Do you think it’s a coincidence that Michael Burry, George
Soros, and Passport Capital—all big names from their short bets in the 2007
housing collapse-- all just happen to come across and invest in Focus Media
Holdings, while all hell was breaking loose here? For those not familiar, Focus Media Holdings is accused of
being yet another Chinese fraud by Muddy Waters.
If you have read The Big Short by Michael Lewis, you’ll
agree Michael Burry is a very intelligent guy who does his own homework. He, like myself, actually reads through
these obnoxiously long securities fillings (globally) most people ignore. Burry was also one of the first
to actually put on these CDS housing trades; and with billions in exposure and
his clients breathing down his neck, do you really think he gave a fuck about a
Chinese company making LCDs?