MAJOR GURUS:
David Einhorn
Bill Ackman
Bill Miller
Steven Cohen
Jim Simons
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INSTITUTION : Jim Simons (RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC ) |
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The "Quant King" retired from his $20 billion hedge fund firm, Renaissance Technologies, in 2010, but he continues to play a role at the firm and benefit from its funds, particularly the secretive and consistently profitable Medallion.
The MIT grad started his career as a theoretical mathematician and was a code breaker for the U.S. Department of Defense during the Vietnam War. He later was head of the math department at SUNY-Stony Brook. In 1982 he founded Renaissance, which is based in East Setauket, N.Y. The fund uses computer modeling to find inefficiencies in highly liquid securities. Simons has shown a preference for hiring PhDs over MBAs.
One strategy they use takes advantage of the inefficiencies in the execution of large transactions. One of their algorithms determines whether a very large order is executed and front runs it.
Jim Simons Latest Top 20 Portfolio Holdings: (Filing Date: 2021-02-10) --- full portfolio
Company (links to holding history) |
Ticker |
Value On 2020-12-31 |
No of Shares |
% of portfolio |
NOVO-NORDISK A S (ADR) |
NVO |
1,874,856,000 |
26,841,171 |
2.03% |
BAIDU INC (SPON ADR REP A) |
BIDU |
1,857,472,000 |
8,589,864 |
2.01% |
PINDUODUO INC (SPONSORED ADS) |
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1,269,673,000 |
7,146,243 |
1.37% |
VERISIGN INC (COM) |
VRSN |
1,238,140,000 |
5,721,534 |
1.34% |
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO (COM) |
BMY |
1,146,353,000 |
18,480,630 |
1.24% |
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC (COM) |
PANW |
1,084,909,000 |
3,052,729 |
1.17% |
ATLASSIAN CORP PLC (CL A) |
TEAM |
1,016,170,000 |
4,345,020 |
1.10% |
MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP NEW (COM) |
MNST |
946,039,000 |
10,229,660 |
1.02% |
TARGET CORP (COM) |
TGT |
943,670,000 |
5,345,665 |
1.02% |
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC (COM) |
VRTX |
845,135,000 |
3,575,930 |
0.91% |
CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC (COM) |
CMG |
822,655,000 |
593,242 |
0.89% |
ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS IN (CL A) |
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805,700,000 |
2,388,534 |
0.87% |
KROGER CO (COM) |
KR |
782,796,000 |
24,647,215 |
0.85% |
BIOGEN INC (COM) |
BIIB |
743,826,000 |
3,037,762 |
0.80% |
FRANCO NEV CORP (COM) |
FNNVF |
694,619,000 |
5,542,590 |
0.75% |
ETSY INC (COM) |
ETSY |
681,415,000 |
3,830,108 |
0.73% |
MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC (COM) |
MOH |
659,386,000 |
3,100,365 |
0.71% |
ABBVIE INC (COM) |
ABBV |
649,605,000 |
6,062,575 |
0.70% |
ABIOMED INC (COM) |
ABMD |
646,390,000 |
1,993,800 |
0.70% |
ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INC (COM) |
ALXN |
642,725,000 |
4,113,704 |
0.69% |
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