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

Wells Fargo’s Mediocre Results Will Drive More Mediocre Gains (WFC)

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Wells Fargo earnings were mixed at best, but improvement over the previous period should be good enough to keep WFC rising this year.

Apple iPhone Takes the Smartphone Proft Prize (AAPL)

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

The Apple (AAPL) iPhone makes almost all of the smartphone industry's profits, and that puts competition like Samsung in a tough place.

Don’t Dump Bond Funds Because of Rising Rates

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

A look at the last three times the Fed raised rates shows that bond funds recover quickly and can even do very well for patient investors.

Greek Debt Deal Isn’t a Done Deal, But Stocks Don’t Care

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

The tentative Greek debt deal avoids a Grexit from the eurozone for now, but it's far more punitive than it is curative.

The Top 10 S&P 500 Dividend Stocks for July

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

The yields on dividend stocks continue to climb as shares slump on macroeconomic pressures and the threat of an interest-rate hike.

An Offer It Can’t Refuse: HZMP Goes After Depomed

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Horizon Pharma's (HZNP) growth-through-acquisitions strategy has another target. It will be hard for Depomed to escape this hostile bid.

Too Late to Trade Advance Auto Parts on S&P 500 Nod

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Advance Auto Parts (AAP) popped on news of its inclusion in the benchmark, but the quick-score trade happened too fast for retail investors.

Are Stock Buybacks a Necessary Evil?

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Stock buybacks may be wasteful use of capital, but they've been a savior of shareholder returns in an era of no-to-low sales growth.

Q2 Earnings Season Won’t Be as Ugly as Headlines Suggest

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

After stripping out the catastrophe that is the energy sector, estimated second-quarter earnings and sales growth isn't half bad.

Univision IPO Offers a Way to Play Big Demographic Trends

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer

Univision's IPO could give the Spanish-language broadcaster a market value of $20 billion at a time when the Latino population is booming.

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