John Paulson, Source: facebook In 2006, the housing market was the "Invincible Giant" of the global economy. To bet against it was considered financial suicide. Yet, John Paulson and his analyst Paulo Pellegrini saw a "simple physics …
Photo by Marcus Reubenstein on Unsplash Michael Burry is a physician-turned-investor who manages money with the cold, clinical detachment of a surgeon. He famously turned a personal medical crisis and a passion for stock-picking into Scion Capital …
Senate Democrats, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons In early 2020, as a mysterious virus began spreading globally, Bill Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square, noticed a massive discrepancy. The equity markets were hitting all-time highs, yet the cr…