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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry warned early about subprime excess — now he's betting on Fannie and Freddie IPOs
Business Insider· 2025-12-09 06:27
"Big Short" investor Michael Burry sounded early alarms about the subprime mortgage market's excesses — the same risks that later engulfed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Now, Burry wrote in a Substack post on Monday that he owns "good size" positions in both companies' common stock — and believes a long-awaited plan to take them public again may finally be approaching."Once each company is released from capital restraint by their IPOs, I expect growth to accelerate naturally," he wrote. In hi ...