In his webcast titled “Cave People” in reference to the philosopher Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach on March 12, 2023, briefly reprises his outlook on the federal debt spiral before reviewing other macroeconomic and market topics, including recessionary “storm clouds.” Notably, while the government’s establishment survey has resilient nonfarm payrolls, Mr. Gundlach marshals evidence showing “the rubric that there’s this booming employment economy is contradicted by other areas.”
00:17 - Intro and Announcements
02:52 - Macro Discussion with Jeffrey Gundlach
43:52 - DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund with Andrew Hsu
54:56 - Questions & Answers
Mr. Gundlach is CEO of DoubleLine. In 2011, he appeared on the cover of Barron's as "The New Bond King." In 2013, Institutional Investor named him "Money Manager of the Year." In 2012, 2015 and 2016, he was named one of "The Fifty Most Influential" in Bloomberg Markets. In 2017, he was inducted into the FIASI Fixed Income Hall of Fame. Mr. Gundlach is a summa cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College, with degrees in Mathematics and Philosophy.
Mr. Hsu joined DoubleLine at its inception in 2009. He is a Portfolio Manager for the DoubleLine Total Return and ABS/Infrastructure Income strategies. Mr. Hsu is a permanent member of the Fixed Income Asset Allocation and Structured Products Committees. Prior to that, he was responsible for analysis and trading of structured products, where his focus included residential MBS and ABS transactions. Mr. Hsu’s responsibilities have also included structuring and negotiating terms on new-issue transactions and forming strategic partnerships with issuing entities in order to participate in key transactions. Prior to DoubleLine, he worked at TCW from 2002, where he focused on credit analysis for structured product securities and co-managed two structured product funds centered on debt and equity investments. During that time, Mr. Hsu was actively involved with portfolio management decisions and investment analysis, including reverse engineering complex CDO/CLO structures. He holds a BS in Finance from the University of Southern California and is a CFA® charterholder.
