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 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
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
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
