Finance

Your Investments: If you don’t understand it, don’t invest in it

If a belief, value, or investment cannot be explained clearly, it is unlikely to endure. A sound financial plan should be understandable.

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of an upwards-trending graph (illustration)
 Leumi Bank

Bank Leumi becomes first Israeli bank to issue covered bonds to foreign investors

 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Every generation must be taught that 'never again' is not just a slogan - opinion

A “Young Investors & Technology” panel at The Jerusalem Post Miami Conference featured two startup founders pitching products at the edge of medicine, defense, and regulated finance, with moderator Dr. Efraim Chalamish.

Mission driven: founders explain how startups compete with big-tech salaries


Lebanon prepares plan to address losses from financial crash

Decades of profligate spending by the country's ruling elite sent the economy into a tailspin in late 2019, with depositors locked out of their accounts as debt-laden banks shut down.

A member of police walks near a burning tyre lit by demonstrators during a protest near Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon October 5, 2022.

Merchant cash advance companies how to find the top option for your business

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Your Investments: On Rosh Hashanah, our finances are also judged

The fact that we are judged as to our financial situation brings with it our own responsibility to live within our means. 

Close up cropped image young woman calculating monthly expenses.

One man, one bank, and the making of modern Israel

At 95, banker, diplomat, and statesman Zalman Shoval reflects on his journey and Israel’s transformation.

Zalman Shoval: His life story intertwines with Israel’s history.

‘Shameful’: Smotrich faces uproar from bereaved families amid push for NIS 30b. defense budget rise

Bereaved families slammed Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for skipping a meeting on aid, as he pushed a NIS 30b defense budget increase.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a committee meeting on September 14, 2025.

Walla launches ‘Walla Crypto’ trading platform with Altshuler Shaham’s Horizon

The new platform was designed with Israeli investors in mind, featuring a unique Hebrew interface

 Bitcoin surpasses silver in market capitalization

Tel Aviv Stock Market surging after Qatar strike is ‘rally ‘round the flag’ effect - opinion

The ability of the market to react so positively during a dramatic security event may be the strongest proof of the confidence that has been built here over the years.

THE TEL AVIV Stock Exchange.

The strength of women in the capital market - opinion

Excluding women holds back innovation and costs the economy

THE WRITER addresses a Maof-Tech gathering at the Technion in Haifa.

Precious metals expert's number one reason why you should invest in gold

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Wealth without integrity: A growing phenomenon in the business arena - opinion

In the investment world, intelligence and energy are necessary for success – but without integrity, they turn into a double-edged sword.

THE WRITER attends a board meeting of AFIRE, Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, in New York. Intelligence and energy are necessary for success – but without integrity, they turn into a double-edged sword, he says.