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

Who Cares Which Stocks Are Going Ex-Dividend?

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 26, 2013

Ignore lists of stocks going ex-dividend! Trading stocks around their ex-dividend date to capture the payout is a futile approach that raises your tax bill.

XLK: The One Chart You Need to Watch in August

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 26, 2013

Investors who want to gauge how far the U.S. stock market can run from here need only focus on a single ETF in the month ahead: the Technology SPDR (XLK).

Starved for High Yield? Wait a Little Longer

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 24, 2013

Higher-yielding areas of both the bond and equity markets have rallied hard off of their June 24 low. How long can the move in high yield continue?

ETF Industry Jumps the Shark with Nashville-Focused Fund

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 23, 2013

The soon-to-be launched the Nashville Area ETF is yet another signal that individual investors need to keep it simple.

Beware of a Plunging VIX in the Summer

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 23, 2013

Historically, a low VIX in the summer has been a sign of trouble ahead for the stock market. Don't go after VIX-leveraging ETFs ... just get conservative.