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

Southwest Airlines Investors Looking for LUV in All the Wrong Places

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Southwest Air insists its recent flight cancellations were just a short-term hiccup, and LUV stock has fallen just 5% in October.

Chip Shortage Creates Buying Opportunity in Apple Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Tech leaders only fail when they start focusing inwardly, and there's no indication Apple is doing that. The dip in AAPL stock is a real opportunity.

Buy Caterpillar Stock While It Is Sill Trading at These Bargain Prices

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Investors are worried about China, about the worker shortage, and about Caterpillar's supply chain. But the infrastructure boom has only been delayed, not cancelled.

Happily Ever After Is Deferred for Disney’s Investors

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Disney was hit hard by the pandemic, and its turn to streaming has been expensive. But investors continue to believe in the name, leaving the stock overpriced.

Can Roku Stock Find Some More of Its 2020 Magic?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

For some, the big hope for ROKU stock would be for it to sell out to a bigger media or technology player. Founder Anthony Wood disagrees.

Robinhood Markets Has a Peter Pan Problem

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Beyond getting into proxy voting through Say Technologies, Robinhood has done little to justify HOOD stock priced at 17x revenue since its IPO.

Rivian IPO Filing Made This Skeptic (a Little) Less Skeptical

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

After reading the Rivian IPO filing, my main concern is that its electric vehicles may wind up being too good.

Boeing Still Hasn’t Had the Promised Turnaround, and It May Not Come

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Boeing today is as troubled as it was when Dave Calhoun was named CEO nearly two years ago, and the rot has spread throughout the company.

The Chinese Government Changes the Reality for Nio Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

China's government saved William Li and his electric vehicle company Nio, turning NIO stock into something resembling a Chinese Tesla.

Joby Is Nothing but Hot Air Until It Earns FAA Approval

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

There are too many variables to know what the future holds for JOBY stock between now and the launch of its electric air taxi in 2024.

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