Michael Burry of "Big Short" fame just plowed into a struggling health insurance stock.

Michael Burry is best known as one of the earliest and most vocal investors to predict the housing collapse of 2008 -- a prescient call that earned him notoriety and a Hollywood portrayal by Christian Bale in the 2015 film The Big Short . Much like Berkshire Hathaway' s Warren Buffett, Burry has built a reputation for leaning into contrarian opportunities -- buying when fear is high and valuations are depressed.

According to recent filings, both Buffett and Burry recently initiated stakes in struggling health insurance provider UnitedHealth Group ( UNH -0.58% ) -- whose 40% sell-off makes it the poorest-performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average so far in 2025.

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