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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: Entitlement playbook

Moneybeat: Entitlement playbook

David Bahnsen on reforming Social Security, lessons from DOGE’s departure, and why the Fed needs a clear rulebook

David Bahnsen explains the market’s muted reaction to the big-spend, no-cut bill, the urgent debt math, and why bond yields aren’t the bogeyman

David Bahnsen on China trade thaw, Trump’s Middle East charm offensive, and the deeper lessons from Warren Buffett’s long game

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


Recent

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