Here’s another interesting article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1707731/posts
“Yet Mrs. Clinton bucked the trend and traded it well. Most of her trades, including her first two, her last two, and her single most profitable trade (in dollar terms) were initiated from the short side, anticipating a decline in cattle prices. Short selling by the public is extremely rare, especially on a first trade. When one considers that both the investor and her trading advisor were using a herd-reduction theory [which anticipates a rise in prices] to capitalize on the biggest bull market in cattle in history, the success of her short sales raises a bright red flag.”
Anyone who pays any attention...knew that. But, the reg's were lax...and they got away with it.
FWIW- some of the fastest money I've ever made was shorting.