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

Alexa, Did Investors Overreact to Amazon’s ‘Big’ Miss?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Amazon stock went on sale after it missed analyst revenue estimates by $2.3 billion or 2%. But these low prices won't last long for AMZN stock.

Don’t Fall For the Hype Coming From Meta Materials

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The small traders at Reddit who are buying MMAT stock don't understand its business. But there's not a lot of it, anyway.

Square Stock Gets Goosed as Markets React To Its Afterpay Acquisition

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Buy Now, Pay Later takes credit volume from banks and card processors, putting the risk on merchants. Square hopes it will fulfill its own banking ambitions.

ViacomCBS: Don’t Hold Your Breath on Big Gains

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Shari Redstone is now in firm control over ViacomCBS, a position she likes even more than the fortune she controls.

Aon Stock Looks Better Now That It Is Out From Under the WLTW Merger

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Justice Department objected to the second and third largest insurance brokers merging, but investors seem happy about it.

The Best Is Yet to Come For Nvidia

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

At its current price NVDA stock carries risk, especially with its efforts to buy Arm Holdings. But Nvidia keeps powering through.

Merger Done, Lucid Group Now Needs To Show Proof of Its EV Promises

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Saudi Arabia was the big winner as CCIV became LCID, but it still has just paper profits. Real profits depend on Lucid Group fulfilling its production promises.

Alibaba Group Is a Political Battlefield Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Alibaba is now a cheap name and you won't be prohibited from owning BABA stock. China and America both face a bigger enemy than one another.

Biogen: Does Aduhelm Make it the Next Dendreon?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Aduhelm was approved by the FDA, priced at $56,000/year, but it isn't a cure for Alzheimer's.

Speculation Turns to Consternation With Oatly Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

OTLY stock remains a speculation ahead of its next earnings report, as bulls and bears argue over whether oat milk will change the world.

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