Banking & Finance

Your Investments: Lessons from Tisha B'Av on reflecting for a better future

Every setback contains the potential for growth if we are willing to learn from it. Sometimes you need to destroy in order to build.

Circa 700 BC, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Esekiel, three prophets of the Old Testament.

Your Taxes: Could taxes unlock Israel's constitutional future?

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

NIS 260 million on the way to hundreds of thousands of employees

CBS: Apartment prices in sharp decline, rent skyrockets

Pentagon denies report of Hegseth-linked pre-strike defense investments

Hegseth's Morgan Stanley broker contacted BlackRock in February about making a multimillion-dollar investment, while the Pentagon's spokesperson called the story "entirely false and fabricated."

MARCH 31, 2026ByREUTERS

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth described Israel as a true ally during a press conference at the Pentagon on March 2, in Arlington, Virginia.

Despite the war: Israeli high-tech opens 2026 with approximately $3.1 billion in funding

Behind the stability in overall capital lies a shift in the market structure. The number of deals remains relatively low, and capital is increasingly concentrated in a smaller number of companies.

MARCH 30, 2026ByARIEL FEIGLIN

Prediction 2026

As one financial year ended and 2026 began, the hard numbers tell the story of what has been and what may lie ahead.

MARCH 30, 2026ByMARC REISS

Future financial predictions with cash, gold, and bitcoin

Your Taxes: The Iran war’s commercial impact

The latest Iran war is having an economic impact on the world economy. If less fuel is available to the world through the Strait of Hormuz, it means less travel and fewer petroleum products.

MARCH 27, 2026ByLEON HARRIS

Oil, miniatures of oil barrels, oil pump jack and U.S. dollar banknote are seen in this illustration taken, June 6, 2023.

The strength of the shekel

The Israeli shekel is expected to remain an attractive currency for investors around the world as Israel continues to advance, introduce solutions globally, foster innovation, expand, and succeed

MARCH 23, 2026ByIN COLLABORATION WITH MIZRAHI-TEFAHOT BANK, MARC REISS

Israeli banknotes come from countries in the world that use Forex or financial financials.

Your Taxes: Good news for Israelis with foreign rental income

In 2024, the NII issued Circular No. 1314, stating that it had stopped collecting NII contributions on Israeli residential rental income. But the NII said nothing about foreign rental income.

MARCH 20, 2026ByLEON HARRIS