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the message reception and call
volume of major telephone com-
panies. He also favors software
innovators like Tadiran, Sapiens
and 4th Dimension, which makes
mainframe computer efficiency
tools.
Mr. Leventen was schooled in
international finance and he's an
adjunct professor of internation-
al banking and capital markets
at Tel Aviv University. He regu-
larly counsels corporate officers
about managing their cash re-
serves.
Mr. Leventen says many Is-
raeli financial executives are "hy-
per-conservative" about cash
management after living through
two periods of hyper-inflation. As
a result, he says, their corporate
investments usually yield returns
that hover around the inflation
rate.
"These firms end up making
their money by coming up with
high-tech innovations they can
sell. They're usually very good at
doing that," he said.
Mr. Leventen says he offers fi-
nancial suggestions that can have
"specific and attributable affects
on their bottom lines." During
these consultations, he says he
often learns whether or not a
company is able and willing to
adapt to changing market condi-
tions.
This personal contact yields
valuable corporate insights that
help him make investment rec-
ommendations.
"You find out if a company has
the ability to deal with entropy"
in a way that makes a manage-
ment team attractive to investors,
he says.
Mr. Leventen says most of the
foreign investment in Israeli se-
curities is from non-Jewish in-
vestors. He says many
non-Jewish investors are able to
make better independent evalu-
ations of Israeli companies and
their prospects for profitable in-
vestments. Why?
Non-Jewish investors, he says,
look at Israeli securities as just
another emerging investment
market; they have no emotional
connections to Israel or pre-con-
ceived attitudes about the Jew-
ish state.
Mr. Leventen says some Jews
miss investment opportunities
because they become "anti-
Semetic in their investment prac-
tices."
Long-held but inaccurate opin-
ions about Israel's economic con-
dition cloud their ability to make
wise investment decisions, he
says.
"They have associated Israel
with negative connotations from
the past," Mr. Leventen said. 0
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ant to secure your fam-
ily's financial future?
Then get into "a plan-
ning mode instead of a
reactive one."
That was the advice Edward
Jay Beckwith, a nationally-
known expert in the manage-
ment and distribution of personal
financial resources, gave to about
30 women at an "Ask the Expert"
seminar May 23 at the Max M.
Fisher Building in Bloomfield
Hills.
The focus of the 80-minute ses-
sion, sponsored by the Federat-
ed Endowment Fund of the
Jewish Federation, was family fi-
nances for women. However,
much of Mr. Beckwith's advice
applied to men, too.
"I suggest you go home after
this talk and take an inventory
of your assets," said Mr. Beck-
with, an attorney based in Wash-
ington, D.C. "You also might
want to check your deed and your
will. If you're headed to work,
read about your benefits. Are
they the best for your family?
"In addition, this might be time
to talk with your accountant or
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Edward Jay Beckwith
tax advisor. Basically, you should
always be asking yourself this
question: Are you headed in the
direction you want to go with
your finances? It's a good idea to
check into things every three
months or so. And when you do,
never presume everything is all
right."
A good reason for the constant
diligence, Mr. Beckwith said, is
history.
"In the next 15 to 20 years, bil-