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 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
$842M |
| 2 |
NVIDIA
NVDA
|
$559M |
| 3 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
$420M |
| 4 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$389M |
| 5 |
Moderna
MRNA
|
$365M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Baidu
BIDU
|
$628M |
| 2 |
Tesla
TSLA
|
$424M |
| 3 |
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
|
$417M |
| 4 |
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
|
$415M |
| 5 |
AT&T
T
|
$389M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Healthcare | 19.94% |
| 2 | Technology | 19.65% |
| 3 | Consumer Staples | 10.63% |
| 4 | Consumer Discretionary | 10.51% |
| 5 | Communication Services | 8.27% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3951
Elastic
ESTC
$9.05B
| – | – |
-232,400
| Closed | -$25.8M |
|
3952
EVI Industries
EVI
$352M
| – | – |
-12,643
| Closed | -$364K |
|
3953
iShares MSCI Canada ETF
EWC
$3.21B
| – | – |
-12,500
| Closed | -$426K |
|
3954
iShares MSCI Sweden ETF
EWD
$318M
| – | – |
-37,000
| Closed | -$1.65M |
|
3955
iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF
EWL
$1.31B
| – | – |
-35,500
| Closed | -$1.57M |
|
3956
iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF
EWN
$248M
| – | – |
-13,200
| Closed | -$609K |
|
3957
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF
EWU
$2.88B
| – | – |
-48,800
| Closed | -$1.53M |
|
3958
iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
EWY
$5.18B
| – | – |
-39,400
| Closed | -$3.53M |
|
3959
iShares MSCI Brazil ETF
EWZ
$5.34B
| – | – |
-424,400
| Closed | -$14.2M |
|
3960
Exact Sciences
EXAS
$9.14B
| – | – |
-82,904
| Closed | -$10.9M |
|