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

7 Old Tech Stocks Plotting a New Tech Comeback

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Older tech stocks can provide both income and growth while newer disruptive companies are overpriced in the current market.

Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings V Is a Mess, but Jump on SoFi Post-Merger

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Anthony Noto is turning SoFi into a full-service consumer fintech that can take deposits, make all kinds of loans, and handle your investments as well.

If You Don’t Mind Waiting for Your Profits, Invest in Star Peak Energy

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Stem's impressive Athena software is a small part of the business, so it might be years before profits appear for investors of STPK stock.

NCR Stock Isn’t the Fintech Buy Analysts Seem to Think It Is

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

NCR has focused its acquisitions on the front-end of transaction processing, and hopes to profit form the re-opening of the economy.

IBM Stock May Limp Forever, but It’s Never Going Back to the Top

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

IBM has lost in the mass market for cloud, and its AI efforts are incomplete. It will shrink further when it spins-out its services unit as Kyndryl.

Verizon Is a Dividend Stock Worth Buying as It Goes Big on 5G

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Verizon stock has stagnated and profits may miss analyst expectations. But it hopes big plans for 5G will bring more speculative investors' love.

New Intel CEO Plays Chip Shortage Super-Cycle to Investors’ Advantage

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Intel has been hit lately by the growing chip shortage and competition from Nvidia, but it has plans for a big comeback under new CEO Pat Gelsinger.

8 Travel Stocks for the Grand Reopening

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Now may be a good time to look at the wreckage of the travel industry and pick up some bargains. These reopening stocks could stand to win.

Baidu Stock Is Starting to Get Serious Institutional Attention

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Cathie Wood recently made a big buy on Baidu, which is under pressure from both the Chinese and U.S. governments.

Investors Cheering the Quiet Comeback of Dell Technologies

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Dell spent the last decade getting a corporate refurbishment with help from Silver Lake Partners and has emerged stronger than ever. DELL stock has doubled in the past 12 months.

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