50 Software & Payments Stocks Part II: Productivity Tools and Cybersecurity

Michael Burry · Cassandra Unchained · May 28, 2026 at 20:13 · ⏱ 1 min read  | Read on Substack ↗
Summary
Michael Burry is bearish on tech, rolling his puts on QQQ and SOXX to increase short exposure, citing a blowoff top. The newsletter also introduces an expanded 50-stock software and payments universe (SW50) and begins profiling productivity tools and cybersecurity names, starting with Adobe.
  • Burry rolled SOXX and QQQ puts at a debit, increasing capital at risk, as he believes the market is in a blowoff top.
  • Four new stocks were added to the SW50 universe: Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), JFrog (FROG), and Samsara (IOT).
  • Adobe (ADBE) is profiled with a $101B market cap, $24B revenue, P/IV15 of 0.91x, and a composite score of 64.7, ranking 2nd in the SW50.
Read time 1 min
Length 1,288 chars
Category finance
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Michael Burry Founder, Scion Asset Management; subject of The Big Short
Author believes the market is witnessing a blowoff top and added short exposure via puts on the Nasdaq 100 ETF.
Michael Burry Founder, Scion Asset Management; subject of The Big Short
Author believes the market is witnessing a blowoff top and added short exposure via puts on the semiconductor index ETF.
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