Michael Burry is an investor and hedge fund manager of Scion Asset Management, LLC Holdings. He became famous by the best selling book “The Big Short” by author Michael Lewis that was also made into a blockbuster movie. Burry’s most famous trade was using derivatives to bet against the real estate market in 2008 which made him and his investors a fortune. Below is a breakdown of his trading and investing portfolio positions from his firm’s 13F filings as of the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Stock % of Portfolio
Alphabet Inc. Class C 35.7%
Facebook, Inc. Class A 7.1%
Booking Holdings Inc. 6.1%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 4.5% $
Qorvo, Inc. 4.4%
GameStop Corp. Class A 3.7%
Discovery, Inc. Class A 3.6%
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 3.6%
Western Digital Corporation 2.8%
Trip.com Group Ltd. Sponsored ADR 2.7%
Bank of America Corp 2.6%
JP Morgan Chase & Co. 2.6%
Maxar Technologies, Inc. 2.4%
Copa Holdings, S.A. Class A 2.2%
Las Vegas Sands Corp. 2.2%
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 2.1%
Uniti Group Inc. 1.8%
Wynn Resorts, Limited 1.8%
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. 1.8%
Foot Locker, Inc. 1.5%
Designer Brands Inc. Class A 1.2%
Precision Drilling Corporation 0.9%
ViacomCBS Inc. Class B 0.7%
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 0.7%
Kimball International, Inc. Class B 0.6%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. 0.5%
It is interesting and educational to see how great traders are positioned in current market environments.