you need to lay off beck my friend. it's already been proven he's a liar, a manipulator, and a self-admitted NON-JOURNALIST.
and what GS did was horrible. unfortunately like Jesus of Cannabis said, it was completely legal.
this is why financial reform needs to happen, the SEC isn't doing shit to keep these companies honest, because it can't. lobbyists have pushed for washington to keep the financial markets very de-regulated, and this type of shit happens. very few people get very rich, very quick, while a lot of people loose their money and possesions...
I mean, selling an item, and betting against it should be considered false advertising at the very least, or some other penalty.
but at the moment, those guys can sleep soundly, because they did nothing illegal. it was wrong, but not illegal.......
and for heaven's sake, stop blaming everybody but the banks themselves. blame the government for bailing them out, blame the consumer for thinking he could afford it.... but the real bad decisions were made at the banks.
8 years of business school should've taught you that nobody's responsible for the amount of risk a bank carries except that particular bank. more risk means more returns, PURE AMERICAN GREED caused this collapse. nothing more....