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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
-1.77%
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
$36.5B
AUM Growth
-$6.37B
Cap. Flow
-$5.32B
Cap. Flow %
-14.57%
Top 10 Hldgs %
13.42%
Holding
3,213
New
460
Increased
1,222
Reduced
1,053
Closed
459

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
VIAB
Viacom Inc. Class B
VIAB
+$109M
2
ORCL icon
Oracle
ORCL
+$107M
3
COP icon
ConocoPhillips
COP
+$105M
4
BAC icon
Bank of America
BAC
+$100M
5
CL icon
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
+$93.5M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$518M
2
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$486M
3
IBM icon
IBM
IBM
+$306M
4
PFE icon
Pfizer
PFE
+$286M
5
UPS icon
United Parcel Service
UPS
+$209M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 13.53%
2 Healthcare 12.29%
3 Consumer Staples 10.94%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.57%
5 Industrials 10.3%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
LTS
2326
DELISTED
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc
LTS
$477K ﹤0.01%
112,600
-14,400
-11% -$51.9K
FPO
2327
DELISTED
First Potomac Realty Trust
FPO
$477K ﹤0.01%
+40,600
New +$526K
SYNC
2328
DELISTED
Synacor, Inc.
SYNC
$474K ﹤0.01%
248,100
+38,800
+19% +$84.7K
RBS.PRF.CL
2329
DELISTED
Royal Bk Of Scotland Gp
RBS.PRF.CL
$472K ﹤0.01%
18,251
+7,051
+63% +$181K
BCOM
2330
DELISTED
B Communications Ltd
BCOM
$469K ﹤0.01%
24,300
+2,300
+10% +$44.4K
PRSS
2331
DELISTED
CafePress Inc.
PRSS
$469K ﹤0.01%
149,982
+57,482
+62% +$250K
OIG
2332
DELISTED
Orbital Infrastructure Group, Inc. Common Stock
OIG
$468K ﹤0.01%
1,618
-467
-22% -$134K
UVSP icon
2333
Univest Financial
UVSP
$1.18B
$465K ﹤0.01%
24,774
+13,674
+123% +$266K
CRT
2334
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust
CRT
$60.6M
$461K ﹤0.01%
14,500
-1,800
-11% -$57.6K
JOBS
2335
DELISTED
51job Inc
JOBS
$461K ﹤0.01%
15,400
-82,360
-84% -$2.84M
CSS
2336
DELISTED
CSS Industries, Inc.
CSS
$461K ﹤0.01%
19,000
-3,229
-15% -$82.1K
BRT
2337
BRT Apartments
BRT
$268M
$459K ﹤0.01%
61,260
+2,300
+4% +$16.7K
CEVA icon
2338
CEVA Inc
CEVA
$857M
$457K ﹤0.01%
34,000
-1,600
-4% -$23.5K
TPI
2339
DELISTED
TIANYIN PHARMACEUTICAL
TPI
$457K ﹤0.01%
714,400
+34,300
+5% +$21.7K
PEI
2340
DELISTED
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust
PEI
$455K ﹤0.01%
1,520
-16,533
-92% -$4.88M
PFSI icon
2341
PennyMac Financial
PFSI
$4B
$453K ﹤0.01%
30,900
-25,700
-45% -$392K
TWIN icon
2342
Twin Disc
TWIN
$355M
$450K ﹤0.01%
+16,699
New +$514K
GPL
2343
DELISTED
Great Panther Mining Limited
GPL
$449K ﹤0.01%
43,990
-3,360
-7% -$40.6K
TRT
2344
Trio-Tech International
TRT
$115M
$448K ﹤0.01%
231,400
+9,600
+4% +$19.2K
RLH
2345
DELISTED
Red Lions Hotel Corporation
RLH
$448K ﹤0.01%
78,700
-1,996
-2% -$11.2K
BRKL
2346
DELISTED
Brookline Bancorp
BRKL
$445K ﹤0.01%
+52,040
New +$471K
EOCC
2347
DELISTED
Enel Generacion Chile S.A.
EOCC
$444K ﹤0.01%
14,595
-17,918
-55% -$569K
CWEI
2348
DELISTED
Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.
CWEI
$444K ﹤0.01%
4,600
-40,985
-90% -$4.74M
SHI
2349
DELISTED
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
SHI
$443K ﹤0.01%
+13,500
New +$436K
ESCR
2350
DELISTED
ESCALERA RESOURCES CO
ESCR
$443K ﹤0.01%
233,174
-15,926
-6% -$34.5K
92 93
94
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Jim Simons's Q3 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2014, Jim Simons held 3,213 positions worth $36.5B, down 15% from $42.9B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 13% of the portfolio.

Jim Simons withdrew a net $5.32B in Q3 2014, closing 459 positions and reducing 1,053 holdings. Its most notable exit was Apple, an estimated $518M position sold in full.

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

Against the trend, Jim Simons opened a new position in Viacom Inc. Class B worth $102M.

  • Jim Simons's largest Q3 2014 buy was Viacom Inc. Class B: 1,327,500 shares worth $102M.
  • Jim Simons added most to ConocoPhillips in Q3 2014, an estimated $105M increase.
  • Jim Simons's biggest Q3 2014 reduction was Intel, cutting an estimated $486M.
  • Jim Simons fully exited Apple in Q3 2014, selling an estimated $518M.
  • Jim Simons's ten largest holdings make up 13% of its $36.5B portfolio in Q3 2014.
  • Jim Simons opened 460 new positions and closed 459 in Q3 2014.
  • Jim Simons's portfolio value fell 15% quarter-over-quarter to $36.5B.

Based on Renaissance Technologies's 13F filing for Q3 2014, filed 12 Nov 2014.