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Nicholas Bohnsack
Chief Executive Officer
President
nbohnsack@bairdstrategas.com
- Mr. Bohnsack is co-founder of Strategas and serves as the President of the Firm’s institutional broker-dealer, Strategas Securities. He is responsible for the Firm’s institutional securities businesses with enterprise and strategic responsibility for Macro Research, Sales & Trading, and Capital Markets, and with oversight of the Firm’s Finance, Compliance, Technology, and Operations units. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Strategas Asset Management, the Firm’s affiliated $550 million AUM/A macro-thematic investment management firm, and co-chairs its Investment Policy Committee.
- Nicholas co-founded Strategas in 2006. After a decade building the Firm in private partnership, Strategas Securities and Strategas Asset Management were acquired by Baird Financial Group in 2018. In addition to continuing as president of Strategas, now operating independently as wholly-owned Baird subsidiary companies, he is a Managing Director of Baird and a member of that Firm’s Operating Committee. Prior to co-founding Strategas, Mr. Bohnsack was an Investment Strategist and Associate Managing Director with International Strategy & Investment (ISI) Group and began his career in the Investment Banking Group at FactSet and in Restricted Securities at Morgan Stanley.
- Mr. Bohnsack received his MS in Mathematics from Fairfield University and received bachelor's degrees in Economics and Finance from Bryant University. He is a member of the Board of Advisors at Bryant University's College of Business. Nicholas and his wife, Brooke, live in Connecticut with their three sons.
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The End of Neutral: Three Things to Watch for Now and the Future
Jul 23 2026
For the last several months investors have had to navigate a very dynamic macro landscape… the War in Iran and throughput from the Strait of Hormuz; inflation, sovereign long rates, and monetary posturing and net policy positioning; and, A.I. capex spending trends, expectations, the enterprise use case, and increasingly frequent...
The Advisor’s Corner: Iran Conflict Market Insights
Mar 24 2026
In this edition of Advisor's Corner, Portfolio Manager Jerry Hendricks speaks with Head of Fixed Income Tom Tzitzouris and CEO Nicholas Bohnsack to break down how the three-week-old conflict in Iran, Fed pauses, and rising energy prices are shaping markets. They discuss avoiding reactionary moves in...