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 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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What Is Preferred Stock, And Should I Buy It?
investing Thinking of adding preferred stock to your portfolio? Read on for a breakdown of the pros and cons to buying preferred shares.
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The Pros' Picks: The 11 Best Nasdaq Stocks You Can Buy
stocks to buy A sharp pivot away from growth has given Wall Street a much different perspective on what constitutes today's best Nasdaq stocks. Take a look.
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10 High-Risk, Low-Rated Stocks to Avoid
stocks to sell With markets a little "toppy" these days, here are 10 S&P 500 stocks that quants have flagged as risky investment opportunities right now.
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Berkshire's Annual Meeting: What to Expect From Buffett & Co.
Warren Buffett Potential questions Buffett and Munger might face during Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting Saturday could include everything from bank stocks to Bitcoin to share buybacks.
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The 25 Best Stocks of Biden's First 100 Days
stocks From a market perspective, President Joe Biden is having one of the best first 100 days in the postwar era. These 25 stocks are the hottest of the lot.
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Sell in May and Go Away? Here We Go Again ...
Investor Psychology Every year, "sell in May and go away" is dragged out for show like Punxsutawney Phil. Should you follow this advice in 2022? As always, it depends.
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The Best ESG Stocks in the Dow
ESG Only a third of the stocks in the Dow rank as industry leaders according to MSCI's ESG rankings. Fortunately, most of those who do also are favored by Wall Street analysts.
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7 Slick Oil Stocks to Buy Now
energy stocks The best oil stocks to pursue, for now, are primarily those that have positioned themselves to withstand even more headwinds in the future.
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15 Stocks to Buy Today for Tomorrow's Innovations
stocks to buy The Argus Model Innovation Portfolio shines a spotlight on a number of stock picks that stand out for their innovative capabilities.
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The 25 Best Stocks Since the COVID Bear Market Bottom
stocks Top performers one year after the end of the COVID crash range from names that thrived during lockdowns to more speculative bets on a gradual return to pre-pandemic normal.
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Dividend Cuts and Suspensions: Who's Paring Back?
dividend stocks The COVID-caused flood of dividend cuts and suspensions has slowed to a trickle, but some notable names have still slashed payouts of late.
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Stock Market Today 3/18/21: Inflation Fears Wreck Tech Again
Stock Market Today A jump in the yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury note heightened inflation fears, and high-flying stocks in the technology sector once again paid the price.
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Stock Market Today 3/19/21: Stocks Close Mixed as Banks Sink, Tech Rebounds
Stock Market Today The Dow and S&P 500 lost ground amid a slide in financial shares, while Facebook helped the Nasdaq come back from a steep loss in the previous session.
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10 Stocks Warren Buffett Is Buying (And 11 He's Selling)
stocks Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett continued his bank bloodletting in Q4 2020, but he also initiated a few exciting new positions.
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Stock Market Today 2/10/21: Stocks Search for Direction
Stock Market Today A choppy day of trading left the major indices largely unchanged.
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Will Step Down, But Not Away
tech stocks Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will hand the reins over to his AWS chief later this year, but Wall Street still sees big things ahead for AMZN.
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How WSB Beat Hedge Funds at Their Own Game
stocks Short squeezes and stock mania are nothing new. But the Reddit community WallStreetBets (WSB) has put its own spin on an old formula via GME and other unloved stocks.
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