MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Aug 12-18, 2023
Nations on a path to self-destruct
In the movie Rocky 4, Sylvester Stallone and his opponent, Drago, throw a simultaneous double punch, near the end of the fight, and succeed in knocking each other out....
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
July 30- Aug 4
Poor governance drives nations under
In the year 64 AD, Emperor Niro was alleged to have fiddled as Rome burned. In modern times, President Biden may be accused of twiddling his thumbs, as America...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
July 22-28, 2023
If Modi is serious about making India a developed economy, he has to tackle this!
The number of retail investors in NSE, India’s largest stock exchange, went up from 3 million, in Jan 2020, to...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
July 15-21, 2023
How can the world emerge from the chakravyuha of borrowing?
Large economies with high debt/gdp ratios include Japan, the highest (263%), USA (116%), India (89%), UK (85%), China (77%), and Germany (71%). Some figures may...
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
JUL 1-7, 2023
It can, but we must correct some weaknesses
The stock market bull has, with enough fodder provided by domestic as well as foreign investors, climbed a new peak. In the above selfie, taken by it...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
June 24-30, 2023
They need more trust in free markets
The dictionary definition of a bureaucrat is an official, usually in a Government office, who is a stickler for rules. A wag has a different definition. The concept...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
June 17-23, 2023
What will it look like?
Strange are the geopolitical quirks of history! For years, USA, the world’s oldest democracy, had backed and favored Pakistan, a military dictatorship. At the same time, and partly because of...
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
June 3-9, 2023
How long can this bull run last?
The bull has run uphill from a Sensex low of 25600, in Feb 2020, (after a sharp post Covid fall) to a little over 63000. That’s nearly 30%...
