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

Equifax Stock Apparently Is a Completely Scandal-Proof Investment

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Equifax is in better financial shape than it was before the breach happened, and has new leadership.

Don’t Buy Biogen Stock on the Promise of an Alzheimer’s Breakthrough

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Biogen announced that a drug that seemed to fail after 12 months had better results after 18, giving new hope for the "amyloid approach" to Alzheimer's

American Homes 4 Rent Inc. Doing What Doctors and Dentists Do

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

If your doctor or dentist became a REIT, his business of single-family home rentals would look like American Homes 4 Rent.

The AmTrust Buyout Could Be a No-Lose Deal for Investors

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Workers' compensation insurer AmTrust has agreed to go private. The shares still trade below the offer price, and it looks like a no-lose deal for investors.

Why Dell Is “Sort of” Going Public Thanks to VMware

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Michael Dell has transformed his company in five years from a PC supplier to a major cloud arms merchant. Here's what you need to know about its relationship with VMware.

The Truth Behind Micron’s Lower Price-to-Earnings Multiple

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Micron accused China of stealing its latest chip designs, but a Chinese court has ruled MU products can't be sold there.

The Whole Foods Purchase Finally Starts Adding Value to Amazon Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Walmart is getting killed by Costco and Amazon, who are giving upper middle-class customers what they want.

Fed Sounds All-Clear on Wells Fargo, but Is It Really?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Wells Fargo passed its stress tests, meaning higher dividends and stock buybacks are coming. But is it out of the woods?

Cryptocurrency Buyer Beware: Bitcoin Can’t Hold $6,000 Either

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

It will take real cash to send bitcoin higher, and why should cash come in when many Initial Coin Offerings are still scams?

Does Chipotle Stock Deserve More Long-Term Optimism?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

New Chipotle (CMG) CEO Brian Niccol is expanding the restaurant's menu, and updating its digital marketing to emulate big pizza chains.

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