MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 24- 30, 2021
Electoral funding and impact on policy
In an interesting article, titled The Great Grift, Scott Galloway, an NYU Stern School Professor, points out that around 400 families provide half the funding for presidential elections,...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 17 -23, 2021
A Promising Yet Complicated Future
Bob Dylan captured it in his song ‘The Times They are a Changing’. He sang:
Come Senators, Congress, heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall,
For...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 10- 16, 2021
An Empire in Decline
Picture Source: www.deviantart.com
We are entering into a phase in which the American Empire is in decline and China is emerging as a dominant world power. Several big tech social media,...
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J Mulraj
Stockmarkets not deterred by storming of Capitol Hill
By J Mulraj - Jan 3 -9, 2021
It was reminiscent of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities: The distressing events of Jan 6, when supporters of Donald Trump invaded...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Tell people the truth!
By J Mulraj
As we ring in a new year, we have hopes that the arrival and certifications of several Covid vaccines would end the nightmare of the old, 2020, and usher in economic...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
2020 was NOT perfect vision
By J Mulraj -- Dec 20-26, 2020
The world would be happy to say goodbye (adieu) to a horrible year, rather than au revoir (till we meet again).
The Covid pandemic, the first case...
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...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
Are Central Banks going easy on inflation targetting?
By J Mulraj -- Dec 6-12, 2020
(Image Source: North Coast Voices blog)
The cover story of the Economist asks if inflation will return. Starting with the global financial crisis in 2008, right...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
China in an intertwined world
By J Mulraj -- Nov 21-28, 2020
China embarked on economic reforms 10 years ahead of India, under Deng Xioping, who famously said ‘I don’t care if the cat is white or black, so long...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE -- By Jawahir Mulraj
Bouquets and brickbats
By J Mulraj -- Nov 21-28, 2020
The Government needs to be complimented for several achievements. Last week, for example, 3GPP, a global standards body, approved the Indian navigation system, NaVIC, developed by...
