'Big Short' Investor Michael Burry To Close Hedge Fund as He Warns on Valuations

Michael Burry, the investor made famous for his bet against the US housing market ahead of the 2008 financial crisis, is closing his hedge fund [non-paywalled source] as he warned that market valuations had become unhinged from fundamentals. From a report: Scion Asset Management this week terminated its registration with US securities regulators, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission database. Burry told investors that he would 'liquidate the funds and return capital -- but for a small audit/tax holdback -- by year's end,' according to two people with direct knowledge of a letter he sent to investors.

'My estimation of value in securities is not now, and has not been for some time, in sync with the markets,' said the letter, which was dated October 27. The move to close Scion comes as some investors have become concerned that markets are trading at frothy levels after years of strong returns. Those jitters flared up on Thursday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite sliding nearly 2%. Still, the big gains for tech stocks this year, driven by hopes that artificial intelligence will transform business and society, have left valuations at lofty heights compared with their average in recent years.

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