MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jul 18- 24, 2026
The Stick More Than the Carrot
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Diplomatic negotiations do not work in the US-Iran conflict. Simply because Iran has two layers of power structures; an elected Government, the more amenable of...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
FEB 22-28, 2025
DOGE calls for an audit of US gold in Fort Knox.
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Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Fort
Fort who?
Fort Knocks.
It was the comment by Elon Musk, who heads DOGE (Department of Government Agency), that there should...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 4-10, 2025
Will Atlas shrug?
‘Atlas Shrugged’ is a fictional tome, authored by Ayn Rand, describing a country being led to destruction because of woke policies, ones that discourage enterprise and reward sloth. In Greek mythology, Atlas...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Feb 7- 16, 2026, 2026
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Ninety years after Dale Carnegie’s famous book ‘How To Win Friends and Influence People’, Donald J. Trump has flipped the script. Whilst Carnegie’s book has sold over 30 million...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
AUG 31-SEP 6, 2024
Good governance needed to chart the future course
In his classic, ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, Charles Dickens describes the divergent paths of Paris (in the period 1775-1792, before the French Revolution), and of...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Dec 11-17, 2022
Too many factors make it difficult
There are too many factors working towards pushing the world into a recession. Some countries may already be in one. The creation of excess money supply to help during...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
JULY 19-25, 2025
Is the deal with Japan truly a trade deal?
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As per the Mirriam-Webster dictionary, the definition of diplomacy is a ‘skill in handling affairs without arousing hostility’. That was true, before Trump.
Trump...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 16-22, 2022
Are we thinking things through, and preparing for them?
Everyone knows about coming disruptions. Three forthcoming major disruptions would be due to climate change, technological changes and food change. Policymakers have to prepare for these...
Some more ‘Kartavyas’ she should also have looked at
By: J Mulraj
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On February 1st, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget, her ninth consecutive Budget, the highest for any Finance Minister. In earlier times, the Union...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Sep 26-Oct 2, 2021
Problems of disrupted supply chains
Thomas Friedman had, in 2005, written a book, The World is Flat, explaining how the forces of technology, better communication and digitisation, would lead to benefits for all, thus...
