MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
July 6-12, 2024
Is the global polity brain dead?
The collective West, led by Biden, had, according to Putin, prodded Russia to invade Ukraine, by encouraging Ukraine to seek membership of NATO. If allowed, NATO missiles could be...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Oct 31-Nov 6, 2021
COP26 or COP out?
The global conference on climate change, COP 26, commenced in Glasgow last week, and several world leaders were present to convey their efforts in trying to restrict carbon emissions, in...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE -- By Jawahir Mulraj
Bouquets and brickbats
By J Mulraj -- Nov 21-28, 2020
The Government needs to be complimented for several achievements. Last week, for example, 3GPP, a global standards body, approved the Indian navigation system, NaVIC, developed by...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jul 25-31, 2021
It is the best of times, it is the worst of time….
Charles’ Dickens summation, in a Tale of Two Cities, describes the state of the world beautifully:
‘it was the best of times, it was...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Nov 7-13 2021
Bureaucrats and politicians aren’t receptive to ideas
Pollution in India’s capital, New Delhi, is terrible, with AQI, Air Quality Index 2.5 readings hitting hazardous levels in several parts of Delhi. Whilst the media, and bureaucracy,...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
by
J Mulraj
Stockmarkets not deterred by storming of Capitol Hill
By J Mulraj - Jan 3 -9, 2021
It was reminiscent of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities: The distressing events of Jan 6, when supporters of Donald Trump invaded...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 2-8, 2022
In 2001 Irish author and philosopher Charles Handy wrote a book, The Elephant and the Flea, in which he described the coming transition for people working in large corporations (elephants) to working in smaller...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jun 18-25, 2022
The consequences of policy decisions take a long time to manifest
As the Benjamin Franklin poem above indicates, the consequences of an act take a long time, and a series of mis-steps, to manifest themselves....
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 31 – Feb 6, 2021
Poised for growth
It was Winston Churchill who opined that one should not let a good crisis go waste. India has had at least two serious crises, Covid and Chinese belligerence in...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jun 20-25, 2021
The sad consequence arising from avoiding the real issues
The phrase ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ means to become aware of the realities of the situation. Sadly, for the US and the world,...
