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

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,