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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Stock Market Today: S&P 500 and Nasdaq Hit Records as Jobs Growth Slows
An uptick in the unemployment rate amid a cooling labor market could accelerate the Fed's rate-cut timeline.
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Softer June Jobs Report Raises Rate-Cut Bets
Jobs Report Slower hiring and a rise in the unemployment rate up the odds of the Fed easing more than once before year-end, experts say.
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How to Find the Best Small-Cap Stocks to Buy
Wall Street's best small-cap stocks to buy include biotech, real estate and industrials names.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Struggle for Direction on Inflation Concerns
Another hot inflation reading from overseas and some real estate weakness at home made for a choppy session.
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S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats: Who's Out, Who's In
dividends The dependable dividend growers of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats dumped a Dow Jones stock and added an industrial supplier.
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10 Big U.S. Cities With the Cheapest Apartment Rents
places to live Apartment dwellers pay less than the national average in these cities with the cheapest rent.
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Stock Market Today: Markets Retreat From Record Highs
Stocks slump as a geopolitical stress, weaker consumer sentiment weighs on risk assets.
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Fed Holds Rates Steady at 23-Year High: What the Experts Are Saying
Federal Reserve The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged and penciled in one quarter-point cut in 2024.
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May CPI Report Comes in Soft: What the Experts Are Saying About Inflation
CPI A slowdown in inflation keeps the Fed on track for rate cuts later this year.
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CrowdStrike, KKR and GoDaddy Pop on S&P 500 Inclusion
What do analysts make of CRWD, KKR and GDDY stocks' prospects after being tapped for the S&P 500?
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Should You Invest in Nvidia After Its Stock Split?
If you own funds or ETFs, you probably have ample exposure to Nvidia stock already.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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