DoubleLine Capital, Released on 1/22/26 (Recorded on 1/8/26)

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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.

Jeffrey Gundlach is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of DoubleLine Capital. He is recognized as an expert in bond and fixed income investments. His investment strategies have been featured in leading publications from around the world In 2013, he was named “Money Manager of the Year” by Institutional Investor. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College summa cum laude holding a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy. He attended Yale University as a PhD candidate in Mathematics.

David Rosenberg is the chief economist & strategist of Rosenberg Research & Associates, an economic consulting firm he established in January 2020. He received both a Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts degree in economics from the University of Toronto. Prior to starting his firm, he was Gluskin Sheff’s chief economist & strategist. Mr. Rosenberg was also chief North American economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York and prior thereto, he was a senior economist at BMO Nesbitt Burns and Bank of Nova Scotia. Mr. Rosenberg previously ranked first in economics in the Brendan Wood International Survey for Canada for seven straight years, was on the US Institutional Investor All American All Star Team for four years, and was ranked second overall in the 2008 survey.

Jim Bianco is President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, L.L.C. Since 1990 Jim’s commentaries have offered a unique perspective on the global economy and financial markets. Unencumbered by the biases of traditional Wall Street research, Jim has built a decades long reputation for objective, incisive commentary that challenges consensus thinking. In nearly 20 years at Bianco Research, Jim’s wide ranging commentaries have addressed monetary policy, the intersection of markets and politics, the role of government in the economy, fund flows and positioning in financial markets. Prior to joining Arbor and Bianco Research, Jim was a Market Strategist in equity and fixed income research at UBS Securities and Equity Technical Analyst at First Boston and Shearson Lehman Brothers. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) and a member of the Market Technicians Association (MTA). Jim has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Marquette University (1984) and an MBA from Fordham University (1989).

Danielle DiMartino Booth spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle left the Fed in 2015 to found Money Strong, LLC, an economic consulting firm and launched a weekly economic newsletter She is the author of Fed Up: An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America. DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Credit Suisse, where she worked fixed income and the public and private equity markets. Danielle earned her BBA as a College of Business Scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.

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