Daniel Putnam

Daniel Putnam

InvestorPlace Contributor

Daniel Putnam is a professional financial writer with 18 years of experience writing articles about the financial markets, investment ideas, and personal finance.

Daniel holds a Master’s of Business Administration from Boston College and has traded stocks and options successfully for more than 20 years. Daniel lives in the Boston area with his wife and two children.

Recent Articles

Buy VIX Calls for Cheap Protection

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

The combination of a depressed VIX and steady stock market gains means that volatility is cheap. Now's the time to buy VIX calls to protect yourself.

Emerging Markets: Value Opportunity or Trap?

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Stocks in emerging markets are trading at a deep discount to the rest of the world, but this doesn't mean it's time to buy just yet.

The S&P’s Most Dramatic Performances of 2013 (And What They Taught Us)

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

We look at 2013's best and worst performers in the S&P 500, as well as what that might say about returns in 2014.

Why Dividend Stocks Could Bounce Off the Mat in 2014

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Higher-yielding dividend stocks lagged in 2013, but income plays could revive in the year ahead now that the Fed has finally started tapering.

Don’t Kill Yourself Interpreting Dow Jones’ Charts

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is making a triple-top on an inflation-adjusted basis. Here are two reasons why it just doesn't matter.

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