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

This Very Well May Be the Beginning of the End for Exxon Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Over the long term demand growth for oil is slowing, making it more difficult for Exxon to keep earning the dividends that keep its stock price up.

Facebook’s Libra Surrenders to Authority

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Facebook is turning the concept of cryptocurrency on its head, making Libra even less useful to criminals than current money services. But will that be enough?

At These Valuations, It’s Time to Take Profits on Visa Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Visa is now worth more than the largest U.S. bank, up 31% so far in 2019, and analysts keep recommending it because it brings 50 cents of every dollar to the net income line

Snap Stock: The Youth Market is Back

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Analysts are once again pounding the table for Snap, but critics question whether its comeback has legs. Augmented reality and gender swaps are once again making Snap a favorite among young users, but can it keep up the pace?

CVS Stock Is a Buy as It Prepares to Take on Private Insurance

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

CVS gained cash flow with Aetna. It is now focused on cutting the costs of serving those patients with its HealthHubs.

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