred anxiety about inflation and rising interest rates.
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13 Stocks Warren Buffett Is Selling (And 5 He's Buying)
stocks Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and his team hacked away at numerous positions in Q1 2021 but found only a few stocks worth buying.
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What AT&T's WarnerMedia Spinoff Means for Your Dividends
dividend stocks AT&T and Discovery's major M&A deal includes a cut to T's generous dividend payment.
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