The Big Short Guy Just Bet $1 Billion That the AI Bubble Pops
"According to the Securities and Exchange Commission filings, his fund, Scion Asset Management, bought $187.6 million in puts on Nvidia and $912 million in puts on Palantir, as CNN reports.
Burry similarly made a long-term $1 billion bet from 2005 onwards against the US mortgage market, anticipating its collapse. His fund rose a whopping 489 percent when the market did subsequently fall apart in 2008."
"Investors have poured tens of billions of dollars into firms like Nvidia and Palantir, ballooning their valuations to historic levels. Nvidia recently closed with a market cap of $5.04 trillion, becoming the first company ever to cross the $5 trillion threshold. Palantir’s market cap is also up over 150 percent year-to-date. Its current valuation is upwards of 200 times its forward earnings, spreading fears that it may be grossly overvalued."
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