Ofek Halperin, 27, from Kiryat Ono, says he has turned nearly all of his savings into an aggressive stock portfolio and is up almost 100% in four years. He works as a spokesperson for the IT group Aman, previously headed youth staff for Kfar Saba mayor Rafi Sa’ar, and later worked on campaigns for Benny Gantz and Avigdor Liberman.
Halperin says his interest in markets began before military service, when he already had a provident fund, but the 2020 coronavirus crash changed his approach. He says the drop showed him that he was trusting strangers with his money, and after he panicked and sold at the lows, he learned a painful lesson: "I should have left it." His main rule now is, "Do not sell when it is red. Never sell when it is red."
Today, he says he is fully invested in stocks, with 100% of his portfolio in technology-related names. He holds about 25% in the S&P 500 and a 3x leveraged S&P fund, along with defense stocks such as Lockheed Martin and Elbit, chip names including Intel and the 3x leveraged SOXL fund, plus positions in data center and quantum computing companies. Microsoft, Nvidia and Meta make up about 10% of the portfolio, while only 2% is in crypto, split evenly between Bitcoin and Ethereum.
He says he reads financial news daily, uses Telegram for the fastest updates, and prefers single stocks over indexes. He also says he is buying in stages because valuations are high, with several tens of thousands of shekels waiting to re-enter the market, split between cash and a money-market fund. He does not expect to live off investing, but hopes the money will eventually become a down payment for a first apartment and later another property.
