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

DraftKings is Not Such a Sure Thing

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

DraftKings, and online sports betting, are growing, but no one's making money due to customer acquisition costs. DKNG stock is a bad bet right now.

McDonald’s: The Only Fast-Food Stock Worth Buying

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

McDonald's remains the strongest name in fast food, and MCD stock is holding up very well despite an earnings miss.

Novavax: The Fall of a Covid-19 Vaccine Star

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Novavax has lagged in the vaccine delivery race, but is finally ready to delivery.

GOOGL Stock Will Ride High on Alphabet’s Hardware Transition

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Google is the world's greatest profit-making machine ever, with 29 data centers and more on the way, filled with metadata and cloud services, connecting the world.

Consider Buying Dillard’s Instead of Kohl’s Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Kohl's CEO Michelle Gass has had almost four years to get value from her real estate, while Dillard's is prospering far from the madding crowd

War! What Is It Good For? A Strong Pioneer Stock Dividend, for One.

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

PXD stock prices are rising and dividends are flowing as international oil production tightens amid threats of war.

Block: Jack Dorsey is Too Hip to Be Square

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Square remains a fast growing payments company that even reports the occasional profit, but the stock fell out of bed on its advocacy for Bitcoin.

The Two Faces of Zillow (and Why Investors Should Stay Away)

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Zillow has the potential to be profitable, but it must liquidate its real estate before investors can determine the value of ZG stock.

Roku Faces a New World That Doesn’t Have Time for All Streaming Options

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Roku now gets over 80% of its revenue from video streaming, but its value may be as a platform for the coming cloud gaming market.

The Party Is Over for AMC Entertainment Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Investors should wait for the next big thing, for Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality entertainment, rather than waste money on 20th century plays like AMC.

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