tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post5326076046990147329..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Harry Markopolos' Big Error...Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-78135482020871465522009-02-16T13:56:00.000-05:002009-02-16T13:56:00.000-05:00From anecdotal info in different news reports I ha...From anecdotal info in different news reports I have read, Markopolos, himself, is being contacted by many for all sorts of work.<BR/><BR/>Most of the money managers that went with Madoff were strictly directing money to Madoff. They are persona non grata everywhere. I saw a report where one of them out of Palm Springs doesn't get a manicure anymore because he is afraid to run into investors. He Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653378186315529211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6359765048614186572009-02-16T13:44:00.000-05:002009-02-16T13:44:00.000-05:00Hey RW,Do you know if HM's old firm (where he was ...Hey RW,<BR/><BR/>Do you know if HM's old firm (where he was working when he dug up the dirt on Madoff) is getting more clients now? And are the money managers who went with Madoff getting a bunch of withdrawals?<BR/><BR/>I'm wondering how the market is enforcing a meritocracy in the wake of these revelations, versus the SEC getting a bigger budget (no doubt).Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-69447861295872655632009-02-16T10:43:00.000-05:002009-02-16T10:43:00.000-05:00Best thing for us all to do is get rid of our mate...Best thing for us all to do is get rid of our materialistic tendencies. Get rid of anything that is not tied down, then sell what's tied down. Buy gold, get a camper and vacation for the rest of our lives.<BR/><BR/>Imagine what the government would do if we all stopped NEEDing everything they said we did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63259591454354571052009-02-15T22:25:00.000-05:002009-02-15T22:25:00.000-05:00Maybe, but I doubt it. The SEC new about it, and ...Maybe, but I doubt it. The SEC new about it, and just did not care, so some lady resigned and they hired another. Plenty of other shysters still running around yet anyways. This is America, first they stopped caring about deficits, now balance sheets.toysarefunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12443836399602584950noreply@blogger.com