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

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Stock Becomes Glue in the Tech World

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Microsoft hopes a set of new tools aimed at working with products where it no longer holds market leadership will bolster MSFT stock.

Weibo Corp (ADR) (WB) Stock Pops on Q1 Beat, But Is It Bubblicious?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

China's Weibo is at it again, up 7% on a nice Q1 beat. But is WB stock one of the loudest signals that a Chinese internet bubble is upon us?

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Stock Simply Cannot Be Stopped

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Could a market correction take AMZN stock with it? Of course. But long-term, there's no major hurdle hindering Amazon's progress.

I/O Preview: Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Has Difficult Decisions to Make

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Alphabet will launch new software at its I/O conference this week, but GOOGL analysts should ask about hardware failures like Google Home.

Don’t Chase Cybersecurity Stocks on WannaCry Mania

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Cybersecurity stocks like FireEye (FEYE) and Palo Alto (PANW) shoot up when problems like WannaCry are hyped, but they settle back to fundamentals a few days or weeks later.

Nordstrom, Inc. (JWN) Stock Can Survive Retail-mageddon

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

A comp sales decline crashed Nordstrom (JWN), but the rest of the report indicates that JWN stock can survive Amazon's assault of retailing.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) Stock Still Isn’t a Buy

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Chesapeake (CHK) stock has turned volatile as traders digest the tightening oil market, and CHK stock investors have much to beware!

Bitcoin Is the Real Fear Index

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Investors are paying $1,850 for a single Bitcoin while prices of real assets continue to languish. Today, I'll explain why.

Straight Path Communications Inc (STRP) Stock Loses the Buyout Lotto

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Verizon is paying $3.1 billion for Straight Path -- double what AT&T offered a month ago, but much less than where STRP stock was.

SunPower Corporation (SPWR) and Total SA (ARD) (TOT) Wait Out the Oil Slump Together

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

SunPower is a victim of its own success, with SPWR stock producing high-efficiency solar cells that compete against slumping oil prices.

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