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

Post-Pandemic Salesforce Stock Emerges as Czar of the ‘Cloudless’ Cloud

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Salesforce owns some data centers, but also rents from the Cloud Czars, giving it the footprint of a major cloud player without the cost. CRM stock is down 3% this month.

Buy Intel Before It Brings Chip Production to America

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

CEO Pat Gelsinger is deftly using the spectre of China to secure subsidies that could make INTC stock the most important security in chips.

Nvidia Stock May Be Ripe for Profit-Taking Right Here

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Nvidia is up 75% in 2021, but investors who want to take advantage of future volatility might take some of those gains this month.

Novavax Stock Is Best Covid Vaccine Name To Speculate On

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Novavax used a conventional technology to develop a vaccine, which has slowed development and approval. But there is still time for it to make some big sales.

Only Rivian Thinks It’s Worth $80 Billion

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Rivian IPO will be made to a market that has grown skeptical of the electric vehicle future, and has already been burned by it.

Rocket Companies Stock Might Not Go To the Moon, But It Is a Solid Name To Own

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Rocket Companies, the mortgage wholesaler with its ubiquitous TV ads, is selling for a price to earnings ratio of 6, on fears over the housing market and its margins.

The Dealer Becomes the Player With OpenDoor Technologies

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

OpenDoor is disrupting the real estate market with its technology, but using it to fuel the housing bubble. OPEN stock is a bet on inflation.

Debt and Dividend Problems Will Plague AT&T Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

T stock has enormous debts spinning off WarnerMedia to Discovery. Those will be repaid in the form of higher costs for 5G customers.

Robinhood Stock Continues To Disappoint as It Risks Becoming Generic

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Robinhood is betting it can build its user base based on its brand name, in a world where any company can handle stock trading through an API.

Stay Clear of Zoom Video Stock Until It Gives Back a Lot More Ground

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

No one seemed to anticipate growth slowing at Zoom, despite the reopening and fierce competition from Google and Microsoft.

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