Michael Burry
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Michael Burry is an American investor and hedge fund manager best known for predicting and profiting from the U.S. housing market collapse before the 2008 financial crisis.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael Burry canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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investor ⓘ physician ⓘ value investor ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 2000s
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subprime mortgage crisis era ⓘ |
| basedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Los Angeles
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Vanderbilt University School of Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Burry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
finance
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medicine ⓘ value investing ⓘ |
| founded | Scion Capital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasBlog | value investing blog on MSN Money (historical) ⓘ |
| hasCondition | Asperger syndrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMedicalSpecialty |
neurology
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pathology ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
book "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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film "The Big Short" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| investmentFocus |
special situations
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undervalued companies ⓘ |
| investmentStrategy |
shorting subprime mortgage-backed securities
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value investing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contrarian investing
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early identification of the subprime mortgage bubble ⓘ running a concentrated investment portfolio ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Michael Burry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | profited during the 2007–2008 financial crisis through short positions on subprime mortgages ⓘ |
| notableFor | profiting from the subprime mortgage crisis ⓘ |
| notableWork | prediction of the U.S. housing market collapse before the 2008 financial crisis ⓘ |
| occupation |
hedge fund manager
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investor ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Christian Bale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | The Big Short NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
founder of Scion Capital
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hedge fund manager at Scion Capital ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| usedInstrument | credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds ⓘ |
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