Finance
Your Investments: Shavuot lessons, from Torah to retirement planning
Shavuot celebrates receiving the Torah. Beyond cheesecake, the holiday teaches restraint, morality, and living wisely, including lessons on finances and desire.
Syria joins G7 finance sessions in Paris in sign of legitimization
Israeli private equity firm David Group launches to invest in mature businesses
Your Investments: Financial freedom and Jerusalem unification
Italian police arrest nine for raising millions in terror funding for Hamas
Three associations that claimed to support Palestinian civilians are also implicated, allegedly serving as a front for Hamas funding, local police said.
Your Investments: The cost of investor overconfidence
It’s much easier to make money when everything keeps going up. The temptation for investors is to start taking more risk than they are able to handle.
Your Taxes: What Israelis should review before tax year closes
The Israel-Hamas War has added to the government’s budgetary needs. So, taxes won’t be cut any time soon.
Your Investments: Patience consistently beats prediction when navigating market fluctuations
"Most successful pundits are selected for being opinionated, because it’s interesting, and the penalties for incorrect predictions are negligible." - Daniel Kahneman
Israel’s pension gap begins long before workers reach retirement - opinion
The roots of Israel’s pension crisis lie in education, employment, and income, not in retirement age.
Your Taxes: How does Israel tax foreign pensions? The laws all immigrants should know
US Social Security is exempt in both the US and Israel under the US-Israel tax treaty.
Your Investments: The learning power of Hanukkah, using gelt as educational tool for kids
Never spend your money before you have earned it. – Thomas Jefferson
US dollar slides after Fed cuts rates, as expected
The US dollar fell against other major currencies after the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates. The Fed will likely pause its easing cycle in January.
Iranians brace for Saturday fuel price surge as Islamic Republic's economy braces for worst
The proposal had been repeatedly postponed over fears it could trigger unrest similar to deadly protests sparked by a fuel price hike in 2019.
Iran's currency sinks to lowest level in history, local media blames government policy
Iranian media blamed the government's recent economic liberalization policies for adding pressure to the open rate market.
