Dan Burrows

Dan Burrows

InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Dan Burrows is a veteran of CBS MoneyWatch, DailyFinance, SmartMoney and Dow Jones MarketWatch, and has written for The Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports and other publications. He favors value investing and writes about asset prices and macroeconomic trends for the long-term investor. He holds no individual securities.

Recent Articles

3 Sector Funds to Pile Into Now

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

These sector funds -- in both ETF and mutual fund flavors -- are poised to outperform as we enter the home stretch of 2013.

FedEx: A Stock That Always Delivers

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Cost-cutting and other wise moves have FedEx wringing more profit out of stagnant sales, making shares poised for more market-beating returns.

Bank Stock Showdown: JPM vs. WFC

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Which bank stock is better -- the biggest by market cap, or the biggest by assets? We break down whether JPMorgan or Wells Fargo (or both) is worth a buy.

3 Top Retail Broker Stocks: Buy, Sell or Hold?

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade and E*Trade are crushing the market for the year-to-date, but the easy money might have already been made.

3 Grand-Slam Dividend Stocks You’ve Never Heard Of

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Fat yields, great returns, respectable market caps and heavy insider buying make these unheralded dividend stocks look like big winners.

Should I Buy Netflix Stock? 3 Pros, 3 Cons

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Netflix stock is setting new all-time highs with more momentum ahead, but an obscenely expensive valuation makes NFLX a poor choice to buy and hold.

Dow Jones Gets a Major Facelift

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is bringing Goldman Sachs, Nike and Visa into the fold -- a move that, four years ago, would've meant Dow 16K by today.

3 Top ETFs to Play the Recovery in Europe

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Heavy exposure to regional markets has small-cap stocks poised to outperform in an economic recovery in Europe.

Nasdaq No Longer Second-Biggest U.S. Stock Exchange

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

A merged entity between BATS and Direct Edge will leapfrog the Nasdaq to become the second-largest U.S. stock exchange. That is, unless Nasdaq makes its own deal.

August Rate Roundup: CDs, Money Markets and Mortgages

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Rates continued to surge in August but savers didn't see an extra dime in interest. Banks, meanwhile, made out like bandits.

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