DoubleLine Minutes

Federal Debt Spiral and Bond Vigilantes (E152)

DoubleLine’s Jeff Mayberry and Eric Dhall review the market week (1:00) ended Feb. 9, 2024, including a new all-time high carrying the S&P 500 to close above 5000 for the first time, yields up across the investment grade segments of ... Read More

Powell Disappoints Stocks, Labor Disappoints Bonds (E151)

After reviewing stock, bond and commodity markets for January (0:54) and for the week ended Feb. 2 (3:07), Jeff Mayberry and Eric Dhall turn to the week’s packed schedule (6:00) of macro news, including Friday’s bond market-displeasing labor market news. ... Read More

Stocks at New Highs, Strong GDP, but Diverging Macro Data (E150)

DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Jeff Mayberry and Quantitative Analyst Eric Dhall recap the markets for the week ended Jan. 26, 2024, noting stocks (0:38) were rather tame notwithstanding new highs on the S&P 500, while fixed income (2:03) was largely flat ... Read More

Retail Sales Report: A Potential Market Mover (E149)

For the holiday-shortened market week of Jan. 16-19, DoubleLine Portfolio Managers Jeffrey Mayberry and Samuel Lau for the Topic of the Week (10:55) look at the Retail Sales Report, an always potentially market-moving print, as retail sales account for about ... Read More

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