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David L. Bahnsen

David L. Bahnsen

David is the founder, managing partner, and chief investment officer of The Bahnsen Group, a national private wealth management firm. He is consistently named one of the top financial advisers in America by Barron’s, Forbes, and the Financial Times. He is a frequent guest on Fox News, Fox Business, CNBC, and Bloomberg and is a regular contributor to National Review and WORLD. He appears weekly on The World and Everything in It discussing the week’s economic and market news. He is the author of several bestselling books including Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It (2018), The Case for Dividend Growth: Investing in a Post-Crisis World (2019), and There’s No Free Lunch: 250 Economic Truths (2021). David’s newest book, Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life, was released in February 2024.


Articles by David L. Bahnsen
Moneybeat: Miran, metrics, Mexico

Moneybeat: Miran, metrics, Mexico

David Bahnsen on the new Fed nominee, the jobs data credibility clash, and shifting North American trade alliances

David Bahnsen on the White House’s shifting trade strategy, a lackluster July jobs report, what really drove the latest GDP numbers, and whether there’s a sweet spot on tariff levels

Financial advisor David Bahnsen on financial and spiritual health

David Bahnsen unpacks inflation data, housing policy, and the worst deal in corporate history


Recent

David Bahnsen explains the political maneuvering behind the Powell controversy and what’s really behind the “Trump accounts”

David Bahnsen takes stock of a frothy but resilient market, explains why immigration is back in the spotlight, and unpacks the economic limits of the GOP tax-and-spend deal

David Bahnsen on New York’s likely next mayor, why government-run grocery stores don’t pencil out, and the economic dead end of rent control

David Bahnsen on Middle East risk, relative market steadiness, and why only entitlement reform can touch the debt

David Bahnsen on Israel’s Iran strikes and the oil surge, what Powell’s “wait and see” really means, and the administration’s softening on ICE farm-and-hotel sweeps

David Bahnsen analyzes labor data, weighs the Musk–Trump feud, and points graduates toward a life well lived