‘Big Short' Michael Burry reveals what's behind the latest market crash

The first trading week of February generated significant losses across financial markets, and on February 9, 2026, the famous ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry took to X to offer a laconic insight into what is behind the sell-off. In his X post, the famous trader opined that the markets have been ‘jittery’ due to ‘historic overvaluation, historic capital expenditures, and tiny “AI” revenue.’ Interestingly, the tweet was in response to Tae Kim, a former Bloomberg columnist and current Barron’s senior tech w ...