ClaimsMichael Burry

“prevented the Fund from participating to the fullest extent possible in the recent general price appreciation across most categories of stocks.”

Michael Burry, Scion Value Fund manager, annual letter 2002 Scion Funds annual letters compilation (investorkurs.no)

Factual Their own work or organisation

The Scion Value Fund's cash position, around 40% for most of Q4 2001, kept it from fully participating in the general price rise across most stock categories.

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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

The fund's cash weighting in Q4 2001 is known only from its own records.

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Michael Burry, “The Scion Value Fund's cash position, around 40% for most of Q4 2001, kept it from fully participating in the general price rise across most stock categories.” (said 2002). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_a7f4a1e04370, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_a7f4a1e04370

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

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