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Israel Investment Bulletin
Israel Cut Rates Again. What It Means Across the Market.
A look at the Bank of Israel's fifth cut in a year through the yield curve, corporate credit, the shekel, and correlation to U.S. credit
Are the New Tel-Bond Liquidity Rules a Step Toward a More Mature Market?
A modest reform to Israel's corporate bond benchmarks, and what it can and cannot do for liquidity and credit pricing.
From Geopolitics to the Yield Curve: What the Bank of Israel’s Midyear Report Tells Us
Israeli inflation is moving in the opposite direction from the US and Europe. A look at what the Bank of Israel's midyear report could mean for bond investors.
The Lost Decade: War, Debt, and the Collapse of 1983
Part 4 of the History of Israeli Capital Markets Series
From Bachar to Today: How the Shekel Became a Wall Street Trade
The structural history behind the shekel's correlation with U.S. equities.
June 2026 Market Insights: Equities Pull Back, Bonds Hold Steady
June's declines in equities and the shekel reflected sentiment and technical factors — not a shift in Israel's underlying disinflation trend.
Statehood and Austerity: Survival, Reparations, and the Roots of a National Market
Part 3 of the History of Israeli Capital Markets Series
What's Actually Moving the Shekel
Israeli institutional hedging has become a dominant marginal driver of the currency.
May 2026 Market Insights: Shekel Strength and Easing Rates Drive Markets Higher
Improving geopolitical sentiment and the Bank of Israel's first rate cut since January fueled gains across Israeli financial assets in May.