Eli Polak News Today

Last weekend was quite unnerving.

Netanyahu sends condolences to 'citizens of Turkey in their difficult time' after 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country, with tremors felt in Israel and Syria, where over 300 people were reported to have been killed

I was driving with one of my children, and I commented about how expensive gas prices were as we were pulling into a gas station.

I sat down at my desk to begin my day, and streaming across my screen was a market alert – “Dow rises 200 points after tame inflation data, Nasdaq jumps another 1%.” A few moments later, another breaking news headline passed in front of me - “U.S. spending on COVID-19 relief poised to hit $6T with the passage of Biden stimulus bill.” I quickly went to see where stocks were on the news, and much to my dismay (but not surprise), the DJIA was now up over 500 points. Yet another record-se...