ClaimsMichael Burry

“During 2001, the Fund – before allocation of the performance incentive to the manager – outperformed the S&P 500 Index, adjusted for dividends, by 6,732 basis points.”

Michael Burry, Scion fund manager, in fund letter 6 January 2002 Scion Funds annual letters compilation (investorkurs.no)

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During 2001 the Fund, before the manager's performance allocation, outperformed the dividend-adjusted S&P 500 by 6,732 basis points.

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Michael Burry, “During 2001 the Fund, before the manager's performance allocation, outperformed the dividend-adjusted S&P 500 by 6,732 basis points.” (said 6 January 2002). Verdict: not researched. Reliability API, claim c_2b53a0832cdc, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_2b53a0832cdc

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