Bernie Madoff orchestrated the largest Ponzi scheme in history, defrauding investors of around $64.8 billion over decades. , ...

Technology bubbles have often concealed major frauds. From the railway boom to the Madoff affair, are there warning signs at the heart of the current AI frenzy?

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Bernard Madoff went down in history as the mastermind behind the largest Ponzi scheme ever uncovered, defrauding investors of more than $65 billion. But what exactly did he do, and why did his case ...

At the beginning of the previous week we reminded you all of the "The Greatest Ponzi Scheme In History"As part of our continued monitoring of the situation in China, it worthwhile noticing that the ...

(Original Caption) Charles Ponzi, the "financial wizard" of Boston who succeeded in amassing a fortune through his endless chain of sales of Foreign Exchange following the World War, later went to ...

Everything is fine until the scheme runs out of new investors and the whole house of cards comes tumbling down. We still hear about Ponzi schemes, or pyramid schemes, as they are more frequently ...

Elon Musk has his chainsaw out and is coming for Social Security, which poses a particularly tough problem because it is the most popular federal program. In addition, there is no cash to divert, it ...

Finance and investment experts have attributed the recurring cases of phony investment schemes to three main issues of financial illiteracy, greed and lack of culture of due process. Against the ...

The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that’s required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of ...

The Senate on Wednesday mandated its relevant committees to investigate rising cases of Ponzi schemes in the country. The resolution of the red chamber followed its consideration and adoption of a ...

Many investors are asking themselves if we are living in an AI bubble; others have gone beyond that and are simply asking themselves, until when? Yet the bubble keeps growing, fueled by that perilous ...