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.
David Bahnsen on the U.K. trade deal, India-Pakistan flashpoints, China de-escalation talks, the Fed’s “wait-and-see” pause, and jobless claims clues
David Bahnsen on why Q1’s surprise contraction wasn’t as bad as it looked, why Q2 could be tougher, and what April’s jobs data and the Trump budget cuts really mean
David L. Bahnsen | A chaotic trade policy isn’t serving Main Street—or this president—well
David Bahnsen parses Trump’s pledge of hundreds of trade deals, his mid-term economic score, and Musk’s DOGE pivot
David Bahnsen dissects the Trump‑Powell showdown, Fed cut expectations, and the near‑term pullback in business investment
David Bahnsen explains why the trade war isn’t over, how exemptions undercut the strategy, and why investors aren’t breathing easy yet
David Bahnsen analyzes a deepening tariff tangle, questions the administration’s strategy, and tracks the impact on U.S. businesses
David Bahnsen parses the conflicting economic signals from the Trump administration, weighs in on Larry Kudlow’s optimism, and points to trouble in the auto sector
David Bahnsen traces the origin of Moneybeat to March 2020 and casts a distinctly Christian vision for the market economy
David Bahnsen tackles the uncertain landscape of Trump’s tariff agenda, fading market optimism, and the potential threshold for economic pain
