DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Samuel Lau and Macro Asset Analyst Mark Kimbrough begin their review of the week of Sept. 30-Oct. 4 with a mixed stock market (0:42). The energy sector led the equity market, share prices buoyed by concerns of direct conflict between Israel and oil exporter Iran. The bond market (1:57) suffered a surge in yields. Commodities (3:39) marked gains, led by the energy complex. The week’s macro news (5:06) was dominated by “blockbuster” labor market news, with Mark Kimbrough fleshing out the details of Tuesday’s JOLTS and Friday’s upside surprises from the nonfarm payrolls and unemployment reports. Looking ahead to the week of Oct. 7-11 (24:40), Sam and Mark will be on watch for the NFIB Small Business Optimism report for September (due Tuesday) and the September Consumer Price Index (Thursday) and Producer Price Index (Friday) reports.
Mr. Lau joined DoubleLine in 2009. He is a Strategist on the Fixed Income Asset Allocation (FIAA) Committee and a contributing member on the Global Asset Allocation and Macro Committees. Mr. Lau is a Portfolio Manager on DoubleLine’s strategic commodity strategy while working in portfolio management and trading for derivatives-based and multi-asset strategies, including DoubleLine's Shiller Enhanced CAPE®, Shiller Enhanced International CAPE®, Real Estate and Income, and Multi-Asset Trend strategies. He also co-hosts the Sherman Show (Twitter @ShermanShowPod, ShermanShow@Doubleline.com) and Monday Morning Minutes (Twitter @DLineMinutes, Minutes@Doubleline.com) podcasts. Prior to DoubleLine, Mr. Lau was a Vice President at TCW where he worked under Jeffrey Gundlach as a Research Analyst in the Mortgage Group. He holds a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.
Mr. Kimbrough joined DoubleLine in 2012, where he worked primarily on Agency Mortgage Backed Securities and the Fixed Income Asset Allocation process as a member of the Risk Analyst team. He transitioned to his current role in 2019 where he serves as an Analyst on the Macro Asset Allocation team. Prior to DoubleLine, Mr. Kimbrough was at Western Asset Management working on systems monitoring and development within the Risk Department. He holds a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Real Estate Finance and a minor in Economics from the University of Southern California. Mr. Kimbrough is a CFA® charterholder.
