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...