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

Is Discovery Networks a Streaming Gold Mine or Out on Its ‘OWN’?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

DISCA stock is shooting upward on the promise of streaming revenue. But does that really mean growth over the cable era?

Investors are Ignoring the Problem With Paramount

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

VIAC stock is being priced based on an assumption of success for the company's Paramount+ streaming service, but that's not guaranteed.

Streaming, Sports Betting Will Stoke Fox Stock After Hollywood Exit

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Fox bought free streaming platform Tubi and its Fox Bets platform will take advantage of a coming boom in gambling on games. News is FOX stock's least important contributor.

As Churchill Capital IV Stock Tumbles, Investors Won’t Learn the SPAC Lesson

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The winners in the new market will be Tesla, existing makers, and maybe a Cloud Czar with money to burn. It won't be Lucid Motors.

Walmart Isn’t a Super-Conservative Stock Market Play Anymore

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

WMT stock is down 14% since November. Walmart is trying to expand its digital relationships with customers into advertising and banking.

Kohl’s Should Give Its CEO a Chance

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Strong fourth-quarter results for KSS stock may have taken some of the wind from the sails of activists who want to rein in CEO Michelle Gass.

Home Depot: To Get Rich Slowly, Believe in Yesterday

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

HD stock is down 10% since reporting record earnings in February, as traders rush to brighter, shinier objects. This spells opportunity for older investors.

Only Patience Will Be Rewarded With Asensus

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Asensus and TRXC stock has gotten a $1 billion market cap on introducing Senhance, a robotic surgery system for abdominal surgery. Knowing whether it will succeed will take time.

Price Pressure and CEO Uncertainty, Make Dollar General Stock a Pass for Now

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Todd Vasos has turned Dollar General into America's best large retailer, adding fresh produce and higher-end merchandise to many locations.

It’s a Huge Mistake to Sell Costco Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

COST stock shouldn't be the first stock you buy, but for Costco's upper-middle class customers, it's become a portfolio essential.

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