Dan Burrows
Dan Burrows is Kiplinger's senior investing writer, having joined the august publication full time in 2016.
A long-time financial journalist, Dan is a veteran of SmartMoney, MarketWatch, CBS MoneyWatch, InvestorPlace and DailyFinance. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Consumer Reports, Senior Executive and Boston magazine, and his stories have appeared in the New York Daily News, the San Jose Mercury News and Investor's Business Daily, among other publications. As a senior writer at AOL's DailyFinance, Dan reported market news from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and hosted a weekly video segment on equities.
Once upon a time – before his days as a financial reporter and assistant financial editor at legendary fashion trade paper Women's Wear Daily – Dan worked for Spy magazine, scribbled away at Time Inc. and contributed to Maxim magazine back when lad mags were a thing. He's also written for Esquire magazine's Dubious Achievements Awards.
In his current role at Kiplinger, Dan writes about equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities, funds, macroeconomics, demographics, real estate, cost of living indexes and more.
Dan holds a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College and a master's degree from Columbia University.
Disclosure: Dan does not trade stocks or other securities. Rather, he dollar-cost averages into cheap funds and index funds and holds them forever in tax-advantaged accounts.
Latest articles by Dan Burrows
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When Will the Fed Cut Rates? The Experts Weigh In
Federal Reserve The timing of the first quarter-point cut to the federal funds rate remains as opaque as ever.
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Stock Picks That Billionaires Love
stocks to buy Billionaire investors are scooping up mega-cap tech stocks amid the sector's red-hot rally.
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May's Jobs Growth Blows Past Forecasts: What the Experts Are Saying
Jobs Report A blowout jobs report and a bit of wage inflation means a Fed pivot towards easing will have to wait.
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The 10 Most Expensive Cities to Live in the U.S.
Real estate From metro areas on both coasts to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, these are the most expensive cities to live in the U.S.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Post Gains on Rising Rate-Cut Hopes
More signs of a cooling labor market boosted bets for a September rate reduction from the Fed.
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The 15 Most Expensive Housing Markets in the US: Real Estate with the Highest Average Home Prices
real estate The most expensive housing markets in the U.S. have an average home price almost three times the national average.
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Stocks With the Highest Dividend Yields in the S&P 500
A couple of REITs and a telco make the list of stocks with the highest dividend yields in the S&P 500.
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All 30 Dow Jones Stocks Ranked: The Pros Weigh In
blue chip stocks The Dow Jones Industrial Average comprises 30 blue-chip stocks that are tops in their industries. But some Dow Jones stocks are better buys than others.
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If You'd Put $1,000 Into Walmart Stock 20 Years Ago, Here's What You'd Have Today
Walmart Walmart stock has been a buy-and-hold bust over the past couple of decades.
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Is Investing In Gold Worth It? How Gold Prices Have Changed
gold Gold tends to do well in times of trouble, but its long-term record isn't so shiny.
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What Is Preferred Stock?
investing Thinking of adding preferred stock to your portfolio? Read on for a breakdown of the pros and cons to buying preferred shares.
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How Often Bear Markets Occur and 7 Other Facts About Them
investing Bear markets can be terrifying, but they're normal, inevitable and – most importantly – they don't last forever.
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Dollar-Cost Averaging Into Stocks: How Does DCA Investing Work?
investing A brief primer on dollar-cost averaging into stocks, the popular set-it-and-forget-it investing method.
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What is a Recession? 10 Facts You Need to Know
Markets Fears of an economic downturn are once again on the rise, but what is a recession, exactly? We tackle this and other questions here.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Rise as Fed Speakers Speak and Nvidia Awaits
Markets eked out gains in a low-volume session that was more focused on upcoming earnings from NVDA.
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Best Blue Chip Stocks: 21 Hedge Fund Top Picks
Investing for Income Blue chip stocks dominate the list of hedge funds' most popular equity investments.
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Dow 40,000: What the Experts Are Saying
The pros weigh in on the implications of the Dow topping 40K for the first time ever.
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Warren Buffett Stocks: Analyzing The Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio
The Berkshire Hathaway portfolio is a diverse set of blue chips and some lesser-known growth bets. Here, we look at all stocks picked by Buffett and his lieutenants.
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4 Stocks Warren Buffett Is Buying (and 6 He's Selling)
Warren Buffett Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway initiated a big stake in Chubb and dumped HPQ, among other moves.
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April CPI Report Offers Some Relief: What the Experts Are Saying About Inflation
CPI CPI moderated last month, boosting hopes for interest rate cuts coming sooner rather than later.
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Can Stocks Picked by Artificial Intelligence Beat the Market? 3 Stocks to Watch
stocks An artificial intelligence stock-picking platform identifying high-potential equities has been sharp in the past. Here are three of its top stocks to watch over the next few months.
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The Next GameStop? 15 Stocks With High Short Interest
stocks Stocks with high short interest are back in focus. But beware: the music could stop at any moment.
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If You'd Put $1,000 Into Amazon Stock 20 Years Ago, Here's What You'd Have Today
Amazon Amazon stock has been a buy-and-hold investor's best friend.
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If You'd Put $1,000 Into Microsoft Stock 20 Years Ago, Here's What You'd Have Today
Microsoft Microsoft has been an astounding buy-and-hold bet.
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