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

Walmart Is Still Struggling to Move Its Big Revenue Numbers

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

A low dividend yield makes Walmart stock a poor income investment. Slow-growing revenue makes it a bad growth pick, too.

Will Luckin Coffee’s Go-Go Days Return When the Coronavirus Subsides?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Luckin Coffee grew fast through 2019, but whether LK stock will recover quickly from the coronavirus is something investors should question.

Dish Network Is a Speculative Play Ahead of Wireless Changes

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Dish Network is struggling in the wireless business, but if the CEO sells the company, Dish stock could make shareholders a pretty penny.

Coronavirus Fears Are Weighing on Alibaba’s Success Story

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Alibaba had a great December quarter, with revenues up 38% and net income up 56%. But the shares barely moved. It's time to buy some now.

Bitcoin May Be Rising, but It Still Remains the Wild West

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bitcoin prices have nearly tripled over the past year, and continue to rise over coronavirus fears. With that, debate over crypto returns.

STMicroelectronics Waiting on the IoT

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

STM has positioned itself as a leading maker of microcontrollers for self-driving cars and intelligent infrastructure.

Income and Growth Investors Will Benefit as CVS Adopts Managed Care

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

CVS stock should attract both income and growth investors as it leads the trend of managed care against competitor UnitedHealth.

Amarin’s Vascepa Is a Great Story Filled With Too Many Unknowns

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The biggest unknown weighing on Amarin stock is how long the decision to take Vascepa will be up to patients, rather than experts.

T-Mobile Gets the Prize, Sprint Shareholders Get the Spoils

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

T-Mobile won the merger, and Sprint soared on the news. But T-Mobile stock needs the combined company to dominate its wireless competition.

Why Shopify Stock Is Rising After a Fourth-Quarter Earnings Beat

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Shopify stock is on the rise after reporting fourth-quarter earnings that beat estimates. That said, what is driving the company higher?

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