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

Boeing Bets on a Return to Air Travel

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Boeing stock may rise on speculation as the 737-MAX returns to service, but it won’t return to its 2019 highs any time soon.

Airbnb IPO: Just Because You Love the Service, Should You Buy the Stock?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Airbnb is going public at the best possible time for its owners, after good summer numbers. But winter is coming. So are competitors and angry local authorities.

Why General Motors Looks Like the New IBM

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Can other lines of business, like selling General Motors’ technology to rivals, make GM stock a growth name again? It remains to be seen.

Visa Exists in a Payments World No Longer Ruled by Banks, Only Fintechs

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

PayPal's alternative payment system is growing much faster than Visa, and behind it ride a host of other fintechs that are taking apart the banking system brick by brick.

Stay Away From Tesla-Copying Fisker Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Fisker stock has been soaring higher thanks to its plans to launch an all-electric SUV in 2020. Here's why you should stay away.

Workhorse Tests the Limits of the Electric Vehicle Bubble

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

WKHS stock is likely to fall for the next several weeks now that the company has fallen behind its 2020 production schedule.

Dick’s Sporting Goods: The Prize for Survival

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

DKS stock tripled its dividend over the last five years, and the new CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods helped it become dominant in its niche.

7 Stocks to Sell for Christmas Giving

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Buy low, sell high. Here are some stocks that are very high, on which you can take profits now.

Haunted by Its Scandal-Ridden Past, Wells Fargo Stock Might Have a Future Yet

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Wells' problem is no longer the scandal, but finding a place for big banks in a world dominated by fintech.

Nio Investors Are Facing the Bubble

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

NIO stock is just the best-known of the Chinese electric-vehicle stocks that are bubbling on the strength of Tesla.

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