For decades Israel’s high-tech start-up scene has been considered one of the most exciting and impressive in the world, on par with Silicon Valley, and producing game-changing technologies that continue to push the innovative envelope. Israel ranks #2 for venture capital availability, and is ranked #3 in the world for …
Israel Investment Possibilities Explained
So, you want to support Israel and be part of her economic success, but you don’t live in Israel, don’t travel there too often and are not sure about the investment possibilities you have. So how can you accomplish this? This article will help. In our previous articles, we discussed …
Israel’s Educational Tradition Drives Growth
Ever since ancient times, Israeli culture has valued education as a primary pillar in the establishment of the nation. The Babylonian Talmud, compiled in the 4th century CE states, “The very world rests on the breath of a child in the schoolhouse” (Shabbat Tractate, 119b), exemplifying the importance of study …
Israel Market Summary for 2016*
2016 has been a turbulent year in the global economic markets. The slowing Chinese economy caused the markets to react negatively in January as the Chinese GDP Annual Growth Rate slowed to 6.7%. The U.K.’s decision exit the European Union (aka the “Brexit”) caused severe reactions on all the major …
Israel’s Credit Ratings Upgraded to A+
Fitch Ratings, one of the “Big Three” international credit rating agencies alongside Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, has upgraded Israel’s long-term foreign currency sovereign credit ratings by one notch to A+ from A, with a stable outlook. Fitch’s announcement was released on Friday, November 11th and now has Israel ranked …
Building a Nation: Israel’s Booming Real Estate Market
When author Mark Twain visited the Land of Israel (then still called Palestine) in 1867, he penned impressions of what he witnessed in his book “Innocents Abroad”: “A desolation is here that not even imagination can grace with the pomp of life and action. We reached Tabor safely. We never …
Israel’s Conflicts Leading to Innovation
King David wrote in the first verse of the 144th Psalm “Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle”. David was a man who knew many battles, although he hardly went looking for them. Most people do not desire to be at war with others, nor …
Israeli Innovation – Changing the World
Can a tiny startup-nation less than 70 years old, with less than 8 million residents, change the world? Israel is clearly saying “yes”. An enormous number of inventions and innovations have come out of Israel in recent decades, more than from many larger, established nations combined. Israel is shining its …
NASDAQ Partnership-Israeli startup market?
Many investors want to invest in innovative Israeli startup companies before they go public. But some don’t have the high amounts of capital necessary to participate in a venture capital fund, and others don’t want the high risk associated with investing in a small private company with little regulatory oversight …