Benign Markets amid Muted Macro News (E180)

DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Samuel Lau and Quantitative Analyst Eric Dhall review market activity and macro news for the week of Sept. 23-27. Sam and Eric talk another strong run of almost daily historic highs for the S&P 500 Index (00:38), a flat week for fixed income (2:18) and a positive week for the Bloomberg Commodity Index despite struggling WTI crude (4:07). Over in Macro Land (6:09), they dive into a full week of prints that delivered few, if any, surprises, including the S&P Global PMI manufacturing and services reports, a resilient housing market, weakening consumer expectations and a Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index that could support further interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Next week (16:48), Minutes will have a monthly markets wrap-up as well as coverage of labor market data. This episode was recorded Sept. 27, 2024, before market close.

DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Jeffrey Mayberry and Quantitative Analyst Eric Dhall track the Sept. 16-20 week market activity leading up to and in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s big rate cut on Wednesday. Jeff and Eric look at a positive week for stocks (00:43), a down week for the Agg while the 2s10s spread de-inverted (2:00) and rising commodities boosted by energy (4:01). Over in Macro Land (5:20), prints they look at include retail sales, production numbers and what they might mean as a recession herald, jobless claims, and the LEI and its increasingly questioned data signal. They then turn to the big macro news of the week (the year?) for the Topic of the Week (9:40): the Fed’s cut of 50 basis points (bps) to the federal funds rate. Jeff and Eric talk about 25-bp versus 50-bp cut predictions, review Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell’s press conference and his talk of Fed “recalibration,” go through the Federal Open Market Committee’s Summary of Economic Projections and whether the Fed can still stick the soft landing. Looking at next week (21:37), prints will include U.S. PMI numbers; housing prices; consumer confidence; and annual revisions to GDP, which might be impacted by questions about employment data. This episode was recorded Sept. 20, 2024, before market close.

DoubleLine Portfolio Managers Jeff Mayberry and Samuel Lau cover the week of Sept. 9-13, 2024, which saw positive performances for stocks (0:30); fixed income (2:00), including a recessionary signal in the form of a Treasury yield curve de-inversion; and commodities (4:30). Topping the week’s macro news (5:35) were the August CPI and PPI reports. For their Topic of the Week (10:44), Jeff and Sam discuss the two-year Treasury as a leading indicator and the three-month T-bill as a coincident indicator of the federal funds target rate. Looking ahead (18:06) to the week of Sept. 16-20, apart from the FOMC meeting and Jerome Powell news conference on Wednesday, Jeff and Sam will be watching for retail sales on Tuesday as well as jobless claims and the Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index, both on Thursday.

DoubleLine Portfolio Managers Jeffrey Mayberry and Samuel Lau welcome back the NFL and then tackle a rough Sept. 2-6 run for the markets, including lots of red across equities (1:09); fixed income (3:04); and commodities (4:39), with even gold feeling ... Read More

DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Samuel Lau and Analyst Mark Kimbrough review a benign Aug. 26-30 week for stocks (1:04); bonds (3:26), taking note of a flattening Treasury yield curve; and commodities (7:34), with gold nearing $2500 per Troy ounce as markets ... Read More

DoubleLine Portfolio Managers Jeff Mayberry and Samuel Lau cover an Aug. 19-23 week that brought gains for stocks (0:52) and a broad rally in fixed income (2:11) as well as a commodities market (5:15) that Friday ratified accommodative guidance from ... Read More

DoubleLine Portfolio Managers Jeff Mayberry and Samuel Lau cover a positive Aug. 12-16 week for equities (0:49), fixed income (2:37) and commodities (5:27), supported by tame inflation readings (6:38) for July and surprising strength in retail sales (8:47). The macro ... Read More

DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Jeff Mayberry and Macro Asset Allocation Analyst Mark Kimbrough comment on the whipsaws in stocks, bonds and commodities that by the Aug. 5-9 week’s end left markets little changed. The risk-off selloff that began Friday Aug. 2 ... Read More

DoubleLine Quantitative Analyst Eric Dhall and Macro Asset Allocation Analyst Mark Kimbrough cover a very exciting market week of July 29-Aug. 2, including a very rough Friday for stocks. Eric and Mark review the end-of-week selloff in stocks triggered by ... Read More

DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Samuel Lau and Quantitative Analyst Eric Dhall survey the markets’ July 22-26 scoreboard for stocks (0:59), fixed income (3:01) and commodities (4:29) before turning to the week’s macro news (5:54). Macroland produced an unequivocally robust preliminary estimate ... Read More