MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
April 27- May 3, 2024
India’s economic performance is standing out
Avid British climber, George Mallory, when asked why he was trying, for the third time, to climb Mr. Everest, said ‘because it’s there’.
In much the same vein,...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Apr 20-26, 2024
IMF warns America to cut spending
At its spring meeting in April, the IMF warned USA, and China, about their excessive levels of debt, advising both to lower their borrowings, for fear of profound impact...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
April 13-19, 2024
Can geopolitical considerations avoid escalation of conflicts?
The use of a slingshot by David, circa 1000 BC, was, possibly, one of the first examples of asymmetric warfare. Diminutive David slew the giant Goliath with a...
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...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
MARCH 30-APRIL 5, 2024
And how it shapes policy
The concept of democracy, propounded by Cleisthenes in 508 BC in ancient Greece, is a wonderful one, giving, as it does, power to the people to elect who should...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
MARCH 23-29, 2024
The self destructive policies of the global polity is perplexing
It’s extremely perplexing how the global polity is governing in a way to destroy their own countries, emulating Emperor Nero who, it is said, fiddled...
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
March 8-15, 2024
Shaping the narrative using doublespeak
The priorities of political leaders are malleable, and can change, depending on current exigencies. One of the top priorities for the Biden administration was climate change. Towards this end, one...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
March 2-8, 2024
Turn to Ayn Rand to explain how
In January, a court in Delaware decided, on an appeal by a shareholder of Tesla, that a compensation agreement the Board had signed with Elon Musk, its founder,...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Feb 24- Mar 1, 2024
How states destroy themselves
Last week a judge in New York fined Donald Trump $454 m. (Including penalty and interest) for over valuing his property in order to get favorable terms for a...
