CONTRIBUTOR
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES / NATIONAL IMPACT
David Bahnsen
Member For
2 years 15 weeks
BIOGRAPHY
David L. Bahnsen, CFP®, works as a Senior Vice President in the private client group of one of the premier Wall Street firms in the country, where he provides financial planning and investment management services to individuals and families. He and his wife of eight years (Joleen) reside in Newport Beach, CA with their four-year old son, Mitchell, and two-year old daughter, Sadie. He is an active board member of the Lincoln Club of Orange County, where he serves on the Executive Committee and chairs the Issues Committee. He is a contributing writer to, and investing partner in, Red County.com. He serves on the Blackstone Faculty of the Alliance Defense Fund, and is a Cooperating Board member of the Center for Cultural Leadership, where he is the Senior Fellow of Economics and Finance.
David is a disciple of Milton Friedman, a lover of Ronald Reagan, and a "National Review kind of conservative". His writings strive to reflect an ideology of freedom principles integrated with transcendent truths. His hero is his late father, Dr. Greg Bahnsen, but he is pretty fond of John Calvin, Abraham Kuyper, F.A. Hayek, Winston Churchill, C.S. Lewis, William Buckley, Margaret Thatcher, George Gilder, Steve Forbes, and Larry Kudlow as well. When he is not being so serious, he also admires Tiger Woods and Pete Carroll.
Hobbies include travel, fine dining, golfing, and sports. His true passions in life include anything pertaining to USC football, the financial markets, politics, his vacation condo in the desert, his gorgeous and brilliant children, and his lovely wife, Joleen.
COMMENTARIES
The "Big Short" Falls Short
By David Bahnsen | 03/15/10
Let me get the easy part of this out of the way first. Michael Lewis is a remarkably gifted writer, and I have often found his books impossible to put down. When I first read his debut at book authorship, "Liar's Poker," I literally read it straight through. I was not alone in this, as "Liar's Poker" rightfully made Michael a very well-respected author and a very wealthy man. "Moneyball,"... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »National |
Hank Paulson, TARP and an Economy on the Brink
By David Bahnsen | 03/09/10
Many of my readers know that I am: (a) Reading every single book that comes out on the economic crisis of 2008, and (b) Reviewing every single credible book that comes out about the crisis of 2008, and (c) Writing my own book about the economic crisis of 2008 one that I want to be a truly thoughtful and credible synopsis of what really, intrinsically, fundamentally caused the crisis. I have read so many books at this point that many go in... read more »
3 Comments | Related Topics »National |
It's Not as Bad as You Think
By David Bahnsen | 03/02/10
My ongoing series reviewing the major books written on the economic crisis of 2008 has hit an important stride. Some pivotal books on the subject have been released, or are nearing release, and I think more of the mechanical causes of the crisis are finally being discussed. Former Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, has written On the Brink, and I will have the book completed and reviewed in the next day or two. Michael Lewis, the most highly... read more »
The Sleight of Hand the Ron Paul Loonies are Trying to Pull on You
By David Bahnsen | 02/16/10
Since my title is as inflammatory as it is, allow me to clarify right up front: I do not think all Ron Paul supporters are loonies. I just happen to be referring to the ones who are loonies in this article. Unfortunately, there are more of them than many of us want to believe. But here I am referring to the widespread and intentional effort by these folks in recent days to accuse those who believe differently than they do (in... read more »
35 Comments | Related Topics »National |
Heroic Ideas, Heroic Men: The Supply Side Has Never Looked So Right
By David Bahnsen | 02/03/10
One can argue that history is essentially the study of heroes and villains. Heroism and villainry are often personified in the forms of living, breathing people like Winston Churchill (hero) or Adolf Hitler (villain). Malignant evil can also be embodied in a school of thought (Marxism) just as heroic virtue can be portrayed through a simple idea (the golden rule). Timelines and milestones are an interesting part of the study of... read more »
3 Comments | Related Topics »National |
It's the Morality, Stupid
By David Bahnsen | 01/28/10
James Carville told Bill Clinton in 1992 that they were going to win the election if they adequately communicated this thesis to the American people: “It’s the economy, stupid.” He was right then, and in any election we ever have in this country where the economy feels vulnerable that will be true again. National security takes precedence in voters minds only when they feel financially secure. I am not condoning this sort of... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »National |
A Referendum Vote if There Ever Was One
By David Bahnsen | 01/19/10
Earlier this year, the SNL comedian Al Franken was sworn in as a Senator in the state of Minnesota. The only reason it happened was because Norm Coleman was part of a Republican party that was being justifiably taught a lesson by the voters. Today, I believe Republican Scott Brown is going to win the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Ted Kennedy. If he does lose, it will be because Martha Coackley and the Democratic old guard cheated... read more »
3 Comments | Related Topics »National |
Grasping at Fees: A Sure-Fire Way to Stifle the Economy
By David Bahnsen | 01/15/10
After twelve consecutive months of telling the Wall Street firms that (a) They need to lend more, and (b) They need to lend more, and (c) The only way to fix the economy is for Wall Street to lend more, President Obama has proposed a plan to punish firms that participated in the "too big to fail" monstrosity of 2008 with a "fee". And by "fee", I mean $120 billion worth of fees. In fact, the largest of... read more »
Calling it Straight on the Fed
By David Bahnsen | 01/04/10
The economic crisis has brought the standard emotion over the Federal Reserve to entirely new levels. I mean, if you thought people were opinionated about the central bank before the implosion of 2008, we are now in a whole new stratosphere. What is fascinating when analyzing the toxicity that exists over this issue is the extraordinarily non-partisan nature of it. Full blown anarchists like the Austrian economic camp believe the Federal Reserve... read more »
3 Comments | Related Topics »National |
Top Ten Books of 2009 (and a Few to be Excited about in 2010)
By David Bahnsen | 12/31/09
10) Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve, by William Fleckenstein. Perhaps it was overkill, but if you read this short little book from one of my favorite hedge fund managers and do not come away keenly aware of the role Greenspan played in this economic mess, well, then you ought to start blaming executive compensation or something. 9) Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution, by Steven... read more »
1 Comment | Related Topics »National | Orange County (CA) |
CONTRIBUTOR
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES / NATIONAL IMPACT
David Bahnsen
Member For
2 years 15 weeks
BIOGRAPHY
David L. Bahnsen, CFP®, works as a Senior Vice President in the private client group of one of the premier Wall Street firms in the country, where he provides financial planning and investment management services to individuals and families. He and his wife of eight years (Joleen) reside in Newport Beach, CA with their four-year old son, Mitchell, and two-year old daughter, Sadie. He is an active board member of the Lincoln Club of Orange County, where he serves on the Executive Committee and chairs the Issues Committee. He is a contributing writer to, and investing partner in, Red County.com. He serves on the Blackstone Faculty of the Alliance Defense Fund, and is a Cooperating Board member of the Center for Cultural Leadership, where he is the Senior Fellow of Economics and Finance.
David is a disciple of Milton Friedman, a lover of Ronald Reagan, and a "National Review kind of conservative". His writings strive to reflect an ideology of freedom principles integrated with transcendent truths. His hero is his late father, Dr. Greg Bahnsen, but he is pretty fond of John Calvin, Abraham Kuyper, F.A. Hayek, Winston Churchill, C.S. Lewis, William Buckley, Margaret Thatcher, George Gilder, Steve Forbes, and Larry Kudlow as well. When he is not being so serious, he also admires Tiger Woods and Pete Carroll.
Hobbies include travel, fine dining, golfing, and sports. His true passions in life include anything pertaining to USC football, the financial markets, politics, his vacation condo in the desert, his gorgeous and brilliant children, and his lovely wife, Joleen.
COMMENTARIES
The "Big Short" Falls Short
By David Bahnsen | 03/15/10
Let me get the easy part of this out of the way first. Michael Lewis is a remarkably gifted writer, and I have often found his books impossible to put down. When I first read his debut at book authorship, "Liar's Poker," I literally read it straight through. I was not alone in this, as "Liar's Poker" rightfully made Michael a very well-respected author and a very wealthy man. "Moneyball,"... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »National |
Hank Paulson, TARP and an Economy on the Brink
By David Bahnsen | 03/09/10
Many of my readers know that I am: (a) Reading every single book that comes out on the economic crisis of 2008, and (b) Reviewing every single credible book that comes out about the crisis of 2008, and (c) Writing my own book about the economic crisis of 2008 one that I want to be a truly thoughtful and credible synopsis of what really, intrinsically, fundamentally caused the crisis. I have read so many books at this point that many go in... read more »
3 Comments | Related Topics »National |
It's Not as Bad as You Think
By David Bahnsen | 03/02/10
My ongoing series reviewing the major books written on the economic crisis of 2008 has hit an important stride. Some pivotal books on the subject have been released, or are nearing release, and I think more of the mechanical causes of the crisis are finally being discussed. Former Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, has written On the Brink, and I will have the book completed and reviewed in the next day or two. Michael Lewis, the most highly... read more »
The Sleight of Hand the Ron Paul Loonies are Trying to Pull on You
By David Bahnsen | 02/16/10
Since my title is as inflammatory as it is, allow me to clarify right up front: I do not think all Ron Paul supporters are loonies. I just happen to be referring to the ones who are loonies in this article. Unfortunately, there are more of them than many of us want to believe. But here I am referring to the widespread and intentional effort by these folks in recent days to accuse those who believe differently than they do (in... read more »
35 Comments | Related Topics »National |
Heroic Ideas, Heroic Men: The Supply Side Has Never Looked So Right
By David Bahnsen | 02/03/10
One can argue that history is essentially the study of heroes and villains. Heroism and villainry are often personified in the forms of living, breathing people like Winston Churchill (hero) or Adolf Hitler (villain). Malignant evil can also be embodied in a school of thought (Marxism) just as heroic virtue can be portrayed through a simple idea (the golden rule). Timelines and milestones are an interesting part of the study of... read more »
3 Comments | Related Topics »National |
It's the Morality, Stupid
By David Bahnsen | 01/28/10
James Carville told Bill Clinton in 1992 that they were going to win the election if they adequately communicated this thesis to the American people: “It’s the economy, stupid.” He was right then, and in any election we ever have in this country where the economy feels vulnerable that will be true again. National security takes precedence in voters minds only when they feel financially secure. I am not condoning this sort of... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »National |
A Referendum Vote if There Ever Was One
By David Bahnsen | 01/19/10
Earlier this year, the SNL comedian Al Franken was sworn in as a Senator in the state of Minnesota. The only reason it happened was because Norm Coleman was part of a Republican party that was being justifiably taught a lesson by the voters. Today, I believe Republican Scott Brown is going to win the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Ted Kennedy. If he does lose, it will be because Martha Coackley and the Democratic old guard cheated... read more »
3 Comments | Related Topics »National |
Grasping at Fees: A Sure-Fire Way to Stifle the Economy
By David Bahnsen | 01/15/10
After twelve consecutive months of telling the Wall Street firms that (a) They need to lend more, and (b) They need to lend more, and (c) The only way to fix the economy is for Wall Street to lend more, President Obama has proposed a plan to punish firms that participated in the "too big to fail" monstrosity of 2008 with a "fee". And by "fee", I mean $120 billion worth of fees. In fact, the largest of... read more »
Calling it Straight on the Fed
By David Bahnsen | 01/04/10
The economic crisis has brought the standard emotion over the Federal Reserve to entirely new levels. I mean, if you thought people were opinionated about the central bank before the implosion of 2008, we are now in a whole new stratosphere. What is fascinating when analyzing the toxicity that exists over this issue is the extraordinarily non-partisan nature of it. Full blown anarchists like the Austrian economic camp believe the Federal Reserve... read more »
3 Comments | Related Topics »National |
Top Ten Books of 2009 (and a Few to be Excited about in 2010)
By David Bahnsen | 12/31/09
10) Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve, by William Fleckenstein. Perhaps it was overkill, but if you read this short little book from one of my favorite hedge fund managers and do not come away keenly aware of the role Greenspan played in this economic mess, well, then you ought to start blaming executive compensation or something. 9) Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution, by Steven... read more »
1 Comment | Related Topics »National | Orange County (CA) |
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