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

Ford Motor Company (F) Stock Remains the Best Defensive Play

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

New CEO Jim Hackett knows tech companies are closer to delivering autonomy than Ford (F), but F stock can put that technology in cars today.

Does PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) Still Have Its Head in the Game?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Pepsi (PEP) has been outperforming Coke (KO) for years, but that switched this quarter as KO brought in a new CEO.

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Stock May Be a FANG But Don’t Look At It As a Tech Play

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Amazon (AMZN) today is a company in full, fully valued. AMZN stock is ripe fruit that smart investors are starting to harvest.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.B) Stock Is Set for the Future With Oncor

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Oncor gives Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.B) energy unit the scale to integrate solar and wind into the nation's power grid profitably.

I Won’t Sell Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Stock. Here’s Why

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The cloud has given Microsoft (MSFT) room to grow without worrying about antitrust regulators, and dominance in business computing.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock Is Between a Rock and a Hard Place

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Apple dominates the high end of the market and service revenue is growing, but the high prices are trouble for AAPL stock.

Can Flannery REALLY Save General Electric Company (GE) Stock?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Incoming General Electric (GE) CEO John Flannery will be under pressure to break up the company predecessor Jeff Immelt built.

Why Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) Stock Isn’t Coming Back Soon

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

If you're a gambler, CHK stock may have some appeal; otherwise, Chesapeake isn't worth your attention. Here's why.

How Bitcoin Is Like Donald Trump

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bitcoin is the sizzle in blockchain. The steak is in automating transactions of all kinds without any human intervention needed.

Has Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) Stock Peaked?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Micron is riding the top end of an upgrade cycle, and earnings that beat estimates justified bulls' confidence in MU stock. But boom periods always pass.

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