THIS WEEK:

• The big losers this year?  The biggest mutual funds (0:59)
• Red flags you should have paid attention to in the Madoff fraud (22:20)
  
• Our special holiday message from a Charlie Dow Christmas (45:14)
  
• Our Guest: Bill Staton, Author: Double your money in America's finest companies  (9:11)

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This week on Sound Investing...

What investment has been the worst this year?  Look no further than the biggest actively managed mutual funds.  71 of the 100 biggest actively managed stock funds have underperformed the Standard & Poor’s 500.  Why?  Listen and we’ll give you our take on this troubling statistic.

Bernard Madoff apparently ran the biggest ponzi scheme in history.  50 billion dollars – that’s how much may have been lost  -- is a staggering number but more staggering is the fact that many investors missed important red flags along the way.  Listen to the lessons learned from this growing fraud.

Don’t miss our holiday special…a Charlie Dow Christmas.

Our guests include: Bill Staton, author of Double Your Money in America’s Finest Companies.