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Jim Simons

Jim Simons Renaissance Technologies

AUM $63.9B
1-Year Est. Return 45.56%
 

Jim Simons is the founder of Renaissance Technologies, one of the most successful quantitative hedge funds in the world. Before his career in finance, he served as a mathematics professor and made significant contributions to differential geometry. Simons applied his analytical expertise to develop sophisticated, algorithm-driven trading strategies, earning consistently high returns for investors.

This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+6.64%
1 Year Est. Return
+45.56%
3 Year Est. Return
+129.95%
5 Year Est. Return
+153.6%
10 Year Est. Return
+738.31%
AUM
$56.6B
AUM Growth
+$4.03B
Cap. Flow
+$1.92B
Cap. Flow %
3.4%
Top 10 Hldgs %
7.89%
Holding
3,713
New
414
Increased
1,834
Reduced
1,026
Closed
416

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$373M
2
COST icon
Costco
COST
+$283M
3
BMY icon
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
+$270M
4
PFE icon
Pfizer
PFE
+$240M
5
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$225M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CVS icon
CVS Health
CVS
+$274M
2
EMC
EMC CORPORATION
EMC
+$228M
3
GAS
AGL Resources Inc
GAS
+$216M
4
TE
TECO ENERGY INC
TE
+$136M
5
CHTR icon
Charter Communications
CHTR
+$133M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 15.61%
2 Healthcare 12.42%
3 Financials 11.99%
4 Consumer Staples 9.6%
5 Industrials 9.36%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CUBI icon
3351
Customers Bancorp
CUBI
$2.8B
– –
-78,300
Closed -$1.97M
CVI icon
3352
CVR Energy
CVI
$3.46B
– –
-17,300
Closed -$268K
CVU icon
3353
CPI Aerostructures
CVU
$71M
– –
-10,300
Closed -$63K
CVX icon
3354
Chevron
CVX
$386B
– –
-996,784
Closed -$104M
CW icon
3355
Curtiss-Wright
CW
$26.7B
– –
-33,000
Closed -$2.78M
DAN icon
3356
Dana Inc
DAN
$3.19B
– –
-386,800
Closed -$4.08M
DDS icon
3357
Dillards
DDS
$9.96B
– –
-54,000
Closed -$3.27M
DEA
3358
Easterly Government Properties
DEA
$1.16B
– –
-44,040
Closed -$2.17M
DECK icon
3359
Deckers Outdoor
DECK
$12.6B
– –
-883,800
Closed -$8.47M
DJCO icon
3360
Daily Journal
DJCO
$777M
– –
-900
Closed -$213K
DXCM icon
3361
DexCom
DXCM
$34B
– –
-1,367,224
Closed -$27.1M
E icon
3362
ENI
E
$79.7B
– –
-144,050
Closed -$4.66M
EMN icon
3363
Eastman Chemical
EMN
$8.35B
– –
-147,740
Closed -$10M
ENSG icon
3364
The Ensign Group
ENSG
$10.6B
– –
-84,237
Closed -$1.66M
EPAM icon
3365
EPAM Systems
EPAM
$5.1B
– –
-19,700
Closed -$1.27M
EQR icon
3366
Equity Residential
EQR
$24.3B
– –
-53,400
Closed -$3.68M
ESE icon
3367
ESCO Technologies
ESE
$7.78B
– –
-48,700
Closed -$1.95M
EWW icon
3368
iShares MSCI Mexico ETF
EWW
$1.89B
– –
-26,500
Closed -$1.33M
EWZ icon
3369
iShares MSCI Brazil ETF
EWZ
$8.6B
– –
-189,100
Closed -$5.71M
EXR icon
3370
Extra Space Storage
EXR
$31.1B
– –
-75,300
Closed -$6.97M
FANG icon
3371
Diamondback Energy
FANG
$56.2B
– –
-12,900
Closed -$1.18M
FELE icon
3372
Franklin Electric
FELE
$4.74B
– –
-8,589
Closed -$284K
FFWM
3373
DELISTED
First Foundation Inc
FFWM
– –
-63,600
Closed -$684K
FITB
3374
Fifth Third Bancorp
FITB
$52.4B
– –
-1,494,026
Closed -$26.3M
FL
3375
DELISTED
Foot Locker
FL
– –
-211,400
Closed -$11.6M
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Jim Simons's Q3 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2016, Jim Simons held 3,713 positions worth $56.6B, up 7.7% from $52.5B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 7.9% of the portfolio.

Jim Simons deployed $1.92B of net new capital in Q3 2016, opening 414 new positions and adding to 1,834 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was FedEx: 811,400 shares worth $142M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 16% of assets, up from 14% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was CVS Health, an estimated $274M trimmed.

  • Jim Simons's largest Q3 2016 buy was FedEx: 811,400 shares worth $142M.
  • Jim Simons added most to Alphabet (Google) Class A in Q3 2016, an estimated $373M increase.
  • Jim Simons's biggest Q3 2016 reduction was CVS Health, cutting an estimated $274M.
  • Jim Simons fully exited EMC CORPORATION in Q3 2016, selling an estimated $228M.
  • Jim Simons's ten largest holdings make up 7.9% of its $56.6B portfolio in Q3 2016.
  • Jim Simons opened 414 new positions and closed 416 in Q3 2016.
  • Jim Simons's portfolio value rose 7.7% quarter-over-quarter to $56.6B.

Based on Renaissance Technologies's 13F filing for Q3 2016, filed 14 Nov 2016.