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

Behind Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Strength Is a Brazilian Betting on America

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The timing of Cleveland-Cliffs in buying other steelmakers last year turned out to be exquisite. Now it's in position to make big profits and cut the emissions cost of making steel, making CLF stock a keeper.

Square Stock Is so Much More Vulnerable as It Adds Even More Credit Risk

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

With a credit card, the risk is on the bank. With Buy Now, Pay Later, it's on the merchant. Those predicting Square will soon outrun JPMorgan Chase aren't accounting for those risks.

AMD Stock Is a ‘Cheaper’ Way to Play Semiconductor Success

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

AMD is an even better buy now than it was at the start of the year, fulfilling its past profit promises and buying Xilinx.

Cloudflare Has an Oversized Sales Multiple, But It’s a Buy on the Next Dip

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Cloudflare has become an essential tech service, but no company is worth 60 times sales, especially when it's losing money. Buy NET stock on the next dip.

The Long, Arduous Road to Find Pinterest’s Ultimate Value

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Pinterest had stellar second quarter growth numbers but investors sold it off, wondering if any e-commerce site is worth 15.5 times revenue and 213 times earnings.

Why It Was Time To Sell My Facebook Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Facebook, and FB stock, is facing increased pressure from government to grow up and support values beyond the company's self-interest.

McDonald’s Stock Is a Buy-the-Dip Opportunity for Long Term Gains

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

McDonald's saw higher profits despite fewer visits, thanks to price hikes and its chicken sandwich. Many operations remain in international markets still suffering from the pandemic.

Stoked by Trillion-Dollar Infra Plan, Cleveland-Cliffs Has Room To Run

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

One-third of Cleveland-Cliffs' enterprise value right now is debt, but the company expects to pay that off by next year. CLF stock is on a roll, fueled by infra spending.

Why Alphabet May Be Facing the Wrath of Khan

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Investors have yet to discount GOOG stock against the new antitrust stance of the Biden administration's Federal Trade Commission.

ViacomCBS Stock Is Only Worth Buying on the Chance the Real Owner Sells

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Dual share structures let companies like ViacomCBS take the public's money while being run as private companies. Thus the shares sell at a big discount to their sale value.

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