All three of the big shorts got paid , though the two kids got out early because they were worried if they waited too long the companies who owned the other end of their swaps would go belly up , making them worthless . You might be thinking of how it took until AFTER the banks dumped what they thought was the majority of their riskiest positions on their customers before they started to accurately price the credit default swaps . Up until then , everyone was taking losses because of the premiums on the swaps , but small losses compared to the eventual gains . <| sep |> space is all around us <| sep |> i ' ll do this trade . add me <| sep |> Maybe just put them in the bed of the goddamn truck towing the pointless trailer .