Four Financial Questions for Passover
Looking at assumptions on war in the Middle East, the US economy’s resistance to rates, risk to Magnificent Seven outperformance, and gold’s rising price.
A Passover installation in London with 133 empty chairs representing Israeli hostages in Gaza.
Photographer: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty
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Passover is upon us. On Monday and Tuesday nights, the world’s Jews gather to hold their annual seder — a stylized meal in which they tell the story and commemorate the Hebrew slaves’ exodus from Egypt. It’s become the backbone of other religions. Jesus’s Last Supper was a seder, which involves the consumption of unleavened bread and wine, just as in a Mass. Each seder begins with the youngest person present singing four questions to ask why they are doing things differently from all other nights. It’s meant to explain the importance of the exodus, but it’s also part of the Jewish tradition of questioning assumptions.