Dan Burrows

Dan Burrows

Dan Burrows is a veteran of CBS MoneyWatch, DailyFinance, SmartMoney and Dow Jones ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Watch, and has written for The Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports and other publications. He favors value investing and writes about asset prices and macroeconomic trends for the long-term investor. He holds no individual securities.

Recent Articles

Home Prices Rise, but Builders Look Frothy

Beware: The sector's stocks may have gotten ahead of reality. The Case-Shiller index's good news for homeowners won't necessarily boost homebuilders.

The Best Big Bank Stocks to Own: Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp

Healthier balance sheets, loan growth and ultra-low mortgage rates are fueling record results in these two bank stocks.

Corporate Profit Streak Is at Risk on Outlooks

Those downright ugly outlooks could be setting stocks up for a fall because the S&P has tacked on more than 50 points even as forward earnings estimates drop.

Bellwethers Paint a Mixed Economic Portrait

Earnings season shows a slowdown but no new recession. And while some companies are girding for the worst, others are positively brimming with optimism.

How to Play Hiring or Firing

Betting on a jobs recovery with specific sectors or names is pretty risky. Here's a better way. It may not be sexy, it's more likely to work.