The guru's new positions included Black Knight and 2 Chinese e-commerce companies. : Michael Burry, the famed investor covered in Michael Lewis’ book, “The Big Short,” and portrayed by Christian Bale in a 2015 movie of the same name, released the fourth-quarter 2022 equity portfolio for Scion Asset Management earlier this month. Having predicted the subprime housing bubble would burst prior to the financial crisis in 2008, Burry made a killing by betting against collateralized mortgage obligations.