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

While Wall Street piles into AI darlings, Michael Burry is quietly loading up on call options in three stocks the market left for dead, and his biggest bets carry a very specific thesis about where the crowd got it wrong.

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Stocks· September 08, 2026 at 02:05 PM
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While Wall Street piles into AI darlings, Michael Burry is quietly loading up on call options in three stocks the market left for dead, and his biggest bets carry a very specific thesis about where the crowd got it wrong.

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