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The 'Big Short' Investor Michael Burry on Sunday disputed claims that several of his past market calls, including ones on Nvidia Corp., Tesla Inc. and another U.S. housing market crash, had proved wrong after an X account challenged his investing record.
An X user shared a post arguing Burry had been wrong on several of his best-known market calls, while referring to the investor as "Captain Broken Clock."
Burry responded to the post, saying, "nice graphic, but nothing on it is true."
Nice graphic but nothing on it is true.
— Cassandra Unchained (@michaeljburry) July 5, 2026
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The "Captain Broken Clock" reference echoed a 2021 comment from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who called Burry "a broken clock" after the investor questioned Musk's reasons for selling Tesla stock.
The post claimed Burry wrongly bet against NVIDIA during its early AI-driven rally, misjudged Tesla's valuation and incorrectly predicted another downturn in the U.S. housing market.
It also added that while Burry correctly predicted the 2008 financial crisis, his subsequent market calls reflected what it described as a recurring pattern of mistakes, saying that "a pattern is a pattern."
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