Activist Investor Starboard Seeks Changes at Dollar Tree (The Wall Street Journal) Activist investor Starboard Value LP has taken a stake in Dollar Tree......
(read more)January 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
A Hedge Fund Makes Billions Off Americans’ Underwater Mortgages (The Wall Street Journal) Fortunes were made on Wall Street betting against sketchy......
(read more)December 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Ackman’s Hedge Funds Gain After Years of Losses, Helped by Chipotle and ADP (CNBC) William Ackman‘s private hedge fund has gained more than......
(read more)June 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Renaissance Technologies Founder James Simons Tops Institutional Investor’s Rich List Ranking of the World’s Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers (......
(read more)May 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Michael Platt of BlueCrest Capital cemented his position atop the list of highest-earning hedge fund managers, taking home a cool $2 billion in earnings......
(read more)May 22 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Renaissance Technologies Rebounds Across Hedge Funds in March (Bloomberg) (Bloomberg) — Renaissance Technologies, the $58 billion quantitative investment......
(read more)April 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Quantitative hedge funds have been on an absolute tear over the past few months, posting gains in 15 of the past 17 weeks according to data compiled by......
(read more)February 19 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio Gets More Bullish on Gold Amid Warnings of Recession (TheStreet) Even as the stock market capped off a third day of gains......
(read more)February 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Quantitative funds are gaining more ground among hedge funds in terms of trading volume and inflow of capital. According to The Wall Street Journal, this......
(read more)December 28 - Hedge Funds, News, Quantitative Investing - Comments
The hedge fund industry may be mired in performance woes and closures, but you wouldn’t know it from the immense earnings that the top hedge fund......
(read more)March 28 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Ackman’s Exit Sends Valeant Shares To More Than 7-Year Low (CNBC) Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals dropped Tuesday after news surfaced late Monday......
(read more)March 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Cooperman’s Lawyer Says He Faced Parallel Criminal Inquiry (Bloomberg) Billionaire Leon Cooperman invoked his Fifth-Amendment right against self-incrimination......
(read more)February 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Renaissance Technologies has been not only one of the best performing quant based asset managers but also one of the best performing hedge fund across......
(read more)December 28 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Which are the largest hedge funds in the world? Most investors see hedge fund size as an indication of investment success. It is partially true though......
(read more)December 8 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Renaissance Technologies is probably the best quant hedge fund in the market. Their Medallion Fund literally prints $1 billion to $3 billion a year and......
(read more)December 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Brexiteer Odey’s Fund Loses 369 Million Euros (Reuters) Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey lost about 369 million euros (313.03 million pounds) in......
(read more)November 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
These 10 most successful investors in the world don’t have much in common aside from their obscene net worths. They come from different backgrounds,......
(read more)November 2 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, Lists, News - Comments
The prominence of quantitative hedge funds in the alternative asset management space has increased exponentially since the turn of the century, with several......
(read more)October 22 - Hedge Funds, News, Quantitative Investing - Comments
Leon Cooperman On Insider Trading Charges: ‘We Acted Appropriately And Lawfully’ (CNBC) Billionaire hedge fund titan Leon Cooperman told CNBC......
(read more)October 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Here’s Why Hedge Fund ValueAct Bought Seagate (CNBC) While most on Wall Street these days are huddling in yield plays, Jeff Ubben seems to be taking......
(read more)September 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Jim Simons is the founder of Renaissance Technologies. At one point RenTech, a quant hedge fund, charged 5% of assets and 44% of returns as fees, yet......
(read more)August 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Paul Singer Fund: Market ‘Breakdown’ To Be ‘Sudden, Intense, And Large’ (CNBC) In a bleak new letter to investors, Paul Singer......
(read more)August 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The world’s most successful quant hedge fund, Renaissance Technologies (RenTech), recently submitted its 13F filing with the SEC for the reporting......
(read more)August 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Bill Ackman Made Back $113 Million Today on Valeant Jump (CNBC) After a year of misery, Bill Ackman finally is having a pretty good month. The head of......
(read more)August 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Founded in 1982 by James ‘Jim’ Simons, Renaissance Technologies employs quantitative models based on mathematical and statistical analysis to make......
(read more)May 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Most individual investors invest in dividend-paying stocks to benefit from the steady streams of dividend checks, but can also take advantage of stock......
(read more)November 15 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Well-known hedge fund Renaissance Technologies LLC needs little or no introduction at all. Jim Simons, also known as the “Quant King”, founded Renaissance......
(read more)November 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Jim Simons‘ renowned quantitative fund Renaissance Technologies employs complicated computer algorithms to drive trading. The market value of the......
(read more)November 14 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
What are the best stocks to buy? The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than The Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies......
(read more)October 12 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Renaissance Technologies, led by Jim Simons, disclosed a total of 3,196 positions in its latest 13F filing for the reporting period of June 30. The fund......
(read more)October 8 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Jim Simons‘ quant fund Renaissance Technologies recently filed its 13F form with the SEC. Founded in 1982 RenTec is one-of-a-kind hedge fund. Its......
(read more)August 15 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Sunedison Inc (NYSE:SUNE)‘s stock lost around 13% on Friday, on the highest trading volume on the market of roughly 88.87 million shares, which......
(read more)August 8 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
One of the best ways to pick high-performing stocks is to follow the industry leaders and find out their stock investments. Today, we decided to cover......
(read more)June 25 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Renaissance Technologies is a New York-based hedge fund founded in 1982 by mathematician James “Jim” Simons. Simons, who retired in 2009, is estimated......
(read more)June 20 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Renaissance Technologies is a hedge fund based in New York City. Its clients are basically pooled investment vehicles as well as banking or thrift institutions......
(read more)June 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaires Rob Citrone and Jim Simons are in harmony as far as the future prospects of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Priceline......
(read more)June 1 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Jim Simons‘ Renaissance Technologies is a New York-based investment management company that currently operates three funds including the Medallion......
(read more)May 21 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Renaissance Technologies, founded by billionaire Jim Simons, has filed its latest 13F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing its......
(read more)May 17 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Jim Simons‘ Renaissance Technologies is not just another hedge fund. The fund charges a fixed fee of 5% and a performance fee of between 36%......
(read more)May 15 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The quantitative hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, formerly managed by billionaire Jim Simons, has been so successful that it has been partly responsible......
(read more)March 27 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
According to the 13F Form filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies sold off its stake in numerous......
(read more)February 26 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Jim Simons is one of the greatest investors, whose stock picking skills made him one of the richest people in the world. Jim Simons’ Renaissance......
(read more)November 13 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Dem Mega-Donor Maxes Out to ‘Independent’ Kansas Senate Hopeful (FreeBeacon) Greg Orman is still being coy about his partisan allegiances, but more......
(read more)October 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Another major hedge fund that recently disclosed its long equity positions for the second quarter of 2014 is Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies, one......
(read more)August 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Two Global Banks and 13 hedge funds will be the subject of discussions for the coming weeks after a senate subcommittee confirmed it was preparing a report......
(read more)July 22 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Renaissance Probed by Senate Panel on Tax Maneuver (Bloomberg) A U.S. Senate investigative panel will hold a hearing July 22 to probe tax maneuvers by......
(read more)July 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Simonses give $50 million to Cold Spring Harbor lab (NewsDay) Long Island hedge-fund investor James Simons and his wife have given $50 million to the......
(read more)July 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
15-year-old wins over Warren Buffett with Beaux Up bow ties (DavidsonNews.net) Young entrepreneur Jake Johnson of Davidson has revolutionized the bow......
(read more)May 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Carl Icahn and Ackman’s Bourbon Man Named to Hall of Fame Together (WSJ) Good thing Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman made up. Otherwise this would have made......
(read more)May 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Warren Buffet brings on more wealthy donors to help nonprofits (State Column) A total of 127 individuals or families from 12 countries and 26 U.S. states......
(read more)May 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
