INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 8-14, 2022
Biden shoots himself in the foot
A concatenation of events have led up to the current crisis in Ukraine.
Donald Trump never believed he would lose the 2020 Presidential election to Joe Biden evidenced by the...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
From J Mulraj
Sep 27- Oct 3, 2025
Trump’s disastrous tariff wars and the consequent decline of America
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Thomas Friedman pointed out in his book, ‘The World is Flat’, how a globalised world, enabled by advances in communication...
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
May 9-15, 2026
The Beyond-Visual-Range Dreams of Elon Musk
Global markets are buzzing with anticipation of the forthcoming IPO of Elon Musk’s company SpaceX, likely (unconfirmed) in mid June, 2026. The company is expected to raise $75 billion,...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Mar 15-21, 2025
In a chaotic state run corruptly, even an incompetent person can become King
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This is the title of a satirical poem, penned in 1881 by Bharatendu Harishchandra, which highlights the corruption, hypocrisy...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Feb 24- Mar 1, 2024
How states destroy themselves
Last week a judge in New York fined Donald Trump $454 m. (Including penalty and interest) for over valuing his property in order to get favorable terms for 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...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jul 17-23, 2022
Structural changes long overdue, to stay in the global race
A replay of the 1966 movie, ‘The Russians are coming’ may well be titled ‘The Recessions are Coming’, though partly due to the Russians. On...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jul 10-16, 2022
Markets are signalling a US recession
Confucius said ‘one should not pick fight with one’s bullet supplier’ (Disclosure: Confucius didn’t say it, I did, but adding his name attracts more attention J).
Egged on by a...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Dec 18-24, 2022
A Credit Event Will Trigger A Crisis
The ancient Egyptians were wiser than today’s Central Bankers. They built pyramids with broader bases and narrower tops. This is, of course, a stable structure. Today’s Central Bankers...
