The Week That Is

With consumer sentiment at record lows -- but consumer confidence improving ever so slightly -- in March, Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , discusses why feelings make headlines but fundamentals make for better investment prospects. That's why he's leaning into some of the market's most beaten down sectors, most notably the private-credit market, which has been hamm...

Volatility in the oil markets has changed investment opportunities, and Vijay Marolia says he has responded in several ways, from going long on oil futures using a popular ETF to shorting airline stocks. Marolia, the chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , talks about the benefits and pitfalls to hunkering down and trying to avoid the market until headlines settles, but also talks about...

The market is fully focused on the most current of current events — the war in Iran and the rapidly changing market sentiments in the battle between artificial intelligence and software — and Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , says investors should back away from the headlines and keep a sharper watch on the economic numbers that will determine how the market respond...

With an earnings report akin to Nvidia's but recent stock performance getting hammered like Microsoft, Vijay Marolia makes the case that Micron Technologies is being buffeted by a feelings-over-facts market, and that investors are missing one of the most compelling stories on the street. Marolia, chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , puts Micron through his five-lens process to show wh...

War in Iran has driven oil prices above $100 per barrel and Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , expects them to stay there for the foreseeable future, though he notes that the short-term is barely foreseeable given all of the current headline risks. His investment play into the oil uncertainty is with tanker companies, rather than oil producers, noting that they are m...

The earliest impacts of the war in Iran are already showing, but Vijay Marolia, chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , says investors shouldn't let the early price action in oil and other markets shake their confidence in the market's ability to get through a period of uncertainty before resuming an upward trajectory. He also looks at the upward trajectory in the inflation rate, which h...

 With tensions escalating in the Middle East leading to fears of what could happen to oil prices and energy markets, Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , discusses how that potential "disruption" is one of several investors are facing now. Another is the recent selloff in software stocks, caused by fears that booming artificial-intelligence capabilities will diminish t...

Disappointing results last week for gross domestic product were a temporary setback, caused in part by the effects of last fall's government shutdown, but Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital expects GDP to come roaring back over the next nine months, topping the 4% level and going beyond the mere snap-back from the shutdown impact. He suggests that will happen provided...

Having said often that he believes "software will eat the world," Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , discusses how last week's software sell-off isn't changing his view, and is putting some attractive companies on sale. Speaking of sales, he weighs in on the "Sell America" sentiment that is widespread in global markets right now, and what it is saying for the dollar,...

With jobs and inflation data on tap for this week — and the stock market coming off a big downturn in software stocks — Vijay Marolia discusses investors' nerves and how some might be letting headlines get in the way of good long-term buying opportunities, particularly if the market keeps putting software on sale. Marolia, chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital and and the founder of Dhar...

Just as silver and gold reached record highs last week, volatility spiked after Kevin Warsh was announced as the nominee to become the next Federal Reserve chairman. Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , discusses what was behind the spike in volatility and why investors should ignore it, but he also looks at winners and losers among four Big Tech stocks that recently a...

Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , enjoyed the "Game of Thrones" atmosphere he saw from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week, and says the lesson from the event was to keep watching geopolitics without over-reacting to them by overhauling your portfolio. Further, in "The Week That Is," he discusses how the market is reacting to feelings rather tha...

Earnings season started last week with the financial-services companies reporting big numbers, overcoming interest-rate and other concerns along the way. Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , looks at that big start and talks about what's next, including the two companies that he thinks are must-watch news for week two of earnings releases. He also discusses what he's l...

The jobs report and unemployment numbers dominated economic news last week, and Vijay Marolia — chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital — says that while numbers have stayed high, investors and observers should not worry as current levels represent full employment, particularly at a time when people can hold jobs in new and different ways. That should give the Federal Reserve room to cut r...

The arrest of Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro over the weekend will have bigger economic and market impacts than most observers expect, according to Vijay Marolia , because it will change the supply of oil, and it will change prospects for the entire energy sector. Marolia, chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , says the economic struggles in Venezuela are another sign that sociali...

Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , says that while artificial intelligence dominated the media landscape for moving the market in 2025,monetary policy was a bigger story for investors, particularly for those who profited from huge gains in gold, silver and precious metals.  "Commodities told the story of 2025," Marolia says, and while he expects A.I. to continue to b...

Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , says that investors got proof about how all technology evolutions don't make for great tech stocks, as he looks at one well-known name that filed for bankruptcy last week while another big name posted record profits. He also dives back into the bidding war over content, not just with the latest in the battle over Warner Brothers Dis...

Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital , takes another look at "this, that and the other thing" for markets this week, looking first at the fallout from the Warner Brothers Discovery merger saga, and how its resolution has bigger implications for deals that are likely to come up as industries react to current conditions. Then, he's onto the breather that markets took after...

Start each week by getting the skinny from Vijay Marolia , chief investment officer at Regal Point Capital . Each episode features his takeaway from the last week, his upshot for the week ahead and his projection for something to keep an eye on moving forward. Hosted by Chuck Jaffe of " Money Life with Chuck Jaffe ," it's a fun, fast-paced, frenetic journey that this week focuses on the Netflix-Wa...