Michael Burry

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Michael Burry Warns Market Is A 'Coiled Spring' Primed For Violent Crash

by Rishabh Mishra

Sounding the alarm on a fragile U.S. stock market, warning that an unprecedented combination of aging demographics, passive investing and a sudden halt in tech buybacks has created a “coiled spring” primed for a catastrophic crash.

Explosion of passive index funds, which now control over 60% of equity fund assets.

“In 2028, for the first time in its over 3-decade existence, the defined contribution juggernaut driving much of the growth of passive investing turns negative”.

Active ETF investing reached a massive 85.6%.

Rapid evaporation of corporate stock buybacks, which recently exceeded $1 trillion annually. Burry highlights that tech giants are abruptly abandoning share repurchases to fund massive artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

Source: Benzinga

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/michael- ... 40606.html

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Michael Burry Says 'Lights Out': Ominous Sign for Stock Market?

by Erica Kollmann

A "Lights Out for Cassandra Unchained" post, coming after years of escalating bubble rhetoric and another step back from public commentary, fits his historic pattern of retreating just before or during periods of heightened market stress.

Yet history shows that while such moves have coincided with major drawdowns, they have also preceded powerful rallies and have not been precise timing tools for the broader stock market.

Source: Benzinga

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stock ... 33088.html

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Michael Burry says the market today feels like ‘the last months of the 1999-2000 bubble’
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/08/michael ... ubble.html

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Michael Burry has a blunt message on the stock market for 2026

by Hillary Remy

"Stocks are not up or down because of jobs or consumer sentiment. They are going straight up because they have been going straight up. On a two letter thesis that everyone thinks they understand. Feeling like the last months of the 1999-2000 bubble."

He reportedly purchased January 2027 put options on the iShares Semiconductor ETF with strike prices well below current levels, betting on a roughly 30% decline.

Valuation measures can remain stretched for extended periods, especially when momentum and narrative are driving markets rather than fundamentals.

Source: The Street

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stock ... 00315.html

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'The Big Short' Protagonist Michael Burry, Opines Chip Stock Frenzy Shifts Capital from HK to JP, SK, Increases JD.com Stake and Sells Alibaba

Michael Burry, the US hedge fund manager and protagonist of the film "The Big Short", disclosed his latest holdings.

He bought long-term call options (LEAP calls) on Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.US) expiring in December 2028, increased his stakes in JD.com, Inc. (JD.US) and Adobe Inc. (ADBE.US), halved his short position in Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR.US) and sold Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA.US).

He said the current market environment has less to do with fundamentals and is driven more by technical factors, with global capital flows having the hardest hit on Asian markets.

As funds rotate across regions to chase semiconductor exposure, the Hong Kong stock market is under pressure.

He added that the trend is spreading to China-related stocks, saying that this technical adjustment is once again forcing leading Chinese companies close to their trough levels.

In his view, the core issue is not weakening corporate fundamentals but rather market mechanics.

He explained that the sale of Alibaba was for "tax-loss" considerations, with capital rotated into JD.com. He may also increase holdings in MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) and TENCENT (00700.HK) and expected to eventually repurchase Alibaba.

Burry said he bought long-term call options on Microsoft because its share price falling to USD350 represented a good entry point. He chose LEAP calls as they appear relatively "cheap" compared with the company’s long-term prospects.

Source: AASTOCKS Financial News

https://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news ... -news/AAFN

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Michael Burry Shorts Micron, Warns Semis Industry Faces 30% Correction

Michael Burry, the real-life counterpart of the protagonist in the movie 'The Big Short' and a US hedge fund manager, said he shorted Micron Technology, Inc. (MU.US) at USD1,051.87 per share. Overnight (2nd), Micron plunged 5.5% to USD975.56.

Burry said South Korea's announcement last week of a major semiconductor capital expenditure plan marked the beginning of a downcycle in the semiconductor industry.

He expects the semiconductor industry to undergo a correction of about 30% and believes valuations of companies related to AI infrastructure have become grossly overvalued.

Source: AASTOCKS Financial News

https://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news ... -news/AAFN

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Big Short Billionaire Goes Long: Michael Burry Avoids AI, Bets on Beaten Stocks Instead

by Rich Duprey

Burry holds UNH and REGN as his two largest call positions, with REGN delivering Q2 EPS of $14 against an $8 consensus estimate.

Burry calls LULU 'screaming cheap' despite a 52% year-to-date drop, pointing to its strong balance sheet and near-zero debt as his contrarian case.

Nine of Burry's ten disclosed positions are call options, giving him leveraged upside on beaten stocks while entirely skipping the mega-cap AI trade.

His largest position is UNH calls at 18.88%, followed by REGN calls at 18.16% and LULU calls at 16.43%.

UnitedHealth, Lululemon, Estee Lauder, and JD.com are all names that got destroyed, and he is betting they snap back hard.

Source: 24/7 Wall Street

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stock ... 30623.html

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The Big Short’s Michael Burry Predicts a Possible 1987-Style Drop and is Betting Against AI Giants Nvidia and Palantir. Should You Follow?

by Adria Cimino

Over the past year, he's placed a significant bet against artificial intelligence (AI) stocks, players that have driven the S&P 500 higher in recent years.

In fact, in an August post on Substack, he reiterated his short positions in Nvidia, Palantir, and other AI-related stocks and even predicted a possible 1987-style market decline.

Investors worried that the billions of dollars spent on AI infrastructure might turn out to be too much -- and invested too fast.

Meanwhile, rising inflation and turmoil in Iran also weighed on investor sentiment and demand for growth stocks.

And investors also questioned whether valuation -- at one of its highest levels ever -- was sustainable.

In an early August Substack post, Burry reiterated his short positions in Nvidia, Palantir, Micron Technology, and even the iShares Semiconductor ETF.

Source: TMF

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stock ... 01491.html