MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Feb 10-16, 2024
Propaganda, Illusions, and Shaping the Narrative
The most noteworthy event of last week was an unedited version of an interview of Russian President Vladimir Putin by well known American journalist Tucker Carlson. Putin went into...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
April 21-28, 2023
To swallow or to protect?
Being a leader of a world power imposes onerous responsibilities on him. After WW II, USA became the dominant economic power, and its currency, pegged to gold, became universally accepted...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Sep 7- 14, 2023
Joe Biden makes a mess instead of solving problems
Some progressive middle eastern countries are trying to prepare their nations for a future where their main income source, oil, would not generate as much....
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
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
Apr 1 - 7, 2023
Bad decisions have created this crisis
The Bretton Woods Conference, after WW II, gave the US $ the status of a globally accepted currency. This was underpinned by a pledge by USA to...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 15-22, 2023
Yak-yak is better than ack-ack!
The illustration above (created using a software called DALL -E) indicates the perils of ignoring inter-dependency; if they let go, both would fall in the abyss.
The world is so inter-twined...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
March 16-22, 2024
The huge GST collection should be used to improve social indicators
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated recently that India will become a $ 5 trillion economy by 2027-28, from the $ 3.7 tr. it is,...
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
Apr 6-12, 2024
Lyrics of the song written by Merle Travis, about the life of a coal miner, describes the current over-indebtedness well.
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt,
St. Peter...
