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Israel Investment Bulletin
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.
Priced From the Outside
What a global investor's Israel trade reveals about the gap between global perception and local reality
Why Israeli Corporate Bonds Are Excluded From the Global Indices — And What That Creates
How Bloomberg's own methodology document explains a $169 billion blind spot in global fixed income
April 2026 Market Insights: Ceasefire Relief, Compressing Risk Premia, and a Recovering Israeli Market
Israeli equities and bonds rally as geopolitical risk fades following ceasefire agreements on the Iran and Lebanon fronts
March 2026 Market Insights: Inflation Pressures, Hawkish Signals, and Stagflation Fears
Geopolitical Shock, Rising Yields, and Shifting Sentiment as the Iran Conflict Reshapes the Macro Landscape