MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jul 10-16, 2021
US Debt, Oil Prices, Inflation and other risks
US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, has warned, in this article in Wall Street Journal, that the US would breach its debt ceiling by end of July,...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Sep 10 - 16 2022
Will Europe stay united?
In his epic novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens wrote “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Aug 1 - 8, 2025
Or imitative of Pinocchio?
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Donald Trump is on a rampage, raising import tariffs for all countries, to ludicrous levels, on the specious argument that they had been ripping the US...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Feb 4-10, 2023
Lessons to be learnt from the brouhaha
Since the publication of a report by US short seller, Hindenberg, there’s been a brouhaha (no laughing matter) over Adani company share prices These stocks have collapsed, causing...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Nov 28- Dec 4, 2021
The many challenges of policymakers
The world of the future, driven by new technologies, will be unrecognisably different, holding many promises.
Imagine that, once you incur the capital cost of installing a solar roof,...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Apr 6- 12 2026
But it is pulled down by an abysmally slow judiciary
Recently there have been several scientific achievements announced by India that deserve a loud applause.
One was the launch of the indigenously developed nuclear-powered ballistic...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
NOV 5-11, 2023
How will emerging technologies help?
The price of money, namely, the interest rate is, arguably, the most important factor in any financial decision. It determines the viability of an investment decision, or the wisdom of...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Feb 1-7, 2025
Cleaning up a mess is far harder than making it
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Increased import tariffs by Trump on China were widely expected. In his election campaign he had vowed to impose up...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
March 8- 14, 2025
Lessons in mis-governance
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A controversy has broken out in America about the use/misuse of Autopens. These are mechanical devices use to automatically create multiple signatures, used by celebrities (to give thousands...
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...
