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The Financial Crisis, Madoff Scandal, Bailout, and Black Boxes

This article discusses a New York Times op-ed piece that describes the Madoff Scandal as ultimately caused by Wall Street acceptance of "black box"[...] read more »
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Madoff Holds the Cards

Good article about why Madoff isn't in jail. read more »
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Barron's 2001 Madoff Article

Two years ago, at a hedge-fund conference in New York, attendees were asked to name some of their favorite and most-respected hedge-fund managers. read more »
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Civet Coffee:Never Underestimate How Much You Can Scam Rich People With "Exotic" Products

Credit default swaps, Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme, and now Civet Coffee (I wish I could poop expensive coffee beans).
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Massachusetts investor saw inside Madoff scam 9 years ago, but few listened

His repeated warnings that Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff was running a giant Ponzi scheme have cast Harry Markopolos as an unheeded prophe[...] read more »
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How to Avoid the Pump & Dump

Extreme conspiracy theorists love to create wild stories describing how a small elite group controls everything from the stock market to the property[...] read more »
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MassMutual Burned by Madoff

The Wall Street Journal reports Tremont Group disclosed this month that its clients lost $3.3 bln, more than half of all assets overseen by Tremont read more »
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How We Knew Bernie Madoff Was A Fraud

An advisory firm called Aksia steered clients away from Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme years before it blew up. In this letter, Aksia explains how it [...] read more »
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School suffers a financial loss due to Madoff Losses

The Maimonides School, the oldest and largest Jewish day school in Greater Boston read more »
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Credit Suisse clients may have lost $925.9 mln on Madoff, according to report

Reuters.com reports the bank clients may have lost up to 1 billion Swiss francs ($925.9 million) on investments connected to accused swindler Bernard[...] read more »
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Investing Rules Learned from the Bernard Madoff Scandal

If only these people followed some simple investing rules! read more »
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Too Good to Be True - Arvedlund's In-Depth Look at Madoff

The book has no mercy on Madoff -- there is no point at which we are expected to believe in him. It simply relays the facts like an obituary; one whi[...] read more »
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Video Review: Madoff and the Scamming of America

A good overview video from PBS about the Madoff affair and what some might argue the "tipping point" that caused the great Economic Bust of '08. read more »
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How to Fix Wall Street - Madoff’s Law

So how do we fix Wall Street? Rather than limiting pay on Wall Street, I would do the exact opposite. read more »
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Madoff's House Gets TP'd

This is classic.... read more »
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