Daniel Putnam

Daniel Putnam

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

9 Tech Stocks Nearing Dangerous Territory

While the technology sector has been hit hard in recent weeks, the charts of these nine stocks show there still might be more downside ahead.

Does Patriot’s Meltdown Signal ‘Blood in the Streets’ for Coal?

Patriot Coal's cash crunch has led to an across-the-board collapse for coal stocks. This may present a buying opportunity to pick up higher-quality coal names on further weakness. See which ones.

Not Quite Time to Bargain-Hunt in MLPs

Yields are improving, but the risks remain too high to jump in just yet.

2 Metals and Mining ETFs to Consider

XME and DBB are ripe for bottom-fishing, but caution is essential as continuing headwinds from Europe could keep base metals prices depressed.

8 Critical Charts for the Week Ahead

Watch these indicators for a sign of how far the market will fall. The question they raise is: Are we facing something more than a garden-variety correction?