MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
July 8-14, 2023
The idiocy of a myopic outlook
In an article written in 2000 in the Wired, titled ‘Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us’, Bill Joy, a co founder of Sun Microsystems, expressed worry about the three...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 26- June 2, 2023
Unless individual investors are protected, the India story will dilute
India ranks 63/190 countries in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking, overall. The ranking is based on various criteria. India scores best...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Aug 22-28, 2021
Out of the Afghan hole, into Jackson hole
Stockmarkets are affected by a potpourri of factors, and one or more of them can become the focus of large investors, driving markets up or down. The...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 1-7, 2022
Diversion of resources away from health and education
Retired politician and author Ron Paul says, in his weekly column, that “War is a racket, wrote US Maj. General Smedley Butler in 1935. He explained: “A...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
August 17-23, 2024
US job data revised downwards by a whopping 818,000
The US Labour department just reported that the job growth for the 12 month up to March 24 earlier reported by it was overstated by 818,000...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
October 28- Nov 4, 2023
US shale is the cheapest, and manufacturing can return
Watch this video by geopolitical analyst, Peter Zeihan. He says that the cost of producing a barrel of oil, through drilling shale in the...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
June 10-16, 2023
… can lead to disaster
A question for readers - is the image above showing a pretty, young woman, or an old hag? Reader response to this optical illusion would be pretty much divided, equally....
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 20-26, 2024
Technology and strategic thinking can create a bright future
With several ongoing wars and conflicts, (Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Hamas, Commercial Shipping-Houthis, Iran-Pakistan) and other potential ones (China-Taiwan, Venezuela-Guyana), the picture looks bleak. Not only do wars beggar...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
Nu J Mulraj
Jul 31- Aug 6, 2022
Energy’s influence over geostrategy
The visit of Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, against vehement opposition and threats by China, has resulted in a senseless and avoidable ratcheting up of global tensions, which will get...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By: J Mulraj
Feb 8-14, 2014
And it has begun!
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The ongoing trade war, between USA and China, is reminiscent of the scene in one of the Rocky movies, in which both boxers knock each other out. That’s...
