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He worked on Wall Street for nearly 50 years. Here’s what he learned about your finances

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By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — 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. That’s an eye-popping increase — but maybe not surprising, considering Silverblatt started his career on May 17, 1977. This January Silverblatt hung up his hat after a nearly 49-year run at Standard & Poor’s — now S&P Dow Jones Indices. He’s…

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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.

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Monday, February 16, 2026.
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