Bernie Madoff’s Gift

Somewhere in your portfolio, you probably have a loser -- an investment that is now worth less than what you paid for it. However, all is not lost. If that investment is in a non-retirement account (i.e., not in an IRA, 401(k), or HSA), you can sell it, take the loss, and use it ...  Show more

Apple and Tesla are unveiling futuristic products, but are they solving real problems or just creating new ones? Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Jason Moser debate the future of smart homes, flying cars, AI wearables, and whether Big Tech’s latest innovations can move the needle. ...  Show more

Uncover the shocking story of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, the largest financial fraud in history, and its devastating consequences for investors, his family, and the SEC's credibility Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Bernie Madoff was an American financier who ran what is widely regarded as the largest Ponzi scheme in history, defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars by paying returns to earlier investors with funds from newer ones rather than from legitimate profits. 

A Wallstreet insider perpetrated the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. Bernie Madoff rocked financial institutions around the world to their very cores when it was revealed that the former head of the NASDAQ, a man who was an architect of the how many of the stock exchanges around ...  Show more

Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers kick off Slate Money’s series on some of the biggest financial scandals in recent history. This week they are joined by Joe Berlinger, director of “Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street”. Berlinger tells the Slate Money crew about Madof ...  Show more