INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 8-14, 2023
Yes, if the myopic polity gets off its high horse!
The latest of several exciting technological innovations is ChatGPT. A chatbot, launched by OpenAI in November 2022, it performs as a code editor, an idea...
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...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 1-7, 2022
Diversion of resources away from health and education
Retired politician and author Ron Paul says, in his weekly column, that “War is a racket, wrote US Maj. General Smedley Butler in 1935. He explained: “A...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 2-8, 2021
A worrying disregard for free markets
Ayn Rand’s book “Atlas Shrugged”, published in 1957, is about depicts a dystopian United States in which private businesses suffer under increasingly burdensome laws and regulations. Five decades later,...
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
Sep 12-18, 2021
The positive and negative factors facing markets
Global stockmarkets, riding on dollops of liquidity from QE programmes, are riding high. Looking forward, there are a few blessings for Indian stockmarkets, plus some factors which could...
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,...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Dec 11-17, 2022
Too many factors make it difficult
There are too many factors working towards pushing the world into a recession. Some countries may already be in one. The creation of excess money supply to help during...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
y J Mulraj
Mar 28 – Apr 4, 2021
Their worth is their bond!
It is perplexing that India is not using the opportunities provided by international debt markets to raise funds at prevailing low rates. The Chinese are; as per...
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...
