Interview: Erin Arvedlund, Author

October 09, 2009 09:40 AM PDT

Aired 10/03/09 Despite all the headlines about Bernard Madoff, who pleaded guilty to running a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, he is still shrouded in mystery. Why (and when) did he turn his legitimate business into a massive fraud? How did he fool so many smart investors for so long? Who among his family and employees knew the truth? Erin Arvedlund tackles the tough questions that are still unanswered in the wake of Madoff's collapse. Erin Arvedlund is an investigative journalist who has written for Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TheStreet.com, and Portfolio.com. In 2001, she wrote the first skeptical article about Bernard Madoff for a major publication. This is her first book.

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It is the only weekly program dedicated to the key market indexes and the financial products that track them.

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Ron DeLegge is the weekly voice of the Index Investing Radio Show. He's been quoted and contributed to financial news articles published by the Associated Press, Business Week, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. In addition, Ron serves as the Publisher and Editor of ETFguide.com, a popular destination for information on exchange traded funds or ETFs. He is also a contributing writer to a monthly column on ETFs for Research Magazine (ResearchXtra.com), an industry trade journal for financial advisors. He believes the formula for beating Wall Street starts with trusting the indexes, not the money managers that try to beat them and fail.

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