Some of the bad news Tuesday was "less worse" than many feared: Goldman Sachs reported its first quarterly loss since going public — but the $2.1 billion loss was much narrower than many had feared and Goldman shares rose as much as 11 percent. Stocks soared on the Federal Reserve rate-cut decision and options trading looks bullish on Boeing. CNBC heard from experts who predict a massive OPEC cut and more Fed moves to come.
"There were people in Omaha who thought what I was doing was some sort of Ponzi scheme." That's Warren Buffett talking about his early days as a money manager in the late 1950s, as quoted by Alice Schroeder in her recent Buffett biography The Snowball. It wasn't as crazy a thought back then as it might seem now.
Cramer offers hard proof that bear raiders operated unchecked in their effort to profit from the American financial system's near collapse.
Real estate investor Mort Zuckerman said 10 percent of his charitable trust was invested with Madoff and estimated the losses at about $30 million.
What separates those who have been had vs. those who are and were immune is knowing when to let your brain do the talking and when to tell greed do the walking.
In the wake of the Madoff scandal, former SEC commissioner Laura Unger called for SEC reform.
"We have to sit down and figure what kind of life we have left," says Joan Sinkin, who with her husband, lost their life savings.
The latest list of people and organizations who have lost money in Madoff's fund, according to the New York Times.
Eighteen months ago a firm that does due diligence on investment advisers warned clients not to do business with Bernard Madoff's investment fund.