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The Big Short

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The Big Short

Introduction

The 2015 movie titled The Big Short integrates three parallel stories that are separate to

come up with one film of approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes. It is worth noting that the three

stories revolve around the mortgage housing crisis of the United States in 2005 (Gardner &

McKay, 2015). Besides, the movie’s casting includes Michael burry, Mark Baum, Jared Vennett,

Ben Rickert, and George Hale, among others (Gardner & McKay, 2015). Michael, who is an

eccentric hedge fund manager, realizes that market for housing is no longer stable. He oversees

the future of the market whereby it is likely to collapse and especially during the second quarter

of 2007. Therefore, he proposes the creation of a credit default swap, which gives him an

opportunity to bet against mortgage-backed security and be able to make a profit. Following

Jared Vennet, after learning about the analysis of Burry, he tries to verify the chances of it being

correct (Gardner & McKay, 2015). In the story of brownfield capital, two young investors

discover Vennet’s prospectors, which convinces them to make investment s in the swaps.

In the first part of this essay, which is analytical, the three parts of the movie titled The

Big Short are explored and how they are integrated. The parts which include; Michael Burry,

FrontPoint Partners, and Jared Vennett as the second while the third is Crownfield capital

(Gardner & McKay, 2015). All these parts are integrated to build an effect to the reader

concerning the housing market. The credit default swap proposed by Burry in the first part is

discovered by other characters in the second part and still used by the characters in the third part

who accidentally discover it from Vennett. Notably, the movie is based on a book with the same

title which belongs to the finance genre. All three parts of the film are effectively integrated and

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1 Running head: THE BIG SHORT The Big Short Name Institution Course Date 2 THE BIG SHORT The Big Short Introduction The 2015 movie titled The Big Short integrates three parallel stories that are separate to come up with one film of approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes. It is worth noting that the three stories revolve around the mortgage housing crisis of the United States in 2005 (Gardner & McKay, 2015). Besides, the movie’s casting includes Michael burry, Mark Baum, Jared Vennett, Ben Rickert, and George Hale, among others (Gardner & McKay, 2015). Michael, who is an eccentric hedge fund manager, realizes that market for housing is no longer stable. He oversees the future of the market whereby it is likely to collapse and especially during the second quarter of 2007. Therefore, he proposes the creation of a credit default swap, which gives him an opportunity to bet against mortgage-backed security and be able to make a profit. Following Jared Vennet, after learning about the analysis of Burry, he tries to verify the chances of it being correct (Gardner & McKay, 2015). In the story of brownfield capital, two young investors discover Vennet’s prospectors, which convinces th ...
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