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Jim Simons

Jim Simons Renaissance Technologies

AUM $72.6B Turnover 31.08%
1-Year Est. Return 54.88%
 

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
+9.03%
1 Year Est. Return
+54.88%
3 Year Est. Return
+169.34%
5 Year Est. Return
+186.18%
10 Year Est. Return
+887.92%
AUM
$41.8B
AUM Growth
+$537M
Cap. Flow
-$2.31B
Cap. Flow %
-5.54%
Top 10 Hldgs %
11.46%
Holding
3,281
New
498
Increased
1,316
Reduced
982
Closed
464
Avg Time Held
0.4 years
Top 10 Avg Time Held
0.4 years
Top 20 Avg Time Held
0.4 years

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
PFE icon
Pfizer
PFE
+$230M
2
JNJ icon
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
+$205M
3
BAC icon
Bank of America
BAC
+$163M
4
COST icon
Costco
COST
+$162M
5
GSK icon
GSK
GSK
+$131M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
IBM icon
IBM
IBM
+$396M
2
BMY icon
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
+$219M
3
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$156M
4
DIS icon
Walt Disney
DIS
+$154M
5
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$138M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 15.2%
2 Healthcare 13.65%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.36%
4 Consumer Staples 11.26%
5 Industrials 10.71%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow Held Since
MCD icon
1
McDonald's
MCD
$200B
$735M 1.76%
7,570,700
+108,300
+1% +$10.4M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
NVO icon
2
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$179B
$603M 1.44%
32,637,000
+1,275,000
+4% +$22.2M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
TSM icon
3
TSMC
TSM
$2.02T
$507M 1.21%
29,058,671
+6,256,320
+27% +$111M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
JNJ icon
4
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$678B
$504M 1.21%
5,498,400
+2,223,100
+68% +$205M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
LLTC
5
DELISTED
Linear Technology Corp
LLTC
$495M 1.19%
10,877,500
+165,200
+2% +$6.89M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
CL icon
6
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$78.4B
$479M 1.15%
7,348,400
-317,100
-4% -$20.3M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
HSY icon
7
Hershey
HSY
$34.6B
$421M 1.01%
4,334,000
-304,600
-7% -$29.3M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
LLY icon
8
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.27T
$360M 0.86%
7,061,700
-1,226,105
-15% -$61.4M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
GSK icon
9
GSK
GSK
$103B
$343M 0.82%
5,140,000
+2,026,960
+65% +$131M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
COST icon
10
Costco
COST
$473B
$340M 0.81%
2,857,513
+1,355,800
+90% +$162M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
ALK icon
11
Alaska Air
ALK
$4.68B
$338M 0.81%
9,201,600
+663,400
+8% +$23.6M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
INTC icon
12
Intel
INTC
$304B
$295M 0.71%
11,370,700
-926,294
-8% -$22.4M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
WFM
13
DELISTED
Whole Foods Market Inc
WFM
$287M 0.69%
4,954,600
-569,648
-10% -$33.8M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
VZ icon
14
Verizon
VZ
$192B
$285M 0.68%
5,802,317
+593,000
+11% +$29.2M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
VRSN icon
15
VeriSign
VRSN
$27.7B
$277M 0.66%
4,625,776
-446,800
-9% -$24.6M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
WMT icon
16
Walmart Inc
WMT
$1T
$267M 0.64%
10,191,000
-1,176,300
-10% -$30.4M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
TJX icon
17
TJX Companies
TJX
$151B
$265M 0.63%
8,303,800
-1,723,800
-17% -$52.2M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
PM icon
18
Philip Morris
PM
$303B
$259M 0.62%
2,977,700
-587,800
-16% -$51.3M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
TWTC
19
DELISTED
TW TELECOM INC CL A COM
TWTC
$258M 0.62%
8,466,200
+1,138,000
+16% +$33.9M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
NTES icon
20
NetEase
NTES
$82B
$250M 0.6%
15,912,000
-2,101,500
-12% -$29.5M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
HD icon
21
Home Depot
HD
$351B
$246M 0.59%
2,989,900
-201,300
-6% -$15.7M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
LIFE icon
22
DELISTED
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM STK (DE)
LIFE
$246M 0.59%
3,241,897
+1,384,000
+74% +$104M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
CELG
23
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
$237M 0.57%
2,810,938
-524,262
-16% -$41.5M
2013 Q2
2 quarters
PFE icon
24
Pfizer
PFE
$167B
$230M 0.55%
+7,904,832
New +$230M
2013 Q4
0 quarters
QCOM icon
25
Qualcomm
QCOM
$182B
$217M 0.52%
2,916,560
-291,200
-9% -$20.5M
2013 Q2
2 quarters

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Jim Simons's Q4 2013 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2013, Jim Simons held 3,281 positions worth $41.8B, up 1.3% from $41.2B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 11% of the portfolio.

Jim Simons withdrew a net $2.31B in Q4 2013, closing 464 positions and reducing 982 holdings. Its most notable exit was GE Aerospace, an estimated $156M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 15% of assets, up from 15% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

Against the trend, Jim Simons opened a new position in Pfizer worth $230M.

  • Jim Simons's largest Q4 2013 buy was Pfizer: 7,904,832 shares worth $230M.
  • Jim Simons added most to Johnson & Johnson in Q4 2013, an estimated $205M increase.
  • Jim Simons's biggest Q4 2013 reduction was IBM, cutting an estimated $396M.
  • Jim Simons fully exited GE Aerospace in Q4 2013, selling an estimated $156M.
  • Jim Simons's ten largest holdings make up 11% of its $41.8B portfolio in Q4 2013.
  • Jim Simons opened 498 new positions and closed 464 in Q4 2013.
  • Jim Simons's portfolio value rose 1.3% quarter-over-quarter to $41.8B.

Based on Renaissance Technologies's 13F filing for Q4 2013, filed 14 Feb 2014.