Dana Blankenhorn

Dana Blankenhorn

InvestorPlace Contributor

Expertise: Technology, Biotech, Renewable energy

Education: M.S,J. Northwestern (Medill School) 1978; B.A. Rice University, History and Political Science 1977

Awards & Accomplishments: Tech reporter since 1982, Freelance since 1983, on Internet since 1985. Created first online coverage of Internet with a magazine, Interactive Age, 1994 Co-wrote BBS Systems for Business in 1991, Wrote Guide to Field Computing in 1992 Wrote technology history now called "Living with Moore's Law" in 2001, 2010, 2021 Author of over a dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction

About Dana:
Dana Blankenhorn has been a financial journalist since 1978, a technology journalist since 1982, and an Internet journalist since 1985. He writes a Substack newsletter, Facing the Future, which covers technology, markets, and politics.

He has written a half-dozen technology books, several novels available at the Amazon Kindle store, and covered beats ranging from education to e-commerce, and from open source to renewable energy. He lives in Atlanta.

Recent Articles

Twitter: Elon Musk Closes the Credibility Gap

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Musk has the money to buy Twitter, but TWTR stock is still trading 10% below the offer price and, if he doesn't close, you're stuck.

Time to Bail Out of Nio Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Nio may compete with Tesla on fit and finish, but its production volumes are low, and there are better Chinese brands. Ditch NIO stock.

Alibaba Is an Unstoppable Force Meeting an Immovable Object

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

I'm not telling you to buy BABA stock. But China needs the company and its creativity more than Alibaba needs the Communist Party.

Snowflake Shows Reports of the Cloud’s Death Are Exaggerated

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Snowflake's smart data warehouse has attracted customers, but it is not yet profitable, so SNOW stock keeps falling.

With SoFi Technologies, Buy the Dip and Get the Hook

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

SoFi has a long-term vision, both wholesaling and retailing banking and brokerage services through mobile phones. In the present financial environment that's a tough sell

Why Wall Street Is Cheering the Federal Reserve’s War on Inflation

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Federal Reserve has many weapons to tame inflation, including rate hikes, cutting the money supply and the strength of the U.S. tech economy.

Pfizer: The Treasure of Albert Bourla

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Pfizer has a new CFO, David Denton, whose job will be to invest the gusher of cash generated by its success against Covid-19.

If You Don’t Have Time, Don’t Buy fuboTV Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

FUBO can't offer local sports because the rights cost too much. It can't offer sports gambling until that's made legal, and it's licensed, in individual states.

The Short-Selling Party at GameStop Is Over

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

GME Stock was a great story, but since its takeover it has done nothing to improve operations and should be sold.

Mullen Automotive Can’t Meet its Promises

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Mullen Automotive is big on promises and short on performance.

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