How can one profit from the on-going financial crisis in UK and US?

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as per finance, you can have a "short sell", which means that you call your broaker and tell him to sell a stock that you dont have but he has it, and when the price fall down you can buy it back and give it back to him.. he "lents" you the share and sell it and when the price is down you buy it back and there is a profit! but you need to call a broaker to make thisHow can one profit from the on-going financial crisis in UK and US?
think of a stock which falls down and put your money on shorting the stockHow can one profit from the on-going financial crisis in UK and US?
Short Lehman, it looks like its the next stock to fall.