rlie Ledley and Jamie Mai, who had already grown $100,000 into a $30m fund working from their garage by betting on long shots in any market. Then there was Michael Burry (played by Christian Bale in the film) and Steve Eisman (played by Steve Carell) who were stock market investors, not bond dealers. T
Perhaps the most fascinating character of all was Michael Burry. Burry had been a medical doctor, self-diagnosed with Aspergers, before he proved so obsessively inspired at stock picking that he had been entrusted with a billion dollar hedge fund. It was his libertarian belief that the crash was a