0Good and Bad Bets on Housing Why did Mort Zuckerman predict the housing market collapse—while Alan Greenspan missed it? View our gallery of winners and losers.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 6:25PM EDT / Published Oct. 27, 2008 1:14PM EDT Richard Drew/AP Photo Good Bet: Mortimer Zuckerman Richard Drew/AP Photo Good Bet: John Paulson of Paulson & Co. Chip East/Landov/Reuters Good Bet: Brooksley BornReuters Good Bet: Charles Munger Nati Harnik/AP Photo Good Bet: Jonathan Miller Chip East/Reuters Bad Bet: Ken Thompson and a Dishonorable Mention for Ken Lewis Chuck Burton/AP Photo Bad Bet: William Donaldson Evan Vucci/AP Photo Bad Bet: Harry Macklowe Richard Drew/AP Photo Bad Bet: Alan Greenspan Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images Bad Bet: Robert Toll George Widman/AP Photo
Good Bet: Mortimer Zuckerman Richard Drew/AP Photo Good Bet: John Paulson of Paulson & Co. Chip East/Landov/Reuters Good Bet: Brooksley BornReuters Good Bet: Charles Munger Nati Harnik/AP Photo Good Bet: Jonathan Miller Chip East/Reuters Bad Bet: Ken Thompson and a Dishonorable Mention for Ken Lewis Chuck Burton/AP Photo Bad Bet: William Donaldson Evan Vucci/AP Photo Bad Bet: Harry Macklowe Richard Drew/AP Photo Bad Bet: Alan Greenspan Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images Bad Bet: Robert Toll George Widman/AP Photo