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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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Weather, War & Warsh
Sep 16 2026
In this month’s Insights, CEO Nicholas Bohnsack examines how weather disruptions, geopolitical conflict, artificial intelligence, and fiscal pressures are reshaping the global economy. As markets transition from a demand-driven world to one constrained by physical supply, he explores the implications for inflation, interest rates, portfol
Random Encounter at a Newsstand Focuses Market View
Aug 20 2026
In this month's Insights, CEO Nicholas Bohnsack considers whether markets can maintain their year-to-date momentum through year-end, weighing geopolitical risk, energy chokepoints, Japan’s shifting role in global capital flows, and the still-powerful bid behind artificial intelligence.