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

Progressive Stock Looks Like a Winner Every Time

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Progressive has taken risks out of car insurance with Web-based customer acquisition and logging devices that accurately calculate risk

Buyers of Walt Disney Stock Don’t See the Mountain

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Analysts are crowning Disney as "King of Content" but no one is watching, and if they don't start buying soon Netflix will be out of sight

Adobe Stock Is Floating in the Sunny Skies of the Cloud

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Adobe embraced the economics of cloud, selling its graphics software as a service, then expanding its niche into real-time marketing.

There’s Only One Reason to Buy IBM Stock After Earnings

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

IBM is losing mindshare in AI, its cloud is second-rate, its employees are in India, but it's still churning out dividends

In a Cold Market, Walmart Stock Is Hot

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

WMT has bought control of India's Flipkart and is targeting Amazon in a host of other ways. Walmart stock has a lot to offer investors right now.

3 Pot Stocks that Stand Out in the Crowd

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Pot stocks are one of the hottest investment trends of 2018, and here are 3 of the more interesting participants in it.

Netflix Stock to Benefit From Global Dominance

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Netflix stock can continue to rise, due to the dominance of NFLX in global markets and the company's strong overseas strategy.

China Was Right To Be Wary of Bitcoin

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bitcoin bulls hope western interest can compensate for Chinese antipathy toward the cryptocurrency market. But economists remain wary.

The Stock Market Is Down Because of the Trade War With China — Here’s Why

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The U.S. trade war with China is unhealthy for economies and markets, and the fall in U.S. stock prices may be just the first lesson of many.

Ford Stock Has an Enticing Dividend Yield And Multiple Potential Catalysts

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Analysts see Jim Hackett as a disaster, but the Ford CEO may still be able to turn the company around, boosting Ford stock in the process.

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