He worked on Wall Street for nearly 50 years. Here’s what he learned about your finances
- Posted on February 16, 2026
- By CNN
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He worked on Wall Street for nearly 50 years. Here’s what he learned about your finances

When Howard Silverblatt first started working on Wall Street, the S&P 500 was at 99.77 points. The week before he retired, the benchmark index was up by 70 times that, to 7,000.