The models will change, as will the shear size, simply because a big profit center will no longer be in their purview.
i have always shorted as a hedge for years
but....i got completely out of the market last month...not as a sage but because I decided to lower my debt in my operating businesses so I bought a few businesses for cash or low leverage and emptied my portfolios
except when I was given insider access to IPOs I as business owner have ALWAYS outperformed my portfolio managers
anyhow....do folks here think shorting is the real bogeyman
i say it was greed about folks buying homes they had no business buying and lenders soing likewise to unqualified borrowers.
what do most folks here think?