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ISRAELI STARTUPS SET RECORD FOR EXITS IN 2014

End-of-year reports show 52 Israeli companies were acquired for some $15 billion, nearly double 2013′s exits worth $7.6 billion.
PLAN ON WHAT YOU HAVE – NOT WHAT YOU MAY INHERIT | Aaron Katsman Financial Blog

RECORD $15B ISRAELI HI-TECH EXITS IN 2014

PwC Israel: In 2014, many more mature Israeli high-tech companies preferred an IPO to being acquired.

RECENT ROUT MAKES HIGH YIELD BONDS INTRIGUING

Retirees searching for income are stuck. Yields on traditional fixed-income instruments are in the 1%-2% range. For those investors with a more balanced approach, that is, not looking to use high yielding stocks as a replacement for bonds, it may pay to look at high-yield bonds.
HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING AT NIGHT? | Aaron Katsman Financial Blog

GLOBAL BONDS BEG THE CURRENCY QUESTION

With the US dollar poised to rise, there’s never been a better time to reposition into global bonds as your core mandate. But when you do, it’s critical to fully hedge that global portfolio against currency risk.
3 TIPS TO GET YOUR RETIREMENT PLAN ON TRACK | Aaron Katsman Financial Blog

AFTER THE BETA TRADE IN EMERGING MARKETS

It’s getting harder to generate equity returns in emerging markets (EMs). Simply chasing the index—the so-called beta trade—won’t do the job anymore. But with a more discriminating, active approach, we believe investors can still capture opportunities in the next phase of the EM growth evolution.

THE CORE OF THE MODERN BOND STRATEGY: GO GLOBAL

“Keep Calm and Carry On” reads a popular World War II–era British motivational poster. We think the first half of the slogan is good advice for bond investors in today’s uncertain markets, but we’d substitute the second with “Go Global.”

FIVE STRATEGIES TO GET THE MOST SOCIAL SECURITY

President Barack Obama wants to eliminate, as part of his proposed fiscal year 2015 budget, aggressive Social Security claiming strategies “which allow upper-income beneficiaries to manipulate the timing of collection of Social Security benefits to maximize delayed retirement credits.”
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR WOMEN | Aaron Katsman Financial Blog

HOW TO MANAGE YOUR BIGGEST INVESTMENT: YOUR KIDS

A child born in 2012 will cost his parents $241,080 in 2012 dollars, on average, over his lifetime. And children of higher-earning families drain the bank account more: Families earning more than $105,000 annually can expect to spend $399,780 per child.
CAN COLOMBIA BRING YOU GOLD? | Aaron Katsman Financial Blog

DON'T DUMP STOCKS JUST BECAUSE JANUARY WAS A LOSS

The year-to-date decline in stocks points to a rough year for equities, according to the so-called January indicator, which is based on the historical tendency for the market’s direction in January to set the tone for the next 11 months.
TAX INCREASES AND YOUR ISRAELI STOCKS | Aaron Katsman Financial Blog

WALL STREET MOTHERS, STAY AT HOME FATHERS

Marielle Jan de Beur often catches the 6:27 a.m. train to Grand Central Terminal, waiting on the Westchester platform with a swarm of dark-suited men, and then walks 10 blocks to a Park Avenue office fronted by the fountain where Audrey Hepburn cavorted in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” playing a woman scheming to marry a wealthy man.