He's short mortgages. That's what you do when you buy a home, too, except you ge...

		byrneseyeview on Jan 15, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trader Made Billions on Subprime He's short mortgages. That's what you do when you buy a home, too, except you get a home and he just keeps the cash. Paulson is actually one of the world's biggest subprime borrowers -- so however much pity you have for the average borrower, multiply it by about 20,000 or reconsider your assumptions.

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