MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Aug 9-15, 2025
Trump’s aggressive tariffs will damage America
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Trump is trying, in the wake of an unsustainably high debt level of $37 trillion, to reduce it by arm twisting other countries into paying...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Dec 1-7, 2024
Will lead to disaster
The foolishness of myopic world leaders would be funny were it not so dangerous. For, they are driving the world towards disaster. At the very least financial disaster. At worse, nuclear...
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....
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By Jawahir Mulraj
Feb 6-12, 2022
US Fed rate hikes; how many can the market sustain?
In the fairy tale ‘Seven in one blow’ a tailor killed seven flies, who interrupted his breakfast, in one blow, and proudly proclaimed his feat...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 30- Feb 5, 2022
An even greater focus on developing, and deploying, new technologies is needed
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the budget for 2022 which focuses on growth, to create jobs, spurred by a rise...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Sep 9-15, 2023
In the spirit of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
At the recently concluded G20 summit, hosted by Bharat, the theme was Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, an old Sanskrit phrase saying that the world is one family. Countries need to lock...
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 13-19, 2022
We can’t be a leading economy without cleaning up messes, and planning our future
Events that unfolded last week are dismaying. There were two bombshells, stink bombs, actually! The first was a statement by the...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 23-29, 2022
Why does it take policy makers so long to reach sensible conclusions?
Abba Eban, an Israeli politician, said ‘Men and nations behave wisely when they have exhausted all other resources’. So true.
In a bid to...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
June 7-13, 2025
Over indebtedness and aggressive posturing causes a downward spiral
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It is only in the English Dictionary that pride comes after a fall; in the real world it precedes it. President Trump’s aggressive...
