For the week ended July 24, DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Eric Dhall and Analyst Mark Kimbrough see a lot of red on the ticker tape (00:20), with the S&P 500 down on the week amid the AI skepticism that the market is kind of dishing out right now. It was also a red week for fixed income (3:20) as the U.S. interest rate curve sold off, but commodities (4:48) benefited from a potential second energy shock.
While it was a light week in Macro Land, Eric and Mark discuss the 186,000 jobless claims (8:17), the lowest print since 1969, and positive-territory manufacturing and service PMI numbers (10:29), which could have gotten a boost from the World Cup and celebration of the U.S. semiquincentennial. Next week (12:35) will bring lots of macro news, including home prices, a PCE print and a Q2 GDP estimate, but the big event will be the FOMC meeting, the second under new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh.
Mr. Dhall joined DoubleLine in 2013. He is a Portfolio Manager on the Macro Asset Allocation team, where he works with portfolio management performing analysis and trading for derivatives-based and multi-asset strategies. His research and analysis has contributed to the team’s development of DoubleLine’s smart-beta suite of strategies. Mr. Dhall also co-hosts DoubleLine’s weekly “Minutes” podcast (X @DLineMinutes, Minutes@Doubleline.com). Prior to DoubleLine, he worked at Capital Group, performing quantitative analysis in fixed income. Prior to Capital Group, Mr. Dhall was an instructor in finance at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a research instructor at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. Prior to that, he worked in International Finance at Gulf Machinery Co. Mr. Dhall holds a B.S. in Physics with a secondary emphasis in Business from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.S. in Financial Engineering from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Mr. Kimbrough joined DoubleLine in 2012, working primarily on Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities and the Fixed Income Asset Allocation process as a member of the Risk Analyst team. He transitioned in 2019 to his current role as an Analyst on the Macro Asset Allocation team. Mr. Kimbrough also co-hosts DoubleLine’s weekly “Minutes” podcast (X @DLineMinutes, Minutes@Doubleline.com). Prior to DoubleLine, Mr. Kimbrough was at WAMCO, working on systems monitoring and development within the Risk Department. He holds a B.S. 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.
