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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Rising Prices: Which Goods and Services Are Driving Inflation?
Inflation matched expectations last month, but costs for housing and food continued to bite consumers in their wallets.
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CPI Report Casts Doubt on Rate Cuts in 2025: What the Experts Are Saying About Inflation
CPI November Consumer Price Index data sealed the deal for a December rate cut, but the outlook for next year is less certain.
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If You'd Put $1,000 Into Adobe Stock 20 Years Ago, Here's What You'd Have Today
Adobe stock has outperformed the S&P 500 by leaps and bounds over the past two decades.
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7 Best Stocks to Gift Your Grandchildren
The best stocks to give your grandchildren have certain qualities in common.
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When Is the Next CPI Report?
CPI Reports When does the next CPI report land and what inflation rate is expected?
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When Is the Next Fed Meeting?
The FOMC is expected to maintain a gradual pace of interest rate cuts at the next Fed meeting.
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Best Dividend Stocks to Buy for Dependable Dividend Growth
dividend stocks How do you find the best dividend stocks to buy? Income investors know there's no substitute for regular dividend increases over the long haul.
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Rebound in Jobs Growth Keeps Fed on Track: What the Experts Are Saying
Jobs Report No nasty surprises in the November payrolls data leaves a quarter-point cut in play.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Rally as Econ News Affirms Rate-Cut Bets
Some soft economic data was good news for rate cuts and risk assets.
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When Is the Next Jobs Report?
Jobs Signs of softness in the labor market should be supportive of rate cuts.
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Best Bargain Stocks: Stocking Stuffers for the Holidays
Investors can find bargain stocks in this raging bull market if they know where to look.
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Is Nvidia Stock on Sale?
NVDA stock is a screaming bargain by some relative valuation metrics.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Stall on Tariff Talk, Inflation Data
A slew of economic news and some tough posturing on trade put a damper on equities.
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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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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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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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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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Stocks With the Highest Dividend Yields in the S&P 500
Buy-rated blue-chips Pfizer and Verizon make the list of stocks with the highest dividend yields in the S&P 500. Some of the other names might surprise you.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Close Mixed Amid War Angst, Nvidia Anxiety
Markets went into risk-off mode amid rising geopolitical tensions and high anxiety ahead of bellwether Nvidia's earnings report.
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Analysts' Top S&P 500 Stocks to Buy Now
Synopsys and NiSource join the list of stocks scoring rare Strong Buy consensus ratings. Some of the other names might surprise you.
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If You'd Put $1,000 Into Nvidia Stock 20 Years Ago, Here's What You'd Have Today
Anyone shocked by Nvidia stock's wild ride should know that volatility has always been the price of admission to this long-time market beater.
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All 30 Dow Jones Stocks Ranked: Buy, Sell or Hold?
blue chip stocks Nvidia is Wall Street's best Dow Jones stock to buy now, but some other names might surprise you.
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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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Warren Buffett Stocks: A Look at Berkshire Hathaway's Holdings
Warren Buffett's holdings are a diverse set of blue chips and lesser-known growth bets. Here, we look at Buffett's stock picks, as well as those of his lieutenants.
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