JMulraj

MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Mar 28 – April 4, 2021 What goes around, comes around US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, is discovering that karma is a bitch! In the period, 2014-18, as Chairperson of the US Federal Reserve (equivalent to RBI Governor), she...

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 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...

MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Mar 14-20, 2021 Is India ready for a fast changing world? ­­­­In 1949 George Orwell wrote a fantastically prescient book called 1984. It is  about a world  which, as per Wikipedia, ‘has fallen victim to perpetual war,  omnipresent...

MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Mar 7-13, 2021 Nothing (except a bureaucrat) can stop an idea who’s time has come By J Mulraj ­­­­It has taken very long for the polity to understand why continuous economic reform, incessant preparation for the future, sharp focus...

MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Feb 28 – Mar 6, 2021 Not argumentative, be an augmentative Indian! Democracy is wonderful, if the polity is sensible and not, alas as it is, needlessly argumentative. Our polity kept India’s economy chained until a crisis in...

MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Feb 21-27, 2021 A Tale of Two Scenarios Bitcoin reminds one of Charles’ Dickens ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ which was ‘the best of times, the worst of times; the spring of hope, the winter of despair; we...

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 Jan 31 – Feb 6, 2021 Poised for growth It was Winston Churchill who opined that one should not let a good crisis go waste. India has had at least two serious crises, Covid and Chinese belligerence in...

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,...