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Mar 07, 2025 | DoubleLine Minutes

Tripping on the Trump Tariff Two-Step (E205)

DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Jeff Mayberry and Analyst Mark Kimbrough survey a volatile March 3-7 week for equities (0:32) and fixed income (3:06) amid sentiment cross currents over the possibility of trade tariffs while commodities (4:54) posted gains. “Markets have tended to overreact” to the on-again, off-again news about tariffs, Jeff Mayberry says. “All that seems to be weighing on sentiment.” Their review of the week’s macro news (6:23) covers among other items ISM manufacturing and services surveys and a raft of labor market prints, including nonfarm payrolls and unemployment. The household survey, Mark Kimbrough notes, shows “signs of degradation no matter how you slice it.” The week (18:23) of March 10-14 promises key inflation readings, including consumer price index for February (Wednesday) and producer price index for the same month (Thursday).

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ABOUT THE HOSTS

ABOUT THE HOSTS

  • Jeffrey Mayberry

    Portfolio Manager
    Macro-Asset Allocation

    Jeffrey Mayberry

    Portfolio Manager
    Macro-Asset Allocation

    Mr. Mayberry joined DoubleLine in 2009. He is a Portfolio Manager on DoubleLine’s strategic commodity strategy while working in portfolio management and trading for derivatives‐based and multi‐asset strategies. Mr. Mayberry is a Strategist on the Fixed Income Asset Allocation Committee and a contributing member on our Global Asset Allocation and Macro committees. He also co-hosts DoubleLine’s weekly Monday Morning Minutes (Twitter @DLineMinutes, Minutes@Doubleline.com) podcast. Prior to DoubleLine, Mr. Mayberry was a Senior Vice President at TCW for nine years within the Mortgage Group, where he specialized in portfolio and fund monitoring and analytics. He holds a B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College and an M.S. in Financial Engineering from the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University.

  • Mark Kimbrough, CFA

    Macro Asset Allocation

    Mark Kimbrough, CFA

    Macro Asset Allocation

    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.