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The Motley Fool
June 29, 2009
Brian Richards |
Roundtable: Lessons From the Madoff Mess 71-year-old Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff was given the maximum sentence for the 11 criminal counts to which he pleaded guilty: 150 years in jail. Motley Fool writers offer opinions on the lessons learned.   |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Surprise! The Madoffs Made Off With Even More More things to be outraged about, courtesy of the Bernie Madoff saga. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Bob Clark |
The Perfect Ponzi While the Madoff debacle has been a disaster for thousands of investors, the timing couldn't be better for independent advisors. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Avoiding the Next $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme The scandal and scope of Bernard Madoff's fraud is a further blow to the financial sector's reputation. |
BusinessWeek
March 11, 2010
Harry Markopolos et al. |
How I Got the Goods on Madoff, and Why No One Would Listen This ad hoc team of sleuths spent eight years trying to expose Bernie Madoff as a fraud - but the SEC turned a deaf ear. His new book tells the sad tale. |
Entrepreneur
May 2009
Rosalind Resnick |
How to Spy a Scam Its may be time to stop taking those longstanding relationships for granted. |
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Madoff Gets 150 Years Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for fraud so extensive that the judge said he needed to send a symbolic message to those who might imitate his fraud and to victims who need relief. |
Investment Advisor
January 2009
Jeff Joseph |
More Regulation Post-Madoff? The only thing they are certain of is that his alleged Ponzi scheme. |
BusinessWeek
May 5, 2011
David Kamp |
Book Review: The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust by Diana B. Henriques The Ponzi-scheming sociopath finally opens up. How'd he do it? Lots of practice |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Bob Van Voris |
For Madoff Victims, an Avenging Angel Irving Picard has $10 billion in hand and is suing banks and others he claims profited from the fraud for $100 billion more |
BusinessWeek
September 16, 2010
Devin Leonard |
How Greed Moves Markets It doesn't, that much. But David Sarna's History of Greed recounts some compelling preludes to Madoff |
Bank Technology News
December 2009
John Dodge |
The IT Secrets from the Liar's Lair The preservation of old computer technology helped Madoff successfully go undetected for years until his massive Ponzi scheme collapsed that day. |
BusinessWeek
March 10, 2010
Schmidt & Westbrook |
Madoff, Stanford Victims Unite Victims of Bernie Madoff and accused Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford are banding together to lobby for Senate help in recovering some of their money. |
Registered Rep.
August 24, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Madoff Stricken With Cancer Former financier and convicted felon Bernie Madoff is reportedly dying of cancer. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Could You Make Money the Madoff Way? No, we're not talking about running your own Ponzi scheme. |
Registered Rep.
June 22, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Madoff Had Help Running His Fraud, Says SEC The SEC today indicted four individuals for helping Bernie Madoff in his colossal Ponzi scheme. One of the individuals was a registered rep and a second was an investment advisor. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2009
Beyers & Lomax |
Who's More to Blame: Bernie Madoff or the Media? March Stock Madness -- Second Round: Let's call this one the battle of the scapegoats. Who's the bigger one? Bernie Madoff or Jim Cramer? |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
Ponzi Schemes Explode Why are all these Ponzi schemes and frauds coming to light simultaneously? A flight to cash. |
Sports Central
April 26, 2011
Diane M. Grassi |
Eyes Wide Shut: MLB, Wall Street Lay Bets at Same Table As we learned by way of the U.S. Court of Bankruptcy, through its court appointed trustee, Irving Picard, that the Mets' owners are being sued for nearly $1 billion. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Compounding Magic Only Goes So Far Some concrete examples of how compounding of returns causes your money to grow, and a look at what rate of return is reasonably achievable. |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2011
John Reeves |
Wrist Slaps All Around at the SEC The SEC disciplines its employees who were involved in the Madoff case. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2009
Steve Dalton |
Doing the Diligence It has becoming glaringly clear, in the wake of Ponzi schemes, hedge-fund insider trading scandals and the severe volatility in the equity, credit and real estate markets, that wealth managers need to at the top of their game. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
How to Tell a Madoff From a Buffett For investors, the Madoff episode raises one question that supersedes all others: How do I avoid investing my money with a fraudster? |
Investment Advisor
January 2010
Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: The Next Case of Madoff Disease The same seductive allure will still infect some advisors and clients with short memories and weak immune systems. |
BusinessWeek
May 12, 2011
Roger Lowenstein |
Wall Street: Not Guilty Why have no executives gone to jail for their roles in the financial crisis? Perhaps because risk-taking and stupidity aren't criminal. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2008
John Rosevear |
An Investing Lesson From the Super-Rich As details have emerged about Bernie Madoff's investors, who have collectively lost up to $50 billion in his Ponzi investing scheme, one lesson that has emerged is that major league wealth doesn't automatically impart investment wisdom. |
Registered Rep.
September 2, 2009
John Churchill |
SEC Blew It With Madoff, Inspector General Says SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro announced the release today of the Office of the Inspector General's report on the Bernard Madoff fraud. It says, in short, the SEC screwed up in every way possible. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
Russ Diachok |
Coming to an RIA Near You One of the scenarios arising from the financial crisis and frauds like the one perpetrated by Bernie Madoff will be greater regulation of broker/dealers. |
Registered Rep.
January 15, 2009 |
Schapiro's Replies: Blame The SEC--Not FINRA--For Madoff It wasn't her job, man. |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
What Buffett and Madoff Have in Common What do billionaire investor Warren Buffett and alleged Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff have in common? Their similarities and differences teach us valuable investing lessons. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
David A. Lifson |
After the Fraud Victims of Madoff's Ponzi scheme have probably paid taxes on earnings they never had. Here are tips for recovering some of that money. |
Financial Advisor
May 2012 |
The Growing Threat Of Financial Fraud According to the Federal Trade Commission, Americans last year submitted more than 1.5 million complaints about financial fraud and other types of scams -- a 62% jump from three years ago. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Who Should Go to Jail? As the nation's collective temper flares, we're all beginning to consider tossing the people responsible for today's financial mess in the slammer and throwing away -- no, melting -- the key. But who do we lock up? |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Mark Tibergien |
Restoration After we finish blaming everyone else for this mess, here's how to take control of our advisory businesses and begin to restore clients' trust in the industry. |
BusinessWeek
April 21, 2011
David Kamp |
Book Review: Tangled Webs: How False Statements Are Undermining America by James Stewart Are we living through a sustained bull market for well-heeled liars? |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2011
Morgan Housel |
When Rich People Do Stupid Things Rajat Gupta, Bernie Madoff, and the fast track to running a successful life. |
Registered Rep.
December 16, 2008
Bill Singer |
Have Arthur Levitt's Words Come Back to Haunt Him? On the heels of the recent lurid discoveries about Bernard Madoff's multi-billion-dollar fraud, former SEC Chair Arthur Levitt is quoted in the article as saying: "At this point, I don't see any evidence that the SEC dropped the ball." |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2011
Karen C. Altfest |
Presumed Guilty Even if we think we've been successful for a long time, we never can stop presenting our credentials and accomplishments, and demonstrating our stability to those who are new. As you sit in prison, Bernie Madoff, thanks for the reminder. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2009
Chokkavelu & Lomax |
Who's More to Blame: Kate Hudson or Bernie Madoff? March Madness series: It's clearly Kate Hudson's fault, for not providing us with enough diverting entertainment during the crisis, or is Bernie Madoff the perfect symbol of all that went terribly wrong. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Can't-Miss Investments That Wipe You Out Can't-miss investments are like unicorns. They're legendary, ephemeral, basked in a light glow, and an utter fantasy. So don't chase them. Seek instead to ensure that your expected returns for investing exceed the known risks. |
Registered Rep.
March 12, 2009 |
In the News: Madoff Pleads Guilty; AG Cuomo Says Merrill Mislead Him, UBS Retail Unit Stumbled in '08, Fund Manager Steve Leuthold Is (Still) Very Bullish Madoff faces up to 150 years in prison... Cuomo wants disclosure on bonuses... UBS releases 2008 annual report... "Buy `em when they hate'em," Leuthold says... |
Registered Rep.
February 24, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Madoff Victims Go After Solvent Parent Companies How Tremont Group Holdings plans to defend itself against claims that it was "reckless" with client money that was invested in Madoff funds is something anyone interested in how fund of fund companies conduct due diligence -- will be watching. |
Registered Rep.
May 15, 2009
Kristen French |
SEC Proposes Anti-Ponzi Rules. Do They Fall Short? Surprise exams and reviews by third party accountants: These are the new measures the SEC proposed to combat ponzi schemes like the one Bernie Madoff pulled off. |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Satyam and Consequences If there's one thing the story of Satyam's dishonest accounting underlines, it's that we investors must always keep our minds open to risk and the unknown. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Criticized for Madoff Congress chides the SEC for the scathing inspector general report on Bernie Madoff. |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Foreign Stocks Be Trusted? Financial bombshells abroad are enough to spook already nervous investors. But does this mean it's time to sell all of your foreign stocks and take a "Buy American" attitude? |
Registered Rep.
March 3, 2009
Kristen French |
News Roundup: BofA/Merrill Layoffs; SEC Impostors; NYC Benefits Crumble; Madoff Clutches At Assets; AIG CEO Sues....AIG The ax began to fall at Bank of America/Merrill... etc. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2009 |
Marcia Kramer Mayer Marcia Kramer Mayer of NERA Consulting speaks about how the SEC should look to the example set by the IRS, which uses computerized searches to identify investment fraud problems. |
The Motley Fool
July 5, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Fool Looks Back Fraudsters, failings, and fortunes sat still long enough for their portraits this week. Madoff, Biogen, LogMeIn, and online advertising giants Microsoft and Yahoo are discussed. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Madoff Topples Zsa Zsa School of Investing Even former glamour queens can get burned by ignoring asset allocation and diversification. |
