Michael Burry’s Pretty Big Short Hinges on Treasuries Sinking

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Michael Burry

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Call it the Pretty Big Short.

Michael Burry, whose huge, wildly profitable bets against the housing bubble were made famous in “The Big Short,” is wagering that long-term U.S. Treasuries will fall.