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Douglas Goldstein, CFP®, is the director of Profile Investment Services, Ltd, a financial planning and investment services firm specializing in working with Americans living in Israel who have investment accounts in America. He is a licensed financial professional both in the U.S. and Israel.
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The 7 Decisions that changed author Andy Andrews' life and how they can guide you towards success.
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The importance and function of having a dream in building your own success.
An expert discusses the mistakes gamblers make and how to play safely at casinos.
Former hedge fund manager now makes new foods from castoff vegetables, explains how to win war on waste.
Listen to the author of a book about surviving - and even thriving - on a low-income salary.
Is e-commerce the wave of the future?
Doug Goldstein speaks with author Roberta Taylor about how couples need to plan for their retirement.
Doug Goldstein speaks with Phil Parker who gives tips for dealing with stress.
How easy is it to teach children good financial habits?
Former FBI agent talks with Doug Goldstein about writing a novel based on his experiences.
Doug Goldstein meets Alex Genadinik, entrepreneur, software engineer, and business consultant.
How to protect yourself, your money and your accounts from author Clark Howard.
Listen to Doug Hess, author of Gordon Gekko CEO: Lessons from Wall Street for a Winning Attitude.
Author Jay Myers talks with Doug Goldstein about steering your business through a crisis.
Doug Goldstein speaks to chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley about what it takes to reach the top of one's field.
Rabbi Hier explains what must be learned from the Holocaust, and why it is important never to forget.
Chess grandmaster Daniel King, explains which characteristics and qualities make a good chess player.
Doug Goldstein speaks with John Warrillow about creating a company in order to sell it.
Trevor Blake, author of Three Simple Steps and founder and CEO of QOL Medical LLC speaks about his best-selling book.
How a longer average lifespan has affected retirement planning.
Factors that you need to take into account when deciding whether to rent or buy a home.
The president of the Cambridge Satchel Company talks about the exponential growth of her company.
He won the Nobel Prize for chemistry, now Dan Schechtman wants to be president of Israel.
gnite Social Media created social media programs for companies such as Microsoft, Nike and Disney.
Harness the power of Mommy Bloggers!
Learn how to navigate the new business paradigms so customers can find and purchase your products.
Stable banking systems: by design or by default?
In the first part of this week's podcast, Diane Coyle, professor of economics at Manchester University and author of GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History and The Economics of Enough, talks about measuring economic progress. What is the GDP (gross domestic product), and is it really an accurate benchmark for understanding economic performance? Find out […]
How the use of Israeli technology and the growth of Israeli trade with Arab countries could eventually create peace in the Middle East.
Dalit Braun, the CEO of Pick N Tell
Ted Alling, serial entrepreneur and managing partner of the Lamp Post group.
Doug meets Daniel Rudnitsky, portfolio manager and vice-president of product development at SMH Capital Advisors.
Eswar Prasad, professor of economics at Cornell University and author of The Dollar Trap.
Doug meets Dr. Douglas Scharre, a neurologist at Ohio State University.
Gordon d’Angelo, author of the bestseller Vision: Your Pathway to Victory
John O’ Connor, president and chief investment officer of 3-D Asset Management.
How would you know if they are a good investment for you?
Journalist Richard Martin, a contributing editor to Wired magazine and the author of "Superfuel."
Doug meets Kirk Sorensen, the founder of Flibe Energy.
Paul Piff, a social psychologist at the University of California at Berkeley.
How to plan your finances without fear.
David Epstein, author of The Sports Gene.
Dmitri Leonov, vice-president of growth at Sanebox.
Tina Sacchi, holistic healer
The connection between riches and romance.
Geoff Colvin, senior editor-at-large at Fortune Magazine
On this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, meet , Sally Shields, author of The Daughter-in-Law Rules: 101 Surefire Ways to Make Friends With Your Mother-in-Law. Sally speaks about how to write, sell, and market a book online from home. Is this the way of the future for working mothers with young children?
Peter Vishton, associate professor of psychology at the College of William and Mary (Part 2)
Daniel J. Lewis, podcaster, website designer, and consultant.
Joanna Penn, author of seven books.
On this week's podcast, Doug speaks to Libby Gill, CEO of Libby Gill & Company and author of Capture the Mindshare and the Market Share Will Follow. Find out what the mindshare is and how it helps you to gain the trust of your clients. And why is gaining trust so important to building your […]
Do you ever judge a book by its cover? In today’s world, brand name and company image sometimes seem to mean more than the actual product. But why are these concepts so important? In the first part of this week’s show, Doug meets Jack Bergstrand, CEO of Brand Velocity and author of Reinvent Your Enterprise […]
In part two of this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Doug interviews Lars Peter Hansen, who won this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics along with Eugene Fama and Robert Shiller (who has also been a guest on the Goldstein on Gelt Show). Find out how economic models are used in decision making – and if […]
On this week's podcast, meet Professor Michael Roberto of Bryant University, author of Know What You Don’t Know and Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes For an Answer. Professor Roberto explains why there is no room for “yes” men in businesses and the role of pattern recognition in solving potential problems before they arise.
When you face a crisis, it doesn’t have to bring you down. In part one of this week’s Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Jay Myers, author of Hitting the Curveballs: How crisis can strengthen and grow your business, explains how you can grow from hardship and difficulty, both in terms of business and life.
On this week’s podcast, Doug meets Steve Dotto, host of the television show Dotto Tech. Find out how you can make your life easier by using modern technology and how the way you deal with your emails can make you more productive.
In the second part of this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Professor Edward Burger, president of Southwestern University and author of Five Elements of Effective Thinking, talks about how your way of thinking affects the decisions you make and getting results.
On this week's podcast, Doug Goldstein meets Timothy Taylor, author of The Instant Economist: Everything you need to know about how the economy works and managing editor of The Journal of Economic Perspectives. Find out about the state of the world’s economy and how it affects ordinary people.
In the first part of this week's podcast, Doug meets Connel Fullenkamp, a professor at Duke University who has produced a course on understanding investments for The Great Courses. Listen to this interview to find out how to get on the road to financial success and the factors that you need to consider when looking […]
In the first part of this week’s Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Doug meets Michael Moss, the Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Salt, Sugar, Fat. Find out what’s really inside the food you eat. And is it possible for the fast food industry to put health before profits?
In the second part of this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Bob Rosenschein, American-Israeli software pioneer and entrepreneur, talks about his most recent startup – Curiyo. Curiyo is a new kind of internet searching technique that makes internet searching much easier and more efficient. Discover more about how your internet experience may be about to […]
On this week's podcast, Doug meets Gavin Andresen, lead developer of the Bitcoin digital currency project. Find out how Bitcoin works and if digital currency is the way of the financial future. Is the dollar about to go out of business, or can real and digital currencies exist side by side?
In the first part of this week’s podcast, Doug meets Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA, the founder and editor of The Sizemore Investment Letter, who talks about how the economy and inflation affect our investments. Also find out whether real estate can really be a good investment, and what the future holds for investing in America, […]
On the first part of this week’s podcast, Doug interviews Gary Becker, 1992 laureate of the Nobel Prize for Economics and winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007. Find out why your family can be compared with a factory, and how to make your family enterprise into a success.
In part 2 of this week's podcast, Dr. Steven Novella, an academic clinical neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine and the president and cofounder of the New England Skeptical Society, explains what critical thinking is and why we need a certain dose of skepticism when it comes to making crucial decisions in life.
On this week’s Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Doug meets Jack Dean, publisher of PensionTsunami.com, vice-president of the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility and California Pension Reform. Get the lowdown on American pensions today, and find out what lies ahead for U.S. retirees.
In the second part of the Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Doug interviews Michael Lynn, a professor of food and beverage management at Cornell University. Professor Lynn’s work on tipping has been covered by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other influential publications. Why do people still tip today? Wouldn’t a service charge […]
On this week’s Goldstein on Gelt Show, we meet Charles Nenner, founder of the Charles Nenner Research Center. Mr. Nenner’s interesting research and predictions on financial markets have often proven to be very accurate. Find out more about Charles Nenner, who is also a medical doctor and an accomplished chess player, on this week’s podcast.
In part 1 of this week’s show, Doug meets entrepreneur Ben Lang, creator of Mapped in Israel, who has been involved in the business world since he was still in high school. Ben talks about Israel’s unique qualities as a “startup nation,” and the qualities that have clearly put the Holy Land on the business […]
In the second part of this week's podcast, Doug meets Elizabeth Fideler of the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College. Why do many people choose to retire later, and why do older women in particular prefer to work into their senior years? Listen to the answers on this week’s show.
In the first part of this week’s Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Doug meets Jason Bond, owner of the internet businesses Bond Swing Trades and Bond Day Trades. Find out what “swing trading” is, and what the difference is between high- and low-risk trading.
In the second part of the Goldstein on Gelt podcast this week, Professor Walter E. Williams, economics professor at George Mason University and author of Race and Economics: How much can be blamed on discrimination? discusses why setting a minimum wage is not the ideal solution for unemployment and poverty. Listen to more of Professor […]
On the first part of this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Betty Shotton, pilot and the CEO and founder of Liftoff Leadership, once again shares her observations on leadership. How can the rules of aviation be applied to business and life? And how can you find your center of gravity? Find out by tuning in […]
In the second part of this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Doug meets chess grandmaster Boris Gelfand, who is currently Israel’s top chess player. How does chess make you smarter, and why is playing chess important for your children’s intellectual development? Find out more by listening to this week’s podcast. And don't forget to tune […]
If retirement was a foot race, it would be a marathon instead of a sprint.
How can you make your online business a success in today's world of SEO and social media? In the first part of this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, listen to Doug’s interview with Daniel Waisberg, an Analytics advocate at Google, to find out the tactics of building a business on line and how to make […]
On the first part of this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Doug meets Jim Jatras, a specialist in international relations and a former State Department official, who explains what FATCA is and why he thinks it’s one of the worst pieces of legislation for American citizens. Can FATCA achieve anything positive, or should it be […]
Often one spouse accuses the other of being an over-spender. But what exactly is “overspending”? This definition changes from family to family; for one, going out to eat on a weekly basis may be within their means, while even a periodic coffee may be stretching the resources of another couple. So how does a family […]
In the second part of our weekly podcast, Nobel Prize winner and Columbia University Professor Edmund S. Phelps returns to Goldstein on Gelt to speak about his new book Mass Flourishing. Find out what makes a country prosper and the role of innovation in its growth.
On this week’s podcast, prosperity and growth are the main themes. In part I, Doug meets Kimberly Foss, president and founder of Empyrion Wealth Management and author of Wealthy by Design, a five-step plan for financial security. Find out why anyone can improve their financial security and not have to rely on an inheritance or […]
Doug interviews Peter Sims, author of Little Bets – How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge From Small Discoveries. Sometimes, a small idea can turn into something big if you are prepared to make a little bet, as many great inventors and successful businesspeople have found. Find out more by listening to this week’s podcast.
On the first part of this week’s podcast, new ideas are the name of the game. Doug meets Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma and professor at Harvard Business School. Professor Christensen shares his approach to realizing your ideas and visions and how to make the best of your life.
What happens when a woman has been out of the workforce for several years, and now she wants to get back in? Advances in technology and different expectations in the labor market can make going back to work very scary. Yehudit Sidikman, director of El Halev, a center for women’s self-defense, talks about how to […]
On this week’s Goldstein on Gelt podcast Doug talks to Stanley Barg, tax law and estate planning specialist, and chairman of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), about cross-border inheritances and how to make sure that you are doing the best thing for your children, no matter where they live. Tune in to find […]
In part 2 of the Goldstein on Gelt podcast this week, the international flavor continues with an interview with Tom Becker, co-founder and principal of Oceanskies, which handles the registration of private yachts and aircraft. Why does a yacht need to have a nationality, and how does this facilitate the navigation of international waters? And […]
This week’s Goldstein on Gelt podcast has a cross-border theme. In Part 1, Doug meets Avner Buntman, founder and CEO of Forex Israel. Find out about the different ways to change foreign currency, the risks involved, and the various uses of foreign exchange on this episode of the Goldstein on Gelt Show.
Since gaining independence in 1948, Israel’s economy has flourished. Apart from making the desert bloom, Israeli technology and knowhow have transformed the modern world. From the discovery of quasi-crystals to the invention of the world’s smallest video camera, to the development of the drug Copaxone to treat multiple sclerosis to the invention of the USB, […]
In the second half of this week's podcast, Dan Gainor, director of the Business & Media Institute, returns to Goldstein on Gelt to tell us how the IRS has been treating American conservative political groups. Is the IRS biased when it comes to granting tax-free status to certain groups, based on their political views? And […]
An interview with Peter Anstis, founder of Expatsradio.com.
On this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, , Doug speaks to economist Dr. Bharat P. Bhatta, a professor of economics at Sogn og Fjordane University in Norway, about a new way to charge for overweight on international flights. Dr. Bhatta suggests charging passengers for their own physical weight in addition to their luggage. So is […]
In the second part of this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Doug meets Jonathan Eley, personal finance editor of the Financial Times to discuss the dramatic banking crash that occurred in Cyprus. So what exactly happened in Cyprus, and how has it affected the European economy, currency, and investments? Tune into this week’s show to […]
On this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Doug interviews international business coach and global attitude architect Katya Barry. Katya, who is Russian, was educated in the United Kingdom, is married to an Irishman, and lives in Germany. Find out how to adapt your business to the culture and mindset of another country, as well as […]
Two ways to teach your kids about money.
In part two of this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Doug meets Professor Kenneth Arrow, who at the age of 51 was the youngest person to win the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1972. Stanford Professor Arrow shares the social choice theory and how it affects our lives today. Don’t miss out on hearing this […]
When is the best time to teach your kids about money, and how do you do it? On this week’s podcast, Doug meets Ron Lieber, a columnist for The New York Times. In 2011, Ron won the Loeb award, a prestigious honor in the world of business journalism, in the category of personal finance. Ron […]
Paying taxes is a piece of cake.
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