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Trading/investment practice of shorting, or selling short
- The titular "big short" in The Big Short refers to the trading/investment practice of shorting, or selling short. When you short something—usually a financial security, like a stock—it means you borrow it and sell it on the open market, with the aim of buying it back later at a lower price and pocketing the difference as a profit.
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Mar 12, 2021 · Key Takeaways. The Big Short is a 2015 film adaptation of author Michael Lewis’s best-selling book of the same name. Directed by Adam McKay, The Big Short chronicles the years leading up...
The Big Short is a 2015 American biographical crime comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Adam McKay. Co-written by Charles Randolph, it is based on the 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis showing how the 2007–2008 financial crisis was triggered by the United States housing bubble.
Dec 11, 2015 · The true story behind The Big Short reveals that the real Michael Burry has always been an introvert. When his own son was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, Burry began to believe that he too suffered from a mild form of the autism-related condition.
Feb 25, 2016 · So What Exactly Happened in The Big Short? The Big Short tells the story of the financial crisis through a group of outsiders and misfits who predicted the housing collapse and became fabulously rich. If you grasp that, then you’ll be able to enjoy the 5-time Oscar nominated film.
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The Big Short describes several of the main players in the creation of the credit default swap market who sought to bet against the collateralized debt obligation (CDO) bubble and thus ended up profiting from the financial crisis of 2007–08.
- Michael Lewis
- 2010
The Big Short: Directed by Adam McKay. With Ryan Gosling, Rudy Eisenzopf, Casey Groves, Charlie Talbert. In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.
In 2008, a group of savvy financiers sensed the looming threat of a subprime mortgage crisis concealed in the subtle warning signs of the mortgage-backed real estate market. Despite the risk, these investors took a bold step and bet against the housing market, reaping immense profits.
