CONCLUSION

CONCLUSION
Imagine a friend calls up and says, "Listen, I got a sure thing in the market. All you need is $10,000. Plunk it down with me. I guarantee the stock's gonna double tomorrow."

Now you're a conservative kind of guy, so you say, "Well, thanks, but no thanks."

The next day you look at the paper and guess what? The stock doubled.

"Wow, that guy really knows something," you say to yourself. "Seems like he's got inside information."

Next day the phone rings again. It's the same friend. He says, "Hey, did you check the paper?"

"Yeah, I saw it."

"Well, what do you think?"

"Pretty good."

"Tell you what. Put down the $10,000 now. The stock's gonna double again tomorrow."

Well, now you have to think twice about it. But you're still a bit cautious, so you say, "Um, thanks but no thanks. $10,000 is a lot of money. I'll leave it for now."

You check the paper the next day, and sure enough, the stock doubled again. The portfolio is now worth $40,000. And you missed it twice.

Next day another phone call. This time, you're afraid to answer it. Eventually, after eight rings, you pick up.

"Did you check the paper?"

"Yeah."

"Well, whadya think?"

"Pretty good."

"Tell you what. You put down the money now, the stock's gonna double again. Check the paper tomorrow, you'll see it."

This time you're tempted. You think about it for a few minutes, but then you say, "You know, I'm not really sure..." and you hang up the phone.

In the end, you leave it alone. You just can't deal with it.

You check the paper the next day, and, sure enough, the stock has doubled. It's now worth $80,000.

The guy calls you up a fourth time. He says, "Listen, did you check the paper?"

"Yeah."

"Stock doubled."

"Yeah."

"Portfolio's worth $80,000. If you come in now, it's still gonna double tomorrow. You coming in?"

Now you've been playing it safe all along. You invested in a high level CD, and your $10,000 is now worth $10,032.06. His is worth $80,000.

He tries again. "Come on, are you in or not?"

You can't deal with it. You say, "I just can't," and you hang up. The stock doubles. It's now worth $160,000.

He calls you up again. He tries a few more times. "It's gonna double, you coming on?"

"No. Can't deal with it. Not going in yet."

The stock doubles again, now it's worth $320,000. It's doubled seven times. A couple more times and now it's worth over a million dollars.

Finally he calls up one last time and says, "Listen. I want to tell you something. Since you're such a good friend, the whole time I was investing my own $10,000, I've been investing another $10,000 for you in a second portfolio. You didn't know it, but you were right there with me all along. The second portfolio is waiting for you. All you have to do is come in right now and claim it. Are you ready or not?"

We can look at the seven fundamental wonders of Jewish history and know that our ancestors have been steadily investing for us in the portfolio of Judaism, for generation after generation, up to the present time. It doesn't matter if you've been conscious of this or not; you've been investing all along. And now you can come aboard and reap your rightful payoff.