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

Nio Stock Has a Strong Backer, Carries High Risk

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

NIO stock is very risky, but NIO is backed by a huge Chinese company. Speculators may want to consider buying the shares.

Exxon Mobil Stock’s Moment In The Dividend Spotlight is Here

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Buy Exxon Mobil dividends when oil prices are down, and sell your gains in XOM stock when oil prices rise.

Can General Electric’s New CEO Save GE Stock?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

New CEO Larry Culp is trying desperately to save GE stock, but it may be impossible to save General Electric stock.

What Does the Inverted Yield Curve Mean for Your Money?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

An inverted yield curve means a recession is likely, so make sure you have cash today to buy the bargains of tomorrow.

Is Alibaba Stock Still the Proxy for Chinese Tech?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

BABA stock is no longer just the Amazon of China, but it's the Walmart of China as well. Here's what investors need to know about Alibaba.

CVS Health Chooses a Different Strategy in Walgreens Drug Store War

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

CVS Health and Walgreens are no longer like Coke and Pepsi. CVS stock investors should view them as very different companies with very different strategies.

Bitcoin (BTC): Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bitcoin prices fell below $4,500 on Nov. 20, and blockchain advocates no longer want to have their technology associated with cryptocurrency.

Twilio Stock Isn’t Good Enough to Keep Growing as Tech Tanks

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Twilio opens trade November 20 little changed from where it was before it announced great earnings and issued strong guidance two weeks ago

Cisco Stock Is Back in Fashion, but Watch for a Global Downturn

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Cisco topped earnings estimates and delivered strong guidance, indicating its strategy of selling network applications software as a service is working

We’re Already in a Bear Market

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Older investors need to protect themselves from the current bear market, but younger ones should ride it out.

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