Have you seen what Bernie Madoff has been up to lately? Apparently on the wrong end of a bull! Got this from the BBC News where it describes this photo as follows:
Chinese artist Chen Wenling critiques the global financial crisis in What You See Might Not Be Real, on display at a Beijing gallery. The bull is said to represent Wall Street, while the man pinned to the wall represents jailed financier Bernard Madoff.
Is it bad to feel strangely gratified by this scene? Well, if you’ve been on the wrong end of a Ponzi scheme before, who can blame you?
Now let’s shift gears: I’m going out of town this week so I figured to put together my reading list a little earlier than usual. I’m also a bit distracted given what’s been going on with my family elsewhere, so I’ll leave you with this week’s financial roundup for now. Here’s what I’ve been reading lately!
Personal Finance Articles
- Free Money Finance: Five Ways to Make Your Nest Egg Last a Lifetime
- The Wallet: Simple Truths That Help You Save — and Make — Money
- Five Cent Nickel: Create Your Own “Extended Warranty Fund”
- Money Smart Life: Life is Short: Save & Spend Wisely for Those Left Behind
- Bargain Babe: Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel
- Lazy Man and Money: Reviewing my Necessary Expenses
- One Mint: Traits of early retirees
- All Financial Matters: 2009 Personal Finance “How To” Roundup
- Million Dollar Journey: None of My Business
- Dividend Tree: Emerson Electric Company – Priced for Long Term Buy
- The Financial Blogger: Going Back to the Basics of Personal Finance
- Brip Blap: How To Market Contract Consulting Services
- My Dollar Plan: Give Yourself an Allowance to Control Spending and Save Money
Recent Carnivals
- Best of Money Carnival: Made it to Pinyo’s list this week with my post entitled Your Kid’s Allowance! Awesome! Thanks for a great carnival Mr. Moolanomy!
- Carnival of Personal Finance
- Your Pet Monthly
- Stock trades: Free stock trades from Zecco, Cheap stock trades from TradeKing, Stock news and Investment info at INO TV Free, No cost Trend Analysis for stocks
- Earn top returns: FNBO Direct [1.90%], HSBC Direct [1.65%], WTDirect [1.76%], E*Trade Bank [0.95%], ING Direct [.25% to 1.65%]
- Cash bonus: Discover More [$50], American Express [$25], Lending Club [$25]
If you enjoyed this post, you can get free regular updates through our RSS Feed, or you can have our latest posts delivered to your email inbox by supplying your address here. Your address will only be used for this purpose, and you can unsubscribe anytime.
{ 11 comments… read them below or add one }
I have to say, I love the picture but I am really unsure of what exactly that is blasting out from behind the bull: steam, gas (natural gas from the earth or … natural gas from the bull
), or what… 
Hah! I think it is what it looks like!
Very good and funny sculpture, the bull could not stand and had to lie down somewhere.
Haha that is awesome. I love the detail that was put into the image, with Bernard missing a shoe and to incorporate the whole room into the sculpture, that is real talent.
Great list too, I missed some of these so I have some catching up to do. I also reviewed the book Stingy Scoundrel and am giving a copy away. The contest closes at midnight tonight (9/30) so if anyone else is looking for a copy of the book..
Very funny artwork. It is too bad that only Bernie got pinned like that – as if he had really acted alone. Still, he is a pretty good proxy for what certain sections of Wall Street represent.
LOL! That is quite a big work of “art” Lots of BS flying around in that art gallery. Excellent, and a great reflection on the current state of the economy in general, and the Bernie Madoff saga in particular.
I saw this on BBC, I didn’t notice the details about the shoe and stuff until I read the comments here and took a closer look, the wall has crack lines and stuff, too. I imagine it’s a lot more impressive in person!
Nice sculpture! Impressive. I like the idea of the bull with the person pinned dowm. It looks like the bull was launched from a rocket. LOL.
i still can’t get my head around as to how this guy burnt through $65 billion. thats like all the money in the world.
People I heard about want the opportunity to club Madoff with a Louisville Slugger. They believe that the money is gone forever.
Heh! For more views of this sculpture, including a view that confirms what exactly was happening at the tail end of that bull, check out this thread. There’s more to that sculpture than what you can see in the photo above!