Wednesday, December 10, 2025
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Oct 17-23, 2021 The transition from fossil fuel to renewables isn’t an easy one In the race for global supremacy, we are seeing an enfeebled America, symbolised by the Eagle, with weak leadership, and too over-leveraged to make...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj May 22-28, 2022 Tough times ahead In this Economist podcast Larry Summers, former US Treasury secretary says that every time inflation has been above 4% and unemployment below 4%, the US has gone into recession (see at 5:23). ...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Apr 26-May 2, 2025 Should financial fraudsters be treated as harshly as terrorists? Image created by Openart.ai The appalling state of investor protection in India is exemplified by this report in April 25, Times of India. Out of the...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Dec 19-25, 2021 The imperatives for USA and China to work together ­­China is an enigma. It has had remarkable economic achievements (lifted millions of its citizens out of poverty). It now has  5 times India’s per capita...
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...
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 JULY 20-26, 2024 A Tinkerer’s Budget by Nirmala Sitharaman There are 74 million individuals who file income tax returns in India, of which 51 million had no tax liability. So a mere 22.4 million individuals (1.6% of India’s...

MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Sep 14-20, 2024 Powell cuts interest rates by 50 bips Unlike Mark Antony’s description of Brutus’ stabbing of his friend Julius Caeser as being ‘the unkindest cut of all’, Fed Chair, Jerome Powell’s interest rate cut by 50...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Jul 17-24, 2021 Do we have the proper corporate and public governance systems in place? ­­As Bob Dylan sang in 1961, The Times They Are A Changing. The new, 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies will change the world...

MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Nov 9-15, 2024 India doesn’t protect minority investors In the 2020 Ease of Doing Business Report (EODB) India ranked 63rd out of 190 countries. There are 10 criteria to determine EODB, one of which is Protection of Minority...