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David Kudla

David Kudla

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David Kudla is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Investment Strategist of Mainstay Capital Management. He is also a contributing writer for Dow Jones and Forbes. He specializes in everything financial markets and retirement planning. His insights into investments are often sought out by prominent media sources worldwide. Kudla regularly speaks at national conferences, conducts educational seminars, writes articles about retirement planning and investing, and advises thousands of workplace savings plan participants.

  • Kudla has earned his Certificate in Financial Planning at Stanford University
  • He serves as the Executive Advisor and Sponsor for the ENGAGE® Undergraduate Investment Conference, the largest annual student stock pick competition and Conference in the world. 
  • He is a member of TD Ameritrade’s President’s Advisory Panel and TD Ameritrade’s NextGen Advisory Board. 
  • He also served on Guggenheim Investment’s RIA Advisory Board. 
  • He has been listed as one of the “Top 20 Most Social Financial Advisors in the U.S.” as ranked by BrightScope’s Social Media Influence Rank.
  • He has been ranked by Barron’s as one of the “Top 100 Independent Financial Advisors” in the country for the past eleven years and in the top 25 the past six years.
  • Forbes Top 250 Wealth Advisors, 2020
  • Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2020
  • Barron's Top 100 Independent Financial Advisors, 2010-2020