Renaissance Technologies Portfolio holdings
Renaissance Technologies LLC, founded in 1982 by mathematician James Simons as Monemetrics and headquartered in East Setauket, New York, is a legendary quantitative hedge fund managing around $65 billion in assets as of late 2024, renowned for its pioneering use of mathematical models and algorithms in trading. Starting with currency trading and evolving into a secretive powerhouse under its flagship Medallion Fund—launched in 1988—the firm employs PhDs, physicists, and computer scientists to analyze vast datasets, executing high-frequency trades across equities, futures, and derivatives with returns averaging over 66% annually before fees from 1988 to 2018. Simons, who stepped down as chairman in 2021, built a culture of intellectual rigor, limiting Medallion to employees and insiders since 1993 while offering institutional funds like the Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund (RIEF) to outsiders. Now led by Peter Brown and Robert Mercer’s successors, Renaissance remains a benchmark for quant investing, blending academic precision with a low-profile, extraordinarily profitable legacy despite occasional regulatory scrutiny.
Top Buys
| 1 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
+$981M |
| 2 |
Chevron
CVX
|
+$718M |
| 3 |
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
|
+$469M |
| 4 |
Shopify
SHOP
|
+$439M |
| 5 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
+$401M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
+$675M |
| 2 |
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
|
+$633M |
| 3 |
Tesla
TSLA
|
+$543M |
| 4 |
Verizon
VZ
|
+$535M |
| 5 |
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
|
+$377M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Healthcare | 19.41% |
| 2 | Technology | 16.81% |
| 3 | Consumer Staples | 11.14% |
| 4 | Consumer Discretionary | 10.11% |
| 5 | Financials | 8.73% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3126
Telephone and Data Systems
TDS
$4.51B
| $537K | ﹤0.01% |
34,031
-138,300
| -80% | -$2.18M |
|
3127
ProShares UltraPro Short 20+ Year Treasury
TTT
$21.8M
| $537K | ﹤0.01% |
9,300
-600
| -6% | -$34.6K |
|
3128
Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF
FDIS
$1.91B
| $536K | ﹤0.01% |
+9,100
| New | +$536K |
|
3129
VanEck Merk Gold Trust
OUNZ
$1.97B
| $535K | ﹤0.01% |
30,500
+2,600
| +9% | +$45.6K |
|
3130
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF
HYLS
$1.68B
| $533K | ﹤0.01% |
13,607
-40,733
| -75% | -$1.6M |
|
3131
Praxis Precision Medicines
PRAX
$794M
| $533K | ﹤0.01% |
14,493
+9,706
| +203% | +$357K |
|
3132
Wave Life Sciences
WVE
$1.11B
| $532K | ﹤0.01% |
163,600
-41,594
| -20% | -$135K |
|
3133
Groupon
GRPN
$923M
| $531K | ﹤0.01% |
+46,975
| New | +$531K |
|
|
AMK
3134
DELISTED
AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.
AMK
| $531K | ﹤0.01% |
+28,300
| New | +$531K |
|
3135
BeyondSpring
BYSI
$73.4M
| $528K | ﹤0.01% |
366,959
+84,586
| +30% | +$122K |
|
3136
Bel Fuse Class A
BELFA
$1.5B
| $525K | ﹤0.01% |
24,400
+600
| +3% | +$12.9K |
|
3137
Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3X Shares
RETL
$38.3M
| $524K | ﹤0.01% |
69,800
+51,900
| +290% | +$390K |
|
3138
Thermon Group Holdings
THR
$844M
| $524K | ﹤0.01% |
37,300
-61,900
| -62% | -$870K |
|
3139
Akebia Therapeutics
AKBA
$782M
| $523K | ﹤0.01% |
1,482,300
+478,973
| +48% | +$169K |
|
3140
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
KNSA
$2.75B
| $523K | ﹤0.01% |
54,000
-104,700
| -66% | -$1.01M |
|
3141
Pure Cycle
PCYO
$265M
| $523K | ﹤0.01% |
49,600
-89,000
| -64% | -$938K |
|
|
LYLT
3142
DELISTED
Loyalty Ventures Inc. Common Stock
LYLT
| $523K | ﹤0.01% |
146,600
+95,700
| +188% | +$341K |
|
3143
UNIFI
UFI
$82.8M
| $522K | ﹤0.01% |
37,134
+26,800
| +259% | +$377K |
|
3144
Highway Holdings
HIHO
$8.1M
| $520K | ﹤0.01% |
230,015
-5,200
| -2% | -$11.8K |
|
3145
Liquidia Corp
LQDA
$2.24B
| $520K | ﹤0.01% |
+119,200
| New | +$520K |
|
3146
One Stop Systems
OSS
$122M
| $520K | ﹤0.01% |
132,057
-115,643
| -47% | -$455K |
|
|
CIZN
3147
DELISTED
Citizens Holding Co.
CIZN
| $520K | ﹤0.01% |
28,835
-1,600
| -5% | -$28.9K |
|
3148
Chesapeake Utilities
CPK
$2.95B
| $518K | ﹤0.01% |
+4,000
| New | +$518K |
|
3149
iShares Global Materials ETF
MXI
$229M
| $517K | ﹤0.01% |
+7,000
| New | +$517K |
|
3150
AST SpaceMobile
ASTS
$10.4B
| $515K | ﹤0.01% |
+82,000
| New | +$515K |
|