A tale of two tech stocks, the bidding war for content and a holiday wish
Release Date: 12/22/2025
Nvidia, Apple, Intel and a valuation story on market movers vs. makers
The Week That Is
After a week in which Nvidia and Intel powered the stock market back to near record levels, , chief investment officer at , says the rally in one of those stocks feels temporary while the other can roll on, and says that the difference points out how investors should re-evaluate the way they see "tech stocks," because different industries lumped broadly within technology have very different valuation pictures. He also discusses Apple and Netflix — both changing leadership but continuing massive stock buybacks — and companies like Micron that he thinks can keep leading, and finishes "The...
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Headlines, earnings season and stocks are converging at pivot points
The Week That Is
After the stock market rebounded to record-high levels after a peace treaty announcement last week, , chief investment officer at and the founder of Dharma Investing LLC, looks at how the market is responding to the flip-flop in new that the waterway is closed again, awaiting peace talks, and discusses whether investors should expect the market to take off once there is clarity on the war. With earnings season off to a hot start, Vijay talks about what he is expecting from some popular consumer, energy and financial stocks and whether earnings will be strong enough to power the market higher...
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The Fed's tough spot, private credit's crisis and why fundamentals beat sentiments
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With consumer sentiment at record lows -- but consumer confidence improving ever so slightly -- in March, , chief investment officer at , 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 hammered by market concerns over software companies losing the war against artificial intelligence issues. Marolia talks about how investors can pursue private-credit yields without being sucked into the industry's troubles, and also...
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Finding the winners and losers in oil, IPOs and outer space
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Volatility in the oil markets has changed investment opportunities, and 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 , talks about the benefits and pitfalls to hunkering down and trying to avoid the market until headlines settles, but also talks about the exciting investment opportunities opening up in space and space-related technologies, including his latest take on the SpaceX IPO initial public offering that is expected to value the company at $2 trillion this summer.
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Turning down the heat and conclusion-jumping on war, AI; watching jobs, inflation and rates
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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 , chief investment officer at , says investors should back away from the headlines and keep a sharper watch on the economic numbers that will determine how the market responds once there is more clarity in the Middle East. Those factors — the job market, inflation and interest rates — have the potential to take the market's focus off of the earnings numbers that drove the market's gains in 2025.
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Micron's earnings win but market loss, higher for longer oil prices and the next AI trend
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With an earnings report akin to Nvidia's but recent stock performance getting hammered like Microsoft, 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 , puts Micron through his five-lens process to show why market sentiment is missing the real picture. War in Iran has chanegd the picture on oil prices, and despite the frustrations of consumers, Marolia says that consumers and investors should heed the words of Treasury Secretary Scott...
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Oil at $100+ per barrel, Microsoft takes its beating, and the market's resulting nervousness
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War in Iran has driven oil prices above $100 per barrel and , chief investment officer at , 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 making money while they sit, loaded, waiting for the Strait of Hormuz to open, and they will benefit from pent-up demand as the situation resolves. One stock that has not seen its current headline risk get resolved is Microsoft, which...
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The early and lasting impacts of war, higher inflation and the market's biggest deal
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The earliest impacts of the war in Iran are already showing, but chief investment officer at , 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 he says will be the financial story of the week ahead, but also potentially for many consumers' financial lifetime, noting that if higher inflation becomes the norm, it dramatically changes the math for building a retirement-savings...
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'Disruption' is the word for oil, software, markets and individual investors
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With tensions escalating in the Middle East leading to fears of what could happen to oil prices and energy markets, , chief investment officer at , 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 the future business potential in software and tech stocks. Marolia discusses how the disruptions add uncertainty and require investors to be patient, but he warns that investors being panicky and wanting to react to the troubles...
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Expect a GDP rebound, trade-policy madness and predictions to become 'investable'
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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 , chief investment officer at 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 that the economy can overcome trade-policy uncertainties stemming from continued tariff changes, the latest created by the Supreme Court decision striking down the Trump Administration's ability to use an emergency-powers act to...
info_outlineVijay 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 Discovery, but with how the deal for TikTok is proving that content — and its market value — keeps changing. Plus, with the holidays on tap, Vijay discusses how he thinks investors can help their finances with a simple move that puts away some of their holiday shopping monies into the companies they are shopping with.