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Michael Burry, known for predicting the 2008 US housing crisis, is now short on Nvidia and Palantir

This is not the first time that Burry has bet against Nvidia. During the January-March period, Burry's firm Scion had disclosed that they had nearly liquidated their entire equity listed portfolio and bought put options on Nvidia and another handful of US-listed Chinese tech giants.

markets 2025-11-05 06:00

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