Comments on: The End of a Sure Thing: Madoff’s Long Bet http://mehtafiscal.com/2008/12/22/madoffs-long-bet/ Occasional thoughts on financial markets and matters Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:51:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Loyalty on the Slopes: Madoff Goes Skiing in 2004 « mehtafiscal http://mehtafiscal.com/2008/12/22/madoffs-long-bet/#comment-17 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:56:17 +0000 http://mehtafiscal.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-17 [...] run by Madoff’s father-in-law and his partner, called Alpern & Heller (see this blog’s Dec. 22 post). Mendelow ran his firm, called Telfran Associates Corp., with Edward R. Glantz of Lake Worth, [...]

]]> By: dave http://mehtafiscal.com/2008/12/22/madoffs-long-bet/#comment-13 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:16:22 +0000 http://mehtafiscal.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-13 They were only “duped” for forty years! By a Ponzi scheme where you couldn’t see the money or find out what was done with it. Just average for CPA’s, I guess.

]]> By: dave http://mehtafiscal.com/2008/12/22/madoffs-long-bet/#comment-12 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:30:19 +0000 http://mehtafiscal.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-12 ambit is from Latin ambio, go around or frequent, and if I’m in someone’s ambit, I’m in their bailiwick or their circle, at least at the fringes, or like that.

]]> By: Hank http://mehtafiscal.com/2008/12/22/madoffs-long-bet/#comment-11 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:39:50 +0000 http://mehtafiscal.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-11 Yes, very good article, though I am in shock that these people were duped for so long by this criminal.

I think it was supposed to read ‘gambit’

]]> By: leCorbusier http://mehtafiscal.com/2008/12/22/madoffs-long-bet/#comment-5 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:36:28 +0000 http://mehtafiscal.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-5 solid article, what’s an ambit?

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