I learned a very valuable lesson from reading Housing Bubble blogs and what not during the 2008 Financial Crisis.<p>I prided myself on being one of those people who saw it before it was happening, and had purchased double shorted bank ETF&#x27;s. I thought I was a genius by &quot;getting news first&quot; and acting on it, and seeing the money I was &quot;making&quot;. But then the Government stepped in and said they would not let the banks fail. My position evaporated into thin air.