Dan Burrows
Contributing Writer, Kiplinger.com
Dan Burrows is a financial writer at Kiplinger, having joined the august publication full time in 2016.
A long-time financial journo, Dan is a veteran of SmartMoney, MarketWatch, CBS MoneyWatch, InvestorPlace and DailyFinance, and has written for The Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports, Senior Executive, Boston magazine and Bloomberg, among other publications. 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, funds, macroeconomics 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.
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19 Best Stocks to Buy Now for High Upside Potential
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65 Best Dividend Stocks You Can Count On in 2022
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65 Best Dividend Stocks You Can Count On in 2022
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September 21, 2022
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How Big Will the Fed Rate Hike Be? Wall Street's Top Minds Weigh In
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11 Stock Picks That Billionaires Love
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11 Stock Picks That Billionaires Love
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Hedge Funds' 21 Top Blue-Chip Stocks to Buy Now
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Stock Market Today
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The Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio: All 45 Warren Buffett Stocks Ranked
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The Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio: All 45 Warren Buffett Stocks Ranked
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Buffett Buys More Apple, Chevron, Occidental Petroleum, in Q2
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Buffett Buys More Apple, Chevron, Occidental Petroleum, in Q2
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August 15, 2022
The 21 Top S&P 500 Stocks Since the Bear-Market Bottom
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Buffett Goes on Buying Spree as Stock Market Reels
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The 25 Cheapest U.S. Cities to Live In
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Amazon Prime Day Is Over, But AMZN Stock Is Still a Steal
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Can AI Beat the Market? 10 Stocks to Watch
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Can AI Beat the Market? 10 Stocks to Watch
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5 Best Dow Dividend Stocks to Buy Now
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The Best Stocks for a Bear Market
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The Best Stocks for a Bear Market
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June 13, 2022
8 Facts You Must Know About Bear Markets
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8 Facts You Must Know About Bear Markets
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12 Super Small-Cap Stocks to Buy for the Rest of 2022
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UBS's 43 Top Stocks for a Volatile Market
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UBS's 43 Top Stocks for a Volatile Market
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This elite group of global equities created the most wealth for shareholders over the past three decades.
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