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 Twitter Stock Cheap?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Twitter looks able to survive into the 2020s. That makes Twitter stock worth buying for younger investors.

Johnson & Johnson Stock Has Good Numbers, But Bad Verdicts

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

A shortage of regulatory caution may have caused Johnson & Johnson to push the envelope on making and selling its products.

Ignore the Crowd and Avoid Shopify Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Although I've been wrong about SHOP stock before, I'm still warning investors to stay away. Shopify isn't the next Amazon.

Chances of Profitability for Lyft Stock Are Driving Away

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Lyft thought scaling would solve complex problems of compensation and safety. It hasn't, and it is doubtful it ever will.

New CEO Mark Tritton Could Very Well Be a BBBY Stock Catalyst

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bed Bath & Beyond is currently worth $1.5 billion on annual sales of almost $12 billion, and even a small profit, maintaining a dividend yielding 6.84%, would make for a big stock gain.

Are Tesla Stock Investors Seeing Some Stability, at Last? (Uh, No)

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Tesla could make billions of dollars next year, or lose billions. No one seems to know. Options on TLSA stock may be the better play now.

Don’t Buy General Motors Stock — Even on UAW Strike Discount

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Electric vehicles are the future. Self-driving cars are the future. GM stock is stuck in the past and it needs to get with the program.

Alibaba Stock is Trading at a Discount Thanks to Trump’s Threats

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Alibaba stock is a bargain. It trades at lower multiples to comparable American companies yet its government fully supports it.

General Electric: Culp Shows Just How Bad Things Are

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Larry Culp is moving GE workers to a 401(k) retirement plan and hoping to hire new managers who can get General Electric out of the ditch its investments in fossil fuels put it in.

Don’t Fret, Trump’s Pressures on JD.com Stock Will Eventually Pass

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Trump's threat to delist Chinese securities has JD.com stock trading at its pre-earnings level, and those earnings were sweet.

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