Hedge Fund - Renaissance Technologies

After a year of misery, Bill Ackman finally is having a pretty good month.

Founded in 1982 by James ‘Jim’ Simons, Renaissance Technologies employs quantitative models based on mathematical and statistical analysis to make its stock selections and portfolio distributions.

Most individual investors invest in dividend-paying stocks to benefit from the steady streams of dividend checks, but can also take advantage of stock price appreciation as well.

Well-known hedge fund Renaissance Technologies LLC needs little or no introduction at all.

Jim Simons' renowned quantitative fund Renaissance Technologies employs complicated computer algorithms to drive trading.

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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.

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.

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 is more than five times higher than the average volume.