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
Aug 1-8, 2021
But politicians aren't smitten, and should
Barring a few countries, like Japan, politicians are loath to admit mistakes, and say they are sorry. They ought to, if only for the sake of clarity that the...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
March 11-17, 2023
Jerome Powell’s dilemma to raise or not to raise, interest rates
In Greek mythology, Odysseus had to pass in narrow waters between two monsters named Scylla and Charybdis. The phrase, ‘between Scylla and Charybdis’ symbolizes the...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Sep 16- 22, 2023
The UAW strike will, if not resolved, impact the US economy
For the first time ever, the UAW, known as the United Auto Workers, but actually the International Union, the United Auto, Aerospace, Agricultural...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 16-22, 2021
And the risk to stock markets of rising interest rates
As the Greek poet, Hesoid, wrote, when Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus, the king of Gods, took revenge by presenting Pandora to his brother,...
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...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Sep 17-23, 2022
The world is entering a dangerous phase
My last column mentioned three geopolitical events investors needed to look out for. The first has occurred, which was the September US Fed policy meeting to determine the...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By: J Mulraj
Dec 4 -10, 2021
The US-Russia geopolitical chess game over Ukraine
Even before it became the sole superpower following the collapse of Russia, America had a habit of interfering in the business of other countries. After WW 2...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By Jawahir Mulraj
But we decide which is right…
By J Mulraj -- Dec 13-19, 2020
Source: NASA/ Aubrey Gemignani
In their album, Days of Future Passed, the Moody Blues sang a seminal number, ‘Nights in White Satin’. In it, they refer...
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....
