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

Can Production Ever Meet the Valuation of Lucid Group?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

It's impossible to see how LCID stock justifies its $45 billion market cap, even if all of Lucid's production and sales dreams come true.

Look for Your Buy Point and Pounce on Nvidia Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Nvidia is down 20% this year because the market for technology and growth stocks is down. NVDA stock is still selling at 24 times 2022 revenue, but it's growing over 50% per year, at scale, with profits to match.

Rivian Covers a Multitude of Sins by Amazon

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

AMZN stock is rising despite the fact that Amazon would have had a bad quarter except for its gain on Rivian stock (most of which is gone).

Spotify Investors Call a Joe Rogan Bottom

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Joe Rogan affair highlights Spotify's success using podcasting to drive its market share. But SPOT stock couldn't rise like that forever.

Shopify Stock Flashes Far Too Many Warning Signs for Comfort

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

SHOP stock is down nearly 50% from its highs, as Shopify's growth drivers like cryptocurrency, China and BNPL haunt the shares.

Is the Big Bounceback in Netflix Justified?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The bull case for NFLX stock is that it's becoming a value stock. The bear case against Netflix is that it's becoming obsolete.

Meta Platforms Shifts From Growth to ‘Belief’ Play After Earnings Miss

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

If you believe in Mark Zuckerberg and his vision of the metaverse, the bad earnings report may be your best opportunity to buy into FB stock.

Avoid Robinhood Stock as It Aims to Become a Full-Featured Fintech

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Robinhood expects two more bad quarters, as the meme stock craze fades into history. Its aim is to become a full-featured fintech.

Intel’s Government-Fueled Comeback

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has become the Pied Piper of technology, promising great things if Western governments back his plans to build huge new chip foundries.

PaySafe: Out of Fashion, or Time to Buy?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

When PaySafe came public in March analysts were screaming buy, buy, buy. Now it's down by 75% but they haven't given up.

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