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Pierre Raymond

May 13, 2026, 4:25 AM

Toronto Real Estate 2026: Operations Over Capital for Jewish Investors

A diaspora investor in Tel Aviv learns about the leak from a building manager's email three days after a supply line behind the dishwasher gave way. By the time a contractor reaches the unit, the bathroom below has a...

May 5, 2026, 12:30 AM

Why Israel’s Tech Class Is Quietly Adding Canada’s Express Entry to Their Plan B

The number that stopped me was 10,000. That is roughly the count of Israelis who emigrated to Canada in 2024, according to figures cited in reporting on Israeli emigration, a fivefold jump from the prior year. Of that cohort, 7,850...

May 2, 2026, 12:29 AM

Israel’s Hybrid Health Bill: When Out-of-Pocket Looks Like Consumer Finance

Israelis pay one of the OECD's most modest mandatory health-insurance contributions. The OECD's Health at a Glance 2025 country note puts Israel's mandatory prepayment share of total health expenditure at 62 percent, against an OECD average of 75 percent....

Apr 10, 2026, 12:19 AM

The Brutal Math Behind Israel’s $5.8 Billion Fintech Takeover

Israeli fintech exits didn't just grow in 2025; they went parabolic against the grain of a global venture capital winter. While international fintech funding has spent the last two years stabilizing from the post-pandemic crash, Israeli acquisitions spiked from...

About Me

Pierre Raymond is a quantitative researcher focused on financial markets, investing, and the economics behind emerging trends. His work bridges raw data with accessible analysis, covering topics from fintech M&A patterns to macroeconomic indicators. His published research has appeared across financial and technology publications.