INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Feb 20-26, 2022
The war in Ukraine nobody wanted, but got anyways
One needs to look at the map of Russia and its neighbours to understand what led to the Ukrainian crisis, now a war that ought to...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Feb 14-20, 2021
Some hurdles to overcome to hit a $ 5 trillion GDP dream
PM Modi stated, in Oct 2020, that India’s hope to become a $ 5 trillion economy can still be achieved, despite the economic...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE -- by J Mulraj
Regulators need to do more.
By J Mulraj -- Nov 1-7, 2020
India’s ranking in the Ease of Doing Business has been rising, and now stands at # 63 out of 190 countries. The laggards are...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Mar 21 -27, 2021
Shareholder capitalism needs to be tweaked
The world, indeed, is enigmatic.
Technology is addressing all sorts of problems. Renewable energy is increasing its presence in the global energy mix, although we still need the more...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Sep 4- 10, 2022
Stopping a senseless war requires some sense
The war in Ukraine was started senselessly, and the destruction, suffering and loss of lives was totally avoidable. For years Russia had been pleading with NATO, which...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jun 6-12, 2021
Will the Fed raise interest rates?
In 2013 Fed Chair, Ben Bernanke stated that the Fed would, at some time, put a brake on its Quantitative Easing (QE) programme, under which it pumped money...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 22-28, 2022
Tough times ahead
In this Economist podcast Larry Summers, former US Treasury secretary says that every time inflation has been above 4% and unemployment below 4%, the US has gone into recession (see at 5:23). ...
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
June 10-16, 2023
… can lead to disaster
A question for readers - is the image above showing a pretty, young woman, or an old hag? Reader response to this optical illusion would be pretty much divided, equally....
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,...
