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 […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post, November 14th, 2020 “Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it’s all about what’s good for the party and not necessarily what’s good for the […]
As posted in the Jerusalem Post November 6th, 2020 Sometimes we just need to be able to admit our weaknesses. I can just see my wife’s eyes roll as she reads these words coming from me. But recently I have had a few meetings where the lack of individual self-awareness is almost certain to end […]
As posted in the Jerusalem Post October 29th, 2020 “There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.” – Ernest Hemingway Apparently, my […]
As posted in the Jerusalem Post October 22th, 2020 ” Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President’s widow?“ – Jackie Kennedy I’ve mentioned in this column how in my business I seemingly get waves of clients who pass away. […]
As originally appeared in the Jerusalem Post, on Friday, October 16th, 2020 “I discourage passive skepticism, which is the armchair variety where people sit back and criticize without ever subjecting their theories or themselves to real field testing.” – Tim Ferriss How much risk are you willing to take in your investments? Financial advisors spend […]
As posted in the Jerusalem Post October 9th, 2020. “Being on a boat that’s moving through the water, it’s so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what’s important and what’s not.” – James Taylor As the holiday season winds down, we’ve gone from focusing on repentance to focusing on water. While some […]
Let’s use the second part of this holiday season to focus on using our money for things that we truly need. As posted in the Jerusalem Post October 1st, 2020. “We spend our way to the poorhouse. We buy giant TVs and iPads. Our children wear nice clothes thanks to high-interest credit cards and payday […]
As posted in the Jerusalem Post September 25th, 2020 “Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish festival without food. Instead, it is a day of fasting and prayer, introspection, and self-judgment when, collectively and repeatedly, we confess our sins and […]
The simple sounds of the Shofar are a wake-up call for us to get back to basics.
For a few people, the more convoluted the investment, the better, but for 99% of the population, investing in complicated schemes is not recommended.
In the case of personal finance products, simplicity is not just something useful; it is an absolute necessity.
