ClaimsMichael Burry

“As I write this, I personally have over $1 million invested in the Fund.”

Michael Burry, managing member, Scion Capital 2001 Scion Funds annual letters compilation (investorkurs.no)

Factual Their own work or organisation

Burry personally had over $1 million invested in Scion Value Fund when writing the 2000 annual letter.

Own records only Only the person's or their organisation's own records speak to it, so it is not scored.

Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.

Reasoning

Burry's personal investment amount is private beyond his own statement.

Cite this claim

Michael Burry, “Burry personally had over $1 million invested in Scion Value Fund when writing the 2000 annual letter.” (said 2001). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_283b0d3a93af, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_283b0d3a93af

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

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