> I don't know enough to be sure one way or another but when Bernie Maddof's fund collapsed it did seem like it was mostly just rich people who lost money. Wha

> I don't know enough to be sure one way or another but when Bernie Maddof's fund collapsed it did seem like it was mostly just rich people who lost money. What definition of "rich" are we using? I didn't look at every story on the first page of the google serp for "madoff victims stories" but the ones that I did read mentioned folks who I don't consider rich. For example http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/madoff-and-me-one-victim-s-story.aspx http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/madoff-... .