i'm not saying you should be a super skeptic permabear, not at all. over the course of my 31-plus years in this business i've seen the averages climb way too way, watch the market make people way too much money to ever be too cynical and close-minded. being negative all the type has not historically been a lucrative strategy, and i don't see any reason why that should change. there are a handful of incredibly professional short sellers, hats off, able to turn pessimism into profits but i don't recommend trying to follow in their footsteps at home. i never recommend short selling on this show because it's more risky than being long which is authentic wall street gibberish for owning stocks. just a basic question of arithmetic. let's go lieu it. when you short a stock or bet against, it right, as best that stock goes to zero and you have a 100% gain. double at worst, it could never stopng . and you could lose 200, 300, 1,000%, theoretically lose an infinite amount of money. when you own a stock the situation is reversed. the most you can lose is 100% of