OMG! Here we go again! Some guy writes an article, quotes a financial analyst, and expects everyone reading to now to take it for its word?! P~L~E~A~S~E~! And just how naive do you think the people are Mr. Jorgenson when you say, "the amount of wealth in the world simply decreases in a situation like this..." An investment loss IS a gain for someone else! — We are not that stupid, my friend! The Stock Market is based on a Pyramid System/Scheme... And unless better rules & regulation are put into place in order to minimalize (or prevent altogether!) such trading practices as the Short Selling of stocks and bonds, the little guy at the bottom will always lose out!