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

Coca-Cola Enters Another High-Profit Category

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Coca-Cola is going after the fat margins of Keurig and Starbucks by buying Costa Coffee for $5 billion. After the deal, Coca-Cola stock remains attractive.

Nostalgia Doesn’t Pay for General Electric Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

When General Electric's restructuring is done, owners of GE stock will be left mainly with the power unit that caused all its problems.

JD.com Has Tremendous Potential And Its CEO Will Recover

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

JD.,com was embarrassed by CEO Richard Liu's arrest in Minneapolis, but investors should focus on the company's logistics strategy. JD stock will be fine.

As Advanced Micro Devices Stock Soars, Another Company Is Winning the War

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

AMD stock is hot, but only one company has a foundry that can make its latest design, and it even pays a dividend higher than Intel.

Abercrombie & Fitch Commits the Sin of Stability

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Abercrombie & Fitch is no longer the home of the cool kids, but the good kids and young adults who need a good shirt. This unfortunately makes ANF stock less sexy.

Cytosorbents Stock Could Score Big With Its Blood-Filtering Technology

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Cytosorbents' blood-filtering technology is being used in 53 countries, but U.S. approval has yet to arrive. CTSO stock could score big with approval.

Time to Take Some Profits in Sarepta Therapeutics Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Sarepta used the lobbying of patient families to win approval of a drug that may not work against Duchenne muscular dystrophy. It may be time to take profits in SRPT stock..

Why Self-Driving Cars Are Still the Wave of the Future

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Even if self-driving cars aren't perfect, they can still carry out many functions. And even to drive on the roads, self-driving cars don't need to be perfect.

Bitcoin Is Still a Speculative Asset, Not a Currency

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

American regulators' interest in bitcoin has offset China's crackdown, giving hope that it might become a real currency. But for now, bitcoin is still a speculative asset.

Amazon’s Political Power Is Growing

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

As Amazon grows, it's rapidly gaining political power. That trend should boost AMZN stock.

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