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

Financial Reforms Will Protect JPMorgan During the Selloff

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

JPMorgan Chase and JPM stock have the financial strength to weather the coronavirus downturn thanks to banking reforms a decade ago.

Can the Virus Really Save Grubhub Stock?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Grubhub hopes the Coronavirus crisis can lead to better relationships with restaurants and customers, but that's speculative

Ford Stock Is Worth a Look Since the Company Certainly Isn’t Going Under

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Before the Coronavirus crisis hit, Ford looked very good for its dividend. Here's why you shouldn't count F stock out just yet.

Amazon Stock Looks Like a Coronavirus Winner

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Amazon shares lost $240 billion in value during the March 16 rout, but got more than half of that back overnight as it announced 100,000 new jobs.

Buy Disney Stock for Mickey’s Magic After the Panic Subsides

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Disney's revenues are going to collapse over the next two quarters, but there may be buyers available for it.

Focus on iBio’s Tech, Not Its Coronavirus Story

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

IBIO stock shot up in March on news that it might produce a coronavirus vaccine. However, its at-scale production tech is more interesting.

The Coronavirus Is Testing Tech Stocks in a Big Way

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The coronavirus is making home offices great again, and may give tech stocks a big boost after the crisis has passed.

Is JD Stock a Solid Buy After Reaching Stability?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

JD.com had an impressive Christmas quarter and seems to have gotten through the coronavirus unscathed. That could make it an outlier, or it could mean there is less to fear here than meets the eye

Wells Fargo Struggles to Keep Its Scandals in the Past

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Wells Fargo is still working to put its years of scandals firmly in the past. WFC stock is struggling, but it won't be forever.

Intel Stock Is Worth a Look When the Market Stabilizes

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

In the cloud era, you don't need to be on the bleeding edge to make a lot of money. Intel is not going to lose the data center market.

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