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Michael Burry Bold Bet: Fine Wine as Shield Against Dollar Collapse and AI Chaos

Michael Burry sees trouble ahead. The investor who foresaw the housing crisis now warns of a dollar in peril and digital systems at risk from advancing technology. His answer? Cases of First Growth Bordeaux stored in London warehouses. Burry laid out the case in a fresh post on his Substack newsletter, Cassandra Unchained. He described bonded fine wine as a short position on the U.S. dollar. A global hedge against fiat currencies. And protection from potential breakdowns triggered by future AI and quantum computing. The idea sounds unusual at first. Yet it fits Burry’s pattern. He hunts for assets…
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