DoubleLine CEO-CIO Jeffrey Gundlach joins “Odd Lots” hosts Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal to dissect the biggest shifts in global markets over the past decade. Mr. Gundlach explains why the secular decline in long-term interest rates is over, why U.S. Treasury financing is becoming increasingly precarious and how persistent deficits could push the U.S. toward drastic measures like yield curve control or even debt restructuring. He also highlights the unusual dynamic of rising long-term yields despite aggressive Federal Reserve rate cuts and what that signals about inflation, fiscal sustainability and investor behavior.
The conversation dives deep into credit markets, including Mr. Gundlach’s warning that private credit could be the next major financial crisis. He details liquidity mismatches, opaque valuations and leverage risks that echo past systemic blowups. Mr. Gundlach also shares his outlook on asset allocation amid high valuations and U.S. dollar weakness, favoring non-U.S. equities, emerging markets debt and real assets like gold while cautioning against long-duration Treasuries.
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.