@Jon S.You may think differently about shorting when your large short gets called in when you can least afford it.There are ways to short most things these days but its far from an easy task unless you get everything right and/or have great traders.

The key is to not get greedy and overdo it.  

I am an retail equities trader who manages his own portfolio.

I am told with great authority from friends in the City that within weeks of Lehmans going down, nearly everyone associated with these bonds had been let go, both in the City of London and Wall Street, and it has since become known, that many of those traders and bankers who were expecting bonuses, not only had the bonus cancelled, but are now in lots of lawsuits up and down both the U.S.

Greedy investors only form I win, win, win; you lose, lose, lose deals.

Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful ... easier said than done, but excellent advise none the less.

Be fearful when others are greedy yada yada yada and so on.

One of my friends is a successful day trader, and he's told me that the two cardinal sins of stock trading are fear and greed.

The details aren't important, but she is ranting and raving at me about how I'm a greedy pig. 

You're right Jon they're not they fall in the same catagory of greedy selfish POS's as the morons at Enron.