The Bernie Madoff scandal was a strong undercurrent that surfaced during the 2009 Bluegrass Business Summit on Thursday.
How can investors avoid being ripped off by the likes of Madoff?
A titan among Wall Street investment fund managers, Madoff has confessed to running a Ponzi scheme that may have clipped his clients for $50 billion over the [...]
Two real estate pros, Bret Caller of Lexington and Steven Miller of Cincinnati, have formed Viking Partners LLC, a commercial real estate investment firm that is seeking investors to buy good properties that are bargain priced due to the current economic slump or owner desperation.
“Invoking the spirit of the Vikings, who were known for their [...]
There might be a way to profit from hedge funds even if you don’t have the money to actually be in one.
At least that’s the message you can read between the lines of an article in the Journal of Corporate Finance by University of Kentucky assistant finance professor Christopher Clifford.
Hedge funds are like unregulated private [...]
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