DoubleLine’s Jeff Mayberry and Samuel Lau kick off their review of the Aug. 9-13 market week with some sly commodity futures humor before running through the indexes and expressing their strong aversion to surveys. Materials and financials led the S&P 500 Index; over in commodities, gold was actually up. On the macrofront, JOLTS registered an uptick in job openings while the CPI data provided support for both the transitory and persistent positions on inflation. For the Question of the Week (starts at 9:19), Jeff and Sam return* to the topic of options for yield-seeking investors with a discussion of closed-end funds. The duo breaks down how they operate, their inherent risks, and how they compare to open-end and exchange-traded funds. Looking ahead, Jeff and Sam expect another slow summer week. This episode was recorded before market close on Aug. 13, 2021.
*Jeff and Sam discussed preferred stocks in the Episode 26 QoW (July 26-30) found here.
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.
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.
