No ordinary investor ever suspected Bernard Madoff to be a fraud. This legendary Wall Street financial manager has earned a good reputation throughout the years and nobody would have expected him to turn out to be just managing a large Ponzi scheme instead of making real good investment decisions.
Avoid being tricked by another Bernard Madoff. There are measures that you can do to verify your fund manager's worth.
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