Burry was one of the first investors in the world to recognize and invest in the impending subprime mortgage crisis.[2] Author Michael Lewis profiled him in his 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, and he was featured in Gregory Zuckerman‘s 2009 book The Greatest Trade Ever: How John Paulson Bet Against The Markets and Made $20 Billion. Kip Oberting, of KVO Capital Management, has described Burry as “a risk-avoider”.[3]
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The film shows Jones as a young man predicting the 1987 crash, using methods similar to market forecaster Robert Prechter. Although the video was shown on public television in November 1987, very few copies exist. Those that do are hoarded by traders who watch the hourlong movie in the hope of gleaning possible trading tips from Jones. On the Internet, bids for the video start at $295. According to Michael Glyn, the video’s director, Jones requested in the 1990s that the documentary be removed from circulation.[8] The video surfaced briefly on YouTube at the end of July 2009, before being taken down due to alleged copyright violations
Owner Mark Cuban paid $1.4 million total for the Mavericks’ rings, which are packed with diamonds from top to bottom.