Prophetic investor that predicted housing market crash is betting against Tesla stock
Michael Burry — one of the investors who became famous for predicting the monumental collapse in the housing market in 2008 — has a new favorite stock to bet against: $TSLA.
Burry’s firm, Scion Asset Management, revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday that it held bearish put options on more than 800,000 Tesla shares, worth about $534 million, as of the end of the first quarter.
That means the firm is betting against the stock price rising, putting $534 million on the line. No reason was given in the filing for why Burry thinks Tesla’s stock is...