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

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA) Stock Climbs Pile of Rite Aid’s Bones

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Walgreens didn't need to buy Rite Aid. Instead, it bought the the assets it most covets, and WBA stock holders are doing cartwheels.

Is This Rite Aid Corporation’s (RAD) Final Earnings Report?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Rite Aid will either merge into Walgreens, find another buyer or disappear. Those buying RAD stock today should expect a sale soon.

Tesla Inc (TSLA) Stock Is a Bubble Stock, Plain and Simple

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Tesla may or may not make money some day, but right now, TSLA stock is in a bubble, far removed from fundamental analysis.

Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD) Is Bedridden, Surrounded by Friends and Creditors

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The closing of mall anchors like Sears (SHLD) is transforming America, leaving poverty-ridden suburbs surrounding prosperous central cities.

Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Fine Could Be the First of Many

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

GOOGL stock is in retreat today after EU antitrust regulators slapped a $2.7 billion antitrust fine on Alphabet. Representing America is about to get much more difficult for Big Tech.

Is Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Stock Buy-Worthy Yet?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Costco lost nearly $20 per share after Amazon said it would buy Whole Foods, but was the reaction in COST stock overdone?

Why CVS Health Corp (CVS) Stock Will Win BIG With Trumpcare

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

CVS stock should win big as the company offers simple services that should become the healthcare choice of those losing coverage under Trumpcare.

Asia Is Winning the Fintech Game

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Fintech products like mobile wallets and cloud-based banks are more popular in Asia than the U.S., thanks to startups and government action.

Healthcare Stocks Make a Dumb Move on ‘Trumpcare’

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Senate bill guts the move toward managed care, yet healthcare stocks are rising? Something's not right here.

Does Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (VRX) Stock Have a Bull Case?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Valeant Pharamceutical has cleared enough assets to take immediate bankruptcy off the table, which is helping VRX stock normalize.

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