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

Merck and Biotech’s Swashbuckling Era

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

MRK stock has entered a new swashbuckling era, searching for new profit gushers like Keytruda, the company's anti-cancer drug.

Survival Is Not the Issue for Delta Air Lines

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Delta Air Lines will survive, but it has mortgaged its future in order to do so. If you're buying DAL stock now, you're in too early.

How 5G Is Changing the Landscape for Nokia

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The long-term threat to Nokia stock doesn't come from Huawei, but from open source and open standards stripping it of proprietary advantage.

Take Your Victory Lap and Take Your Profits in Moderna

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Moderna is up big on the announcment that its Covid-19 vaccine is 95% effective. Now is the time to take your profits in MRNA stock.

Investors Must Decide if Simon’s Tenant Moves Are Daft or Genius

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

SPG stock has declined as the company bets it can keep JCPenney alive and partner Authentic Brands can do the same in the rest of its malls.

Why Beyond Meat Stock Remains Beyond Perilous

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

BYND's quarterly report left a bad aftertaste. The hope for Beyond Meat stock is the company can market and scale its way out of trouble.

Call it Heresy, But It’s Time to Sell Costco

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

If you want to sell some stock for Christmas, consider selling some COST stock and spending the money at your nearest Costco.

9 Retail Stocks That Could Warm You By the Fire — Or Burn Your Returns

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The pandemic has shaken up shopping altogether, with some retail stocks becoming overpriced and some becoming real bargains. Buyers beware.

Wait on Investor Rotation for Zoom Video

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

If you have made money on ZM stock, sell it and wait to see its long term growth rate, then calculate the value of that growth.

Landcadia Holdings: Never Play Video Poker With a Guy Named Doc

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

LCA stock is a SPAC set up to buy Golden Nugget's online gaming operations and expand them beyond New Jersey.

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