5 Biggest Quant Funds in The World

3. Bridgewater Associates

Raymond Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates is a global macro firm that applies quantitative investment methods when picking new stocks for investments while avoiding unrealistic historical models. The hedge fund is managing $235 billion in assets under management and the market value of its 13F portfolio hovers around $8.3 billion. Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha II fell 17% through November amid increased volatility.

Other than plain vanilla index funds, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), Alibaba, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) were the biggest stock holdings in its portfolio during the September quarter.