MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Aug 24-30
The Time Has Come, J. Powell Said, to Talk of One Thing - Interest Cut
In Lewis Carroll’s book, Through the Looking Glass’ the Walrus told the carpenter that the time had come to talk of...
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...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
AUG 10-16, 2024
And world leaders are missing!
The world appears to be teetering at the edge of a cliff, with the Supreme leader of Iran threatening to attack Israel in response to Israel having killed the Hamas...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
AUG 3-9, 2024
And spooks global markets
Japan’s Government debt is, as per IMF the highest in the world, at 214%. So, for decades, it had a zero interest rate policy; most of its debt was domestically raised....
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
JULY 27- AUGUST 2, 2024
The next 4 months will be dangerous
Having pulled out of the Presidential race, being self-admittedly unfit for it, Joe Biden may well become a lame duck President, unlikely to take any significantly...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
JULY 20-26, 2024
A Tinkerer’s Budget by Nirmala Sitharaman
There are 74 million individuals who file income tax returns in India, of which 51 million had no tax liability. So a mere 22.4 million individuals (1.6% of India’s...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
JULY 13-19, 2024
American politics takes a dangerous turn
At an election campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a dastardly assassination attempt was made by a shooter on presidential nominee, Donald Trump. Thankfully, Butler didn’t do it. Trump survived,...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
July 6-12, 2024
Is the global polity brain dead?
The collective West, led by Biden, had, according to Putin, prodded Russia to invade Ukraine, by encouraging Ukraine to seek membership of NATO. If allowed, NATO missiles could be...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
June 30- July 5, 2024
The Democrats made a bad bet. It’s backfiring
The first Presidential debate between Joe Biden, Democrat, and Donald Trump, Republican, revealed to a worldwide TV audience just how lost and incoherent the former...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
JUNE 22-28, 2024
By Joe Biden (Move Over, Dale)
Before 2021 USA had friends and allies like Saudi Arabia, Germany and other EU countries. It had energy security, because of fracking shale oil, which gave it geopolitical clout....