As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on January 24, 2021. “Never make predictions, especially about the future.” –Casey Stengel Coming off Covid-19 how do you see the global economy performing in 2021? Will the Chinese economy continue to grow and pull the rest of the world along with them? Now that the US […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on January 14, 2021. Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them. – P. J. O’Rourke I recently had a Zoom meeting with a couple that received an inheritance. Aside from the usual questions that came up like their goals for the money and how […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on January 7, 2021. “Retirement at 65 is ridiculous. When I was 65 I still had pimples.” – George Burns I had a long conversation last week with a couple who immigrated to Israel a few years ago after reaching retirement age. We were talking about the “philosophy” […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 31, 2020 “It’s important to learn to say no. With tours and all of that stuff, there are so many aspects that go into it. It’s easy to have so many people around you saying, ‘Oh yes, yes, you can afford this, you can afford this,’ and […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 24, 2020 In last week’s Torah portion we began reading about Joseph’s economic plan to save Egypt during the seven years of famine. This week, while much of the focus is on his meeting with his brothers and ultimately the reunion with his father, we also […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 17th, 2020. “Many liberals argue that big US companies don’t really pay the top corporate rate. While this is sometimes true, it’s mainly because, during recessions, companies lose money and get a tax loss carryforward that temporarily reduces their effective rate. But during economic expansions, when […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 11th, 2020. Never spend your money before you have earned it. Thomas Jefferson Hanukah has started. As if sitting home during multiple corona closures didn’t wreak havoc with our health now we have cheesecake sufganiot to deal with. There are definitely more of them available than […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post, December 4th, 2020 Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent. – Billy Graham Sometimes investing is like a child learning to whistle. I remember teaching my elder son how to whistle and he tried and tried and […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post, November 26th, 2020 You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There’s another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity. […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post, November 19th, 2020 Most successful pundits are selected for being opinionated, because it’s interesting, and the penalties for incorrect predictions are negligible. You can make predictions, and a year later people won’t remember them. Daniel Kahneman Everyone knows which way the stock market will move, correct? Both […]
