The Difference Between Investing and Gambling on the Market

by Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich and David Bahnsen Explore a Different Way to Think About Investing, Profits, and Long-Term Wealth.

Markets reward innovation, but they can also reward speculation, herd behavior, and the temptation to chase whatever happens to be rising at the moment. In his new book, Profit From the Profit: The Past, Present, and Future of Dividend Growth Investing, David Bahnsen argues that investors should return to a more fundamental question: What does it actually mean to own a business?

On this episode of Newt’s World, Newt Gingrich talks with Bahnsen about the philosophy behind dividend growth investing, the lessons of the dot-com collapse, today’s artificial intelligence boom, and why even extraordinary companies can become poor investments when valuations become disconnected from reality. Their conversation moves beyond picking stocks to explore human nature, work, ownership, patience, and the remarkable ability of profitable businesses to create wealth over time.