Sam Lau

Fixed Income Asset Allocation Strategist and Portfolio Manager

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 where he provides macro economic and sector commentary. 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. His research has contributed to the development of DoubleLine’s smart-beta strategies including the Shiller Enhanced CAPE® and Shiller Enhanced International CAPE® along with DoubleLine’s strategic commodity strategy. Mr. Lau continues to represent DoubleLine as a featured panelist and guest speaker at industry and client events, as well as co-host the Sherman Show. Prior to DoubleLine, he was a Vice President at TCW where he worked under Jeffrey Gundlach as a Research Analyst in the Mortgage Group. Mr. Lau holds a BS from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.

Fixed Income

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Preparing For A Recession

Fixed income manager talks key indicators.

By Sam Lau |April 3, 2023

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Investors Should Keep Recession in Back of Mind

The strength of the U.S. economy provides some optimism, PM says.

By Sam Lau |May 11, 2022

4 min read

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Silver Linings After the Bond Rout

Fixed income investors may need to look to non-traditional sectors.

By Sam Lau |May 4, 2022

4 min read

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Shelter Component of CPI Offers Clues About Inflation

U.S. home prices are one of the few economic measures that didn't plunge during the pandemic.

By Sam Lau |October 25, 2021

4 min read

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Finding the Right Kind of Yield

Fixed income investors may need to look beyond sovereigns and investment-grade corporates.

By Sam Lau |October 20, 2021

4 min read

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Tilting Away from Traditional Fixed Income

Investors must manage interest rate risk this year and beyond.

By Sam Lau |May 24, 2021

3 min read

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An Outlook for U.S. Yields

Inflationary pressure may not be transitory, portfolio manager says.

By Sam Lau |May 17, 2021

4 min read

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