The Best Ideas segment of DoubleLine’s 2026 Round Table Prime translates macro and market themes into portfolio positioning. Moderated by DoubleLine Deputy CIO Jeffrey Sherman, the discussion spans global equities, fixed income, commodities and real assets. Rather than focusing on a single trade, panelists emphasize diversification, liquidity and adaptability in navigating a volatile policy and economic environment.
Danielle DiMartino Booth of QI Research, who sees a bifurcated environment for rates, currencies and commodities, favors gold and gold miners amid rising uncertainty and stress in shadow banking. Charles Payne of Wall Street Strategies and host of Fox Business’ “Making Money” focuses on the fourth industrial revolution, highlighting defense, energy infrastructure drones and AI-enabled industrial companies as long-term wealth creators. DoubleLine CEO-CIO Jeffrey Gundlach emphasizes bonds, non-U.S. assets, real assets and cash as portfolio anchors while warning that secular trends in rates and currencies require a new playbook. David Rosenberg of Rosenberg Research stresses capital preservation, global diversification and hard-asset cash-flow exposure, with a strong conviction in gold and select international markets. Jim Bianco of Bianco Research stresses the importance of liquidity and patience, pointing to elevated cash levels, selective global bond exposure and opportunities that emerge only after market dislocations.
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.
Jeffrey Sherman, DoubleLine’s Deputy Chief Investment Officer, is a thought leader, portfolio manager and public speaker in the industry. Mr. Sherman is a member of DoubleLine’s Fixed Income and Global Asset Allocation committees, and he serves as lead portfolio manager for the firm’s multi-sector and derivative-based strategies. In his role, Mr. Sherman guides the investment teams in developing top-down macro views and collaborative asset allocation processes throughout a market cycle. Additionally, he is a member of DoubleLine’s Executive Management Committee. In 2018, Money Management Executive named Mr. Sherman as one of “10 Fund Managers to Watch” in its yearly special report. Prior to joining DoubleLine in 2009, Mr. Sherman was a Senior Vice President at TCW, where he worked as a portfolio manager and quantitative analyst focused on fixed income and real-asset portfolios. Prior to that, he was a statistics and mathematics instructor at the University of the Pacific and Florida State University. Mr. Sherman taught Quantitative Methods for Level I candidates in the USC/CFALA CFA® Review Program for many years. He holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of the Pacific and an M.S. in Financial Engineering from Claremont Graduate University. Mr. Sherman is a CFA® charterholder.
