DoubleLine Minutes

Stock Investing: “Magnificent 7” or “Magnificent Many”? (E148)

For the week ended Jan. 12, 2024, traditional asset markets, Samuel Lau and Eric Dhall observe, echoed their behavior in 2023, with stocks (1:05) and bonds (3:25) delivering positive returns and commodities ending lower. Sam points out that the U.S. ... Read More

MMM E147: Not-So-Happy New Year, Fed Tea Leaves, SOFR/Repo Vagaries

Jeff Mayberry and Samuel Lau start review a somewhat volatile and negative 2024 debut for bonds (0:47) and fixed income (2:13) with commodities (3:55) treading water with a slight rise of 10 basis points on the Bloomberg Commodity Index for ... Read More

MMM E146: Stocks, Fixed Income Close Out 2023 Wrapped in Green

DoubleLine Portfolio Managers Jeffrey Mayberry and Samuel Lau Kick off the last episode of 2023 with a yearly performance review of the markets, with equities and fixed income far removed from 2022’s double bear runs. The S&P 500 Index (00:50) ... Read More

MMM E145: Everything Rallies, a Dovish Powell and a Quibbling Williams

After reviewing “everything rallies” for the week ended Dec. 15 in stocks, bonds and commodities, and the week’s macro news, DoubleLine Portfolio Managers Jeff Mayberry and Samuel Lau discuss the Dec. 13 monetary policy decisions and guidance of the Federal ... Read More

MMM E144: Yield Curve Control’s Possibly Numbered Days at the BoJ

Jeff Mayberry and Samuel Lau first review the week ended Dec. 8, 2023, for stocks (1:06), fixed income (3:00) and commodities (5:25) as well as macro news (8:12), including volatility around the week’s labor market prints. Then they take up ... Read More

MMM E143: Financial Conditions, a Very Strong November and Fedspeak Discord

After covering positive market performance in the final week (Nov. 27-Dec. 1) of a very healthy November, DoubleLine Portfolio Managers Jeffrey Mayberry and Samuel Lau dive into the latest BIS paper on financial condition indices as the Topic of the ... Read More

MMM Episode 142: Markets Express “Sense of Jubilation” While Fed Officials Caution Inflation Still a Challenge

After covering a broad-based positive run in the markets for the week of Nov. 13-17, DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Samuel Lau and Quantitative Analyst Eric Dhall break down the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) print (11:35), one that Dhall notes was ... Read More

MMM Episode 141: Macro Feeds the Bears, Powell Turns Colorful and Some Sahm

After reviewing stocks (0:51), fixed income (3:28), commodities (6:14) and somewhat bearish macro news (8:11) for the week ended Nov. 10, DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Jeff Mayberry and Quantitative Analyst Eric Dhall cover the latest Fedspeak (14:34), including a bit of ... Read More

MMM Episode 140: Softer Labor, Dovish Fed Futures and a Testy Jerome Powell

After Samuel Lau’s review of markets for month of October (1:29) and the week ended Nov. 3 (2:55) and the week’s macro news (9:25), Jeff Mayberry covers the highlights of Nov. 1 Federal Open Market Committee meeting (21:01) and a ... Read More

MMM Episode 139: Scrutinizing 3Q GDP, On the Watch for Treasury Refinancing

Before a dive into the third quarter gross domestic product (GDP) report (15:58), DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Jeff Mayberry and Quantitative Analyst Eric Dhall kick things off with a review of financial markets for Oct. 23-27. All sectors of the ... Read More