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

The Pain Is Only the Beginning for Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM) Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

A lawsuit threatens to blow apart Qualcomm's (QCOM) dominance over the market for phone modem chips. And that's bad news for QCOM stock.

Square Inc (SQ) Stock Needs to Make Some Money

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

SQ stock loses money every quarter and its growth is slowing as it moves into loans and other services. Would anyone want to buy Square?

Abandon General Electric Company (GE) Stock After Q4 Earnings

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

General Electric (GE) earnings disappointed one more, and now attention is on CEO Jeff Immelt's successor. Leave GE stock alone at this juncture.

Twitter Inc (TWTR) Is Worthless in the Age of Trump

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Twitter (TWTR) became captive to celebrity culture and forgot that the "in" in "internet" stands for "interactive." TWTR stock is fool's gold.

5 Chinese Internet Stocks With Long-Term Potential

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

No portfolio is complete without some exposure to China, especially its fast-growing internet sector. And these stocks look like winners.

Everybody Is Wrong About Sprint Corp (S) Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Sprint (S) draws a lot of drama from Wall Street analysts, but what if Sprint stock is just going nowhere fast?

Why Chevron Corporation (CVX) Stock Could Disappoint Wall Street

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Chevron stock needs oil prices to remain strong for it to meet the expectations of its bullish analysts. Failure would be costly for CVX stock.

5 Chinese Stocks to Sell Before China’s Internet Bubble Bursts

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Half of China's largest public companies, by market cap, are internet companies. That spells trouble for these five Chinese stocks to sell.

The Future of Ford Motor Company (F) Stock Is Overhyped

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

While Ford stock investors are buying the electric and self-driving story that F is selling, few believe it will result in the 20% margins Bill Ford is predicting.

Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) Stock Looks for a Cheney Bump

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Former Exxon Mobil (XOM) CEO Rex Tillerson could give his former employer a boost by bringing peace to the oilpatch. XOM stock could use it.

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