What to Expect in Markets This Week: Investors Watching Venezuela Developments, Awaiting Jobs Report, Other Economic Data, Earnings Reports

News over the weekend added a fresh dose of geopolitical uncertainty for investors to digest as the first full week of trading in 2026 gets underway. In the early-morning hours Saturday, the U.S. launched a military strike on Venezuela and extracted President Nicolás Maduro in order for him to face criminal charges in the U.S. President Donald Trump later said that the U.S. would "run" Venezuela until an orderly transition is possible, and that U.S. oil companies would rebuild the oil infrastructure of the ...