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

Merger Monday Is Making a Slow Comeback

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer Nov 12, 2012

Traders love mergers, and a flurry of deals bodes well for M&A, which is at the lowest level since the depths of the financial crisis.

Stock Splits Would Lift These Sagging Shares

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer Nov 9, 2012

Priceline's deal to snap up rival Kayak hasn't rallied investors. Maybe PCLN should consider a stock split instead -- and for that matter, so should these seven.

These Stocks Could Jump on Energy M&A

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer Nov 9, 2012

The energy sector is ripe for consolidation, making Devon, Apache and others potential targets for cash-rich blue-chips.

Office Depot, OfficeMax: It’s Too Late to Play This Trade

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer Nov 7, 2012

They're soaring on investor activism -- not improving fundamentals. If you need proof, look at Staples, which is in the same shape but whose stock is wilting.

China’s Diabetes Epidemic Boosts Big Pharma

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer Nov 6, 2012

The world's largest population of diabetics is growing alarmingly, and combating it raises the prospects for names like Merck, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi.