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

Are Large-Cap Biotech Stocks in a Bubble?

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Biotech stocks have outpaced the rest of the market by a huge margin, but it takes more than gaudy performance numbers to create a bubble.

12 Stocks & ETFs That Are in the Danger Zone

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Energy and mining stocks have been hit hard in recent months, but the charts show a wide range of stocks that are on the verge of additional weakness.

INTC, MSFT: Don’t Count Intel and Microsoft Out Just Yet

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Intel and Microsoft are facing the headwind of slow PC sales, but their dividend yields offer a meaningful source of support.

Mutual Funds: Active Management Outed as a Failure AGAIN

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Everyone knows that actively managed mutual funds deliver inferior results, but the latest SPIVA Scorecard removes all doubt that active management is a fool's game.

GLD: All the Reasons You Need to Avoid Gold, Gold Stocks

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Gold and gold stocks continue to attract interest, but fundamentals and technicals both indicate that ETFs such as GLD and GDX should be avoided for now.

Why Offshore Energy Stocks Still Aren’t a Buy

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Offshore energy stocks such as Transcoean and Diamond Offshore are well off of their highs, but the risks remain high.

5 Overvalued Consumer Staples Stocks to Sell NOW

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Consumer staples stocks have climbed to extremely high valuations, and these five stocks stand out as being particularly overvalued right now.

10 Must-See Stock Charts for March

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Netflix, financial stocks and a Vanguard ETF highlight the list of the top stock charts to watch in the month ahead.

Why Nasdaq 5,000 Is Meaningless for Invididual Investors

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Nasdaq Composite Index is in striking distance of both the 5,000 level and its all-time high. But should anyone really care?

10 Stock Charts You MUST Watch

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Volatile markets create trading opportunities, and that's certainly the case right now. Which stock charts are poised to break out in February, and which could break down?

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