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

The Future of OpenDoor Technologies Is Clouded by Housing Market Uncertainties

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

OPEN stock became the King of the House Flippers in 2021, but housing valuations look like a bubble and it could face tough competition.

Optimists Toward Paysafe Stock Have Left the Building … Should You?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

PSFE stock is now dirt cheap. If Paysafe can turn around its digital wallet business, it could be worthy of speculation.

Affirm Holdings Stock Has Likely Ridden This BNPL Wave as Far as It Can

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Affirm is growing 50% year-over-year, but expects losses of 12-14% of revenue for the fiscal year that started in July.

Rocket Companies Wants to Be a Fintech

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Rocket Mortgage, formerly Quicken Loans, paid $1.3 billion for Truebill in a bid to become more of a fintech, a financial supermarket.

Oracle, Cerner and the Liar’s Cloud

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

ORCL stock is dirt cheap for a cloud company, and Oracle's purchase of Cerner accelerates the move of health care to the cloud.

Why Nike Stock Keeps Proving the Skeptics Wrong

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

NKE stock will stay strong as Nike has used technology wisely to gain control over both its supply chain and sales channel.

The Profits in Exxon Mobil Are Still Good to the Last Drop

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

XOM stock is a great dividend player. Exxon Mobil continues to invest heavily to sustain that dividend despite environmental objections.

Shiba Inu Is a Loser-Making Machine of Epic Proportions

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Shiba Inu has been pumped and dumped in 2021. Some people have made real fortunes on it. Others have lost them.

SmileDirect Club Stock Isn’t Making a Comeback Any Time in the Near Future

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

SmileDirect, which seeks orthodontic customers through storefronts and advertising rather than through dentists, is having a tough time.

Meta Platforms Is Down Because Mark Zuckerberg Lacks Credibility

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Metaverse is the tech industry's new gold rush, and the company formerly known as Facebook will put over $30 billion into it next year. But FB stock investors no longer trust management.

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