A very thin sliver of people did well in 2008/2009, betting against stupid rich people who thought they could make money selling crazy loan schemes to the middle-class. To use that as your example of how the rich did well through the GFC is like pointing out that there were some free blacks in 1820.
There was one guy, I forget his name, he made something like $3 billion in a couple of days. A lot of people lost a lot of money and this guy could buy himself enough houses for all those people who lost theirs. And why did these people lose money? Because their ******* president went and did stupid shit and believed in the trickle down theory, but the money never trickled down.
It always trickles down. Sometimes it gushes down, but you have to get out there into the stream.
It won't reach you if you are in your mom's basement.
So, after Bush's trickle down, and then the recession, who did it trickle down to?
5 Top Investors Who Profited From The Recession
Here are 5 who made immense amounts of money, it trickled DOWN to them.
People who build houses,
People who make automobiles,
People who build boats and yachts,
People who work for the airlines,
People who work in resorts,
People who work in restaurants
People who work...