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You don't need to stand in front of a train to bet on a trainwreck.

• piva00 9mo ago
  But that isn't the analogy, is it? Betting on the trainwreck is quite easy, you got nothing to lose in the analogy, while shorting companies will cost you something, most times a lot if the bet has the wrong timing.
  • fauigerzigerk 9mo ago
    Betting usually has a cost.
    • piva00 9mo ago
      A fixed one, not one that can suffer snowballing increase in case your bet is wrong.
      • fauigerzigerk 9mo ago
        Not necessarily. Spread betting doesn't work like that for instance. And shorting a stock can be structured in a way that caps your losses as well. It's just a matter of cost vs potential gains.