Since the formation of the European Common Market in 1957 and its transformation into the European Union (EU) in 1993, France and Germany have formed the core of the European project. The continent’s second-largest and largest economies, respectively, have entered fiscal and governing crises on the cusp of the U.S. under the second presidency of Donald Trump confronting the EU with strategic challenges on commercial, fiscal and defense fronts. I will survey the states of play in France and Germany, characterized by political limbo if not outright paralysis, in a context of internal economic anemia and fast-approaching yet still incipient challenges from the next administration in Washington.
Mr. Campbell joined DoubleLine in 2013. He is a Portfolio Manager for the DoubleLine Global Bond Strategy and is a permanent member of the Fixed Income Asset Allocation Committee. He covers Developed Markets, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA), and China. Prior to DoubleLine, Mr. Campbell worked for Peridiem Global Investors as a Global Fixed Income Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager. Previous to that, he was with Nuveen Investment Management Company, first as a Quantitative Analyst in their Risk Management and Portfolio Construction Group, then as a Vice President in their Taxable Fixed Income Group. Mr. Campbell also worked at John Hancock Financial as an Investment Analyst. He holds a BS in Business Economics and International Business, as well as a BA in English, from Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Campbell holds an MA in Mathematics, with a focus on Mathematical Finance, from Boston University.
