Friday, January 30, 2026

MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Jan 3- 9, 2026 Geopolitics, Environment, Taiwan and other land mines Image created using Raphael.app Seventeenth century French philosopher Rene Descartes, propounded the dictum ‘I think, therefore I am’, to assert that the very act of human thought serves...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Dec 6-12, 2025 But we decide which is right, and which is an illusion Image created using Bing The lyrics of ‘Nights in White Satin’ sung by the Moody Blues, talk about the cold hearted orb that rules the...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Nov 29- Dec 5, 2025 Because of unwinding of the yen carry trade Image created using Bing Kazuo Ueda, Governor of the Bank of Japan, introduced a stimulus package, and has clearly hinted at an interest rate hike, currently...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj NOV 15-22, 2025 Short term pain but long term gain Image created using Freepik.com William Shakespeare said this about men “The Evil That Men Do Lives on After Them, The Good is oft Interred With Their Bones”. This is...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj NOV 8-14, 2025 Too Big To Fail firms pose a huge risk Image created using Freepik.com The term ‘too big to fail’ (TBTF) was coined by Congressman Stewart McKinney at the Congressional Hearing after the collapse of Continental Illinois...
Will the AI bubble pop? By: J Mulraj  Image created by Canva  There are several signs that the raging bull may be tired and seek a rest. One of the triggers for the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) was derivative exposure in the...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Oct 25- 31, 2025 Debt, debasement of wars, and distrust, will ensure collapse Image created by Bing Several empires have collapsed in the past. The Roman Empire, Portugal, Spain, The Netherlands, the British Empire; all had their days of...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Oct 18-24, 2025 Nations in turmoil Image created by Bing Despite physical and trade wars, over the past year, prices of everything have gone up, be it equity markets, gold and silver (spectacularly), crypto (Bitcoin has doubled). The bears...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE Oct 11-17, 2025 251st Blog for AsiaConverge It’s a hard rain that’s gonna fall! Image created by Bing The good news of last week was some the release of 20 hostages in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, and of several Palestinians captured by Israel,...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Oct 4- 10, 2025   Trump’s aggression is breaking trust in America Image created by Freepik In 476 CE, or Common Era, (a secularised AD), Emperor Niro was depicted as having played the fiddle, more likely the lyre, as Rome...