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Debating the Lehman Collapse

"No one has ever cited a single example where an otherwise solvent firm was brought down by speculators / short sellers. A strong solvent firm (or country) has numerous easy ways to fight any short selling. "

Hmm. Seems to me that buyers of firms shorted to death (Countrywide, Bear, Indymac,Leh...) won't have any reason to communciate post ante that the buyee was acually in great shape, so the above statement is fairly silly.