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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Niloy Chakrabarti

Here's Why Michael Burry Offloaded Entire Alibaba Stake and Won't Rebuy Until Stock Drops 50%

Michael Burry believes Alibaba's valuation does not justify its risk profile after the major stock offering. Photo illustration. (Credit: NASA, @michael_burry_economist/INSTAGRAM, IBTimes UK)

Alibaba's American Depositary shares were trading in the red on Monday after Big Short Michael Burry said in a Sunday X post that he had completely offloaded his stake in Alibaba and has routed that capital towards JD.com after the Chinese e-commerce and AI giant disclosed plans to raise $10.2 billion via a stock offering to advance its AI projects.

Burry added that he had initially planned to move most of his Alibaba allocation back into the stock after a couple of months, but now that plan is cancelled until the stock price falls by at least 50%.

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