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

Rivian Automotive Is Latest ‘If You Build the EV, Will They Come?’ Story

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Rivian Automotive is worth $100 billion before it's proven it can scale production, and meet demand for its electric vehicles. Yet many see it as a worthy challenger to Tesla.

Plug Power Stock Looks Promising, But Don’t Get Too Excited Now

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Plug Power is using acquisitions to create GenKey, a complete system for creating, distributing and selling hydrogen for fuel.

Alphabet Shows How Its Ad Business Monetizes Cloud Operations

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

In 2021 Alphabet, the parent of Google, grew 47% at scale and brought 29% of revenue to the net income line, thanks to its dominance of the global advertising market. That's fueling GOOGL stock.

Activision Blizzard Stock Has Hard Times Ahead, But There’s Hope

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The company Bobby Kotick built dominated the video game industry. But that's just a tiny corner of the larger metaverse opportunity, and it may be time to sell out.

Vinco Ventures Needs To Go Out With the Garbage

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Companies like BBIG are a good measure of the market's animal spirits, its willingness to prize greed over fear and hope over experience.

Micron Technology Stock Is at the Middle of an Upswing, Not the End

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Demand for Micron memory chips is cyclical, increasingly based on demand for microprocessors. The easing chip shortage is positive for Micron.

In a Sea of Mergers, Equinix Offers Standalone Strength

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Data center REITS like Equinix have been getting swallowed by private equity like bon bons, for good reason. EQIX Stock is up thanks to Equinix benefitting from being a private equity that does not invest in cash flows rather buying debts.

Covid Stand-out Pfizer’s Albert Bourla Gets My Vote for CEO of the Year

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

PFE stock has scored a 38% gain in 2021 with a drug Pfizer didn't develop, thanks to the brilliant leadership of CEO Albert Bourla

Camber Energy Stock Is One Penny Stock That Looks Doomed to Stay That Way

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

When someone offers a "can't miss" opportunity that smart people have turned down, listen to the smart people

Big Boxes Are Back, and Costco’s a Winner

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Costco's valuation is stretched next to those of Walmart and Target, which both sell out after exceeding earnings estimates. Investors should be expecting a dip with the next earnings.

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