The Week That Is

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...