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 |
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
|
$383M |
| 2 |
Costco
COST
|
$267M |
| 3 |
Pfizer
PFE
|
$231M |
| 4 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
$230M |
| 5 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
|
$227M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
CVS Health
CVS
|
$258M |
| 2 |
EMC
EMC CORPORATION
EMC
|
$228M |
| 3 |
GAS
AGL RESOURCES INC (HOLDING CO)
GAS
|
$216M |
| 4 |
Charter Communications
CHTR
|
$142M |
| 5 |
TE
TECO ENERGY INC
TE
|
$136M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 15.67% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 12.42% |
| 3 | Financials | 11.99% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 9.63% |
| 5 | Industrials | 9.22% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3701
POSCO
PKX
$15.5B
| – | – |
-141,600
| Closed | -$6.3M |
|
|
RSO
3702
DELISTED
Resource Capital Corp.
RSO
| – | – |
-122,100
| Closed | -$1.57M |
|
|
BBRG
3703
DELISTED
Bravo Brio Restaurant Group Inc.
BBRG
| – | – |
-113,649
| Closed | -$931K |
|
3704
Advance Auto Parts
AAP
$3.59B
| – | – |
-393,150
| Closed | -$63.5M |
|
3705
Apple
AAPL
$3.53T
| – | – |
-4,384,132
| Closed | -$105M |
|
|
AAT
3706
American Assets Trust
AAT
$1.25B
| – | – |
-30,800
| Closed | -$1.31M |
|
3707
Acadia Healthcare
ACHC
$2.18B
| – | – |
-65,315
| Closed | -$3.62M |
|
|
AGEN
3708
Agenus
AGEN
$132M
| – | – |
-26,342
| Closed | -$2.09M |
|
3709
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
$77.7B
| – | – |
-64,900
| Closed | -$3.09M |
|
3710
Akamai
AKAM
$11B
| – | – |
-332,800
| Closed | -$18.6M |
|