Jun 18, 2023

––% This 'Big Short' Investor Is Taking The Plunge Into Infrastructure: 'There's Plenty Of Other Stories Other Than Tech' June 18, 2023 1:47 PM | 2 min read Zinger Key Points On artificial intelligence, Eisman said it was too premature to identify the ultimate winners. Steve Eisman, the renowned investor famous for accurately predicting the 2008 financial crisis portrayed in the book and movie "The Big Short," is betting on U.S. infrastructure. In an  interview  on Bloomberg's "Odd Lots" podcast on Friday, Eisman said that the so-called greenification initiatives introduced by recent local and federal policies could open the doors to a serious investing opportunity. "If anybody gave me their money today, for example, I wouldn't be so overweight tech. I'd be much more diversified. I'd have some, God forbid, bonds. There's plenty of other stories other than tech," he said. "For example, has anybody ever noticed that the electrical grid in the United States is pathetic?" "The estimates of improving the grid in the U.S. — everybody's got a different estimate, but it's like $200 billion, $300 billion — I mean, it's unbelievable numbers," he added.