Madoff had thousands of clients and was in business for many years, as to credibility he was Chairman of the NASDAQ.   

Not discussing politics, here is a glimse to the in fighting going on...CFPB 'fundamentally unaccountable': Hensarling29 Jan 2014The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee blasted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as “fundamentally unaccountable” Tuesday during a committee hearing on the agency.

In DC it was part of a guidance memo from the Chairman of the Commission/Commissions legal counsel, oh maybe 3 or 4 years ago they came up with that requirement. 

But even further, our broker also happens to be the chairman of our state real estate commission...so what he says is also binding on all agents in our entire state on the issue, and he also in the past had been the NAR liason for Large Brokerages, and the NAR liason on state and federal legal issues, so had a hand in crafting NAR's policy on the issue.His contention is that the letters and pictures are not part of the offer. 

on real estate investing success• She founded FIBI Pasadena Meetup with over 3,900 members as part of the For Investor By Investor (FIBI) Real Estate Network•She has spoken at top industry events including the Think Realty Conference and Expo and the Intelligent Investors Real Estate Conference• She hosts the Real Estate Breakthrough Podcast where she coaches investors and interviews the industry's top playersChristina served as Chairman on the Board of Resources for Infant Educators, offers hours of free advice and real estate mentorship every week, and supports charities including, Veterans of America, St.

I'm only including this because it puts the sources in 1 easy to access spot):  The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission formed by the US Congress in 2009 to investigate the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, concluded "the CRA was not a significant factor in subprime lending or the crisis".[124]Ben Bernanke, then Chairman of the Federal Reserve, wrote that experience and research contradict "the charge that CRA was at the root of, or otherwise contributed in any substantive way to, the current mortgage difficulties

Maybe I'll just bite the bullet and purchase a package of 5 e-mail addresses and make myself everything from CEO/Chairman of the Board/Lord-God of the firm to Second Shift Lead under the Assistant to the Night Janitor.

(best known for his tenure as chairman and CEO of IBM from 1993 until 2002, wherein he led the company through a great turnaround).

This week (jobs week), markets have been volatile.Negative news (tending to make bond prices fall; bond yields and mortgage rates rise):A stronger than expected employment report from ADP, including an apparent reacceleration in wage growth for job changers.Commentary from Fed members Raphael Bostic, Loretta Mester, and Neel Kashkari suggesting that there was “no rush” to cut rates unless unemployment rates began to spike.Positive news (tending to make bond prices rise; bond yields and mortgage rates fall):Fed Chairman Jerome Powell saying that — despite the recent “bump” in inflation — rate cuts were still likely this year.Weekly jobless claims came out at 221,000 for the week ending March 30, a bit higher than expectations.As always, everything could change today (Friday) with the release of the BLS jobs report for February.

Beyond his investment fund he is also the Chairman of Miramax studios.