It's preposterous to suggest that naked shorts killed Bear and Lehman, as this article does in some places, despite providing the real reasons in others. The na

It's preposterous to suggest that naked shorts killed Bear and Lehman, as this article does in some places, despite providing the real reasons in others. The naked shorts may have profited from it unfairly and driven the share price down (via the share inflation concept), but the banks were killed by not having the collateral for their insane leverage (and not getting protection from the government). Just because the stock price of a company drops, it doesn't mean it's going out business. This article confuses the sketchy method used to profit from the collapse with actually causing the collapse in many places, usually by suggesting that the shorts are motivated to cause the collapse, but with scant evidence of any connection. Seriously, Overstock.Com? They're still losing money. The shorts were right. For the other side of the shorting story, look at what happened everyone shorting VW in 2008 when Porsche upped their stake to 75%. It briefly became the highest value company in the world, as every short seller had their lunch eaten trying to find the few remaining shares to deliver.