Saturday, June 3, 2023
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj April 29 - May 5, 2023   Saying that money is the root of all evil is just an excuse for poor governance America, as also most countries, is beset with myriad problems, primarily because of poor governance. The...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj April 21-28, 2023 To swallow or to protect? Being a leader of a world power imposes onerous responsibilities on him. After WW II, USA became the dominant economic power, and its currency, pegged to gold, became universally  accepted...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj April 14- 20, 2023 What will be its impact on the US economy? Is the banking crisis over? After 3 US banks and 1 Swiss global bank were rescued, thanks to swift action by monetary authorities, it appeared...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj April 7-13, 2023 Identify, friend or foe? The way Winston Churchill described the Soviet Union, after WW II,  is the way many people consider China, now. A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Consider geopolitics. On the...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Apr 1 - 7,  2023   Bad decisions have created this crisis The Bretton Woods Conference, after WW II, gave the US $ the status of a globally accepted currency. This was underpinned by a pledge by USA to...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj March 18-24, 2023 The mess created by Joe Biden in US foreign policy After the end of WW II, USA, whose finances were intact, initiated two plans, GARIOA (Government Aid and Relied in Occupied Areas and The Economic...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj March 11-17, 2023 Jerome Powell’s dilemma to raise or not to raise, interest rates In Greek mythology, Odysseus had to pass in narrow waters between two monsters named Scylla and Charybdis. The phrase, ‘between Scylla and Charybdis’ symbolizes the...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVES By J Mulraj Mar 4-10, 2023 The perils of shareholder capitalism The GINI coefficient is a way to determine how equal a society is, in terms of income distribution. The higher a country’s rating on the GINI index, the more unequally...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVES By J Mulraj Feb 25 - Mar 3, 2023 America’s Coming Woes After WWII the US, as the economically strong power (European economies were devastated by the war), obtained enormous privileges, including having its currency nominated as the world’s global currency....
INVESTMENT  PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Feb 18-24, 2023 The World is Dangerously Poised The US has hit the national debt ceiling imposed by its Congress, and needs its permission to raise it. A failure to raise the debt ceiling will result in a...