Dan Burrows

Dan Burrows

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

Home Prices Rise, but Builders Look Frothy

Beware: The sector's stocks may have gotten ahead of reality. The Case-Shiller index's good news for homeowners won't necessarily boost homebuilders.

The Best Big Bank Stocks to Own: Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp

Healthier balance sheets, loan growth and ultra-low mortgage rates are fueling record results in these two bank stocks.

Corporate Profit Streak Is at Risk on Outlooks

Those downright ugly outlooks could be setting stocks up for a fall because the S&P has tacked on more than 50 points even as forward earnings estimates drop.

Bellwethers Paint a Mixed Economic Portrait

Earnings season shows a slowdown but no new recession. And while some companies are girding for the worst, others are positively brimming with optimism.

How to Play Hiring or Firing

Betting on a jobs recovery with specific sectors or names is pretty risky. Here's a better way. It may not be sexy, it's more likely to work.