Jason Trennert
Chief Investment Officer
Chairman
jtrennert@bairdstrategas.com
-
Mr. Trennert is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Baird Strategas LLC and the Chief Investment Officer of its affiliate, Strategas Asset Management LLC. Mr. Trennert is known as one of Wall Street's top thought leaders on the subject of markets and economic policy. His research pieces are read by leading institutional investors and corporate executives across the globe. He sits on Baird’s Executive Committee.
- Trennert co-founded Strategas (now, Baird Strategas LLC), which originally began with just five employees. Today, the firm employs over fifty research analysts, institutional salesmen, and sales traders at its offices in New York and Washington D.C. Prior to founding Strategas, Mr. Trennert was the Chief Investment Strategist and a Senior Managing Director at International Strategy & Investment (ISI) Group. Jason is a regular guest on business news programs broadcast by CNBC, CNBC Italia, Fox Business News, and Bloomberg TV. He is the author of three books about investing and the investment business. My Side of the Street was published by St. Martin’s Press in May 2015. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal's op-ed pages.
-
Mr. Trennert is a member of the investment committee of the National World War II Museum and a member of the advisory board of Hollow Brook Wealth Management. He was formerly a member of the investment committee for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund for nine years.
- He has an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and BS in International Economics from Georgetown University.
Latest Comment
03/26/2026
Jason Trennert, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of the Strategas Macro Thematic Opportunities ETF (SAMT), highlights a core theme that has been in the strategy since inception: deglobalization. He explains how the rise of populism and renewed emphasis on national sovereignty are driving higher...
06/02/2026
Chief Investment Officer Jason Trennert, creator of the term TINA (there is no alternative) in stocks, appeared on WealthTrack with Consuelo Mack to discuss what Consuelo considers the "powerful" macro trends guiding the market right now. Jason and Consuelo discuss several topics such as inflation, deglobalization, bitcoin and more.