Worst investments of 2008, Madoff's victims & 7 tips to shop liquation sales - Today in Money 12/15

List of Potential Victims in $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme Grows
Investors who put their fortunes in the hands of arrested New York money manager Bernard Madoff are waiting to hear how much of their stake is left. The roster of potential victims has grown exponentially longer in the past few days. Among those who have acknowledged potential losses so far: Magnate Mort Zuckerman, the foundation of Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel, Sen. Frank Lautenberg and a charity of movie director Steven Spielberg. Also, former Philadelphia Eagles owner Norman Braman, New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon and J. Ezra Merkin, the chairman of GMAC Financial Services, the Palm Beach Country Club, charities, hedge funds and more.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/2008-12-13-wall-street-arrest_N.htm
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Worst Investments of 2008: Crocs, Yellow Pages, Banks and More
The year will go down as one of the worst ever for investors, but which investments were worst? If you were an investor in R.H. Donnelley which publishes Yellow Pages phone directories you have seen a 99% drop in your investment. And if you were an investor in Crocs shoes you saw your investments shrink by 95% this year. Others that had a very rough year included the investment banks, automakers, newspaper companies, Office Depot, Sprint Nextel and the list goes on and on.
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