By Jennifer Saibil, The Motley Fool
Publication Date: 2025-11-16 10:45:00
Burry bought $1.1 billion of put options in these stocks.
Investors are always eager to see what famous and successful investors are doing in the stock market. Certain funds have to make their holdings public, and anyone can read the 13F filings of retail quarterly holdings for large money management funds.
The market was abuzz last week with the news that Michael Burry, who became famous for shorting the stock market during the 2008 mortgage crisis, was betting against Nvidia (NVDA +1.68%) and Palantir Technologies (PLTR +1.00%). Both stocks fell recently, and the revelation of Burry’s position may have contributed to that.
While it might be giving investors pause, it’s not necessarily what people think it is, and the message may be entirely different from a bet against these two top artificial intelligence (AI) stocks.
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What’s in Michael Burry’s portfolio?
Michael Burry runs Scion Asset Management, a fund with almost $1.4 billion in assets. Funds with more than $100 million in assets are required to report their holdings quarterly; however, these holdings aren’t stagnant by the end of each quarter. What you see in a 13F filing is more of a glimpse into what could be a rapidly changing portfolio.
The classic hedge fund employs hundreds of traders and maintains thousands of equity positions that are constantly in flux. These types of funds typically utilize instruments like call and put options to hedge their bets and ensure, as much as…
