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

Beware of These Natural Gas Victims

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Falling prices amid a growing glut are spreading lots of pain, and not just among nat gas and coal stocks. Here are three other sectors getting slammed.

Tobacco Stocks: Just Too Darn Expensive

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

As many homebuyers can attest, long-term appreciation stops working if your initial purchase price is too high. Here's why you should wait on tobacco stocks.

Don’t Write Off High-Dividend Stocks Yet

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Q1 2012 was a rough quarter for high-dividend ETFs. However, investors shouldn't expect a sequel in Q2.

Quarter Trends: The Bump Is at the Beginning

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

The financial media have it exactly wrong when it comes to quarter-end trends.

Risk-On/Risk-Off Trade — In Fund Form, Entirely Unnecessary

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Exchange-traded ONN, OFF portfolios let investors capitalize on the greed-fear cycle -- they're also unnecessary and have a number of issues.

Stock Charts to Watch for Bulls AND Bears

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Most stock charts are showing either relentless strength or weakness, but a few stocks out there are poised to make sizable moves -- in both directions.

Volatility ETN Rears Its Ugly Head

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

The TVIX's recent rapid descent provides a valuable lesson about the dangers of ETNs and other volatility-tracking products.

IBM’s Stock Sprint Approaching a Hill

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Spry ol' IBM has had a fantastic run in the past few years and is up 10% year-to-date, but several indicators point to a little more difficulty on the horizon.

2 Gun Stocks, 1 Potential Bang-Bang Play

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

While you shouldn't chase them down yet, a pair of gun stocks will look awfully tempting on any selloffs between now and the end of the year.

Materials, Energy Sectors Are Sending up Warning Flares

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor

Don't let soft relative performance and low valuations fool you -- investors should exercise patience before going long in materials stocks.

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