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

The Worsening Stink at Chesapeake Energy

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

The run of sordid news shows a management that just doesn't get it. But is the stock finally worth a look at its fresh 52-week low?

Yes, Amazon Is Overvalued. So?

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Amazon's valuation is off the charts -- which isn't exactly a new development. But at 168 times earnings, is the stock finally a sell?

10 Stock Charts to Watch for Opportunity

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Technical opportunities abound across the market. Right now, traders might want to look for those opportunities in the charts of these 10 stocks.

Let Short Interest Be Your (General) Guide

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

The conventional wisdom holds that heavily shorted stocks have better-than-average upside, but do the results of the past year bear that out?

Corporate Clowning Clips Chesapeake

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Chesapeake Energy might be considered a long-term value -- the problem is, CEO Aubrey McClendon is a long-term problem.

Dow Theory Doldrums a Bit Misstated

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Here is what investors should know about the relationship between the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Dow Jones Transportation Index.

What Emerging Markets Tell Us About the U.S.

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Several technical indicators are flashing caution signals.

YPF: When Politics Become a Factor

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

What investors should know about energy firm YPF following news of a possible Argentine takeover, as well as broader lessons about governmental interference.

10 Materials Stocks Charts to Watch

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Is it time to get into materials? Investors can follow these stocks' trendlines to help determine where the companies might break next.

Investors: Wake Up to China’s Inflation

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

While most of the media and investors were busy mourning last week's jobs report, China dropped an important bit of bad news all its own.

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