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 |
Roblox
RBLX
|
$557M |
| 2 |
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
|
$497M |
| 3 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
$492M |
| 4 |
AT&T
T
|
$448M |
| 5 |
Coinbase
COIN
|
$338M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
NVIDIA
NVDA
|
$893M |
| 2 |
Advanced Micro Devices
AMD
|
$706M |
| 3 |
Qualcomm
QCOM
|
$580M |
| 4 |
Adobe
ADBE
|
$542M |
| 5 |
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
|
$455M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Healthcare | 19.45% |
| 2 | Technology | 17.76% |
| 3 | Consumer Staples | 10.28% |
| 4 | Consumer Discretionary | 9.89% |
| 5 | Financials | 9.13% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4401
iShares MSCI Sweden ETF
EWD
$319M
| – | – |
-24,500
| Closed | -$1.1M |
|
4402
iShares MSCI Japan ETF
EWJ
$15.2B
| – | – |
-67,700
| Closed | -$4.76M |
|
4403
iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF
EWN
$247M
| – | – |
-23,400
| Closed | -$1.15M |
|
4404
First Trust Natural Gas ETF
FCG
$336M
| – | – |
-12,400
| Closed | -$209K |
|
4405
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ETF
FDN
$7.21B
| – | – |
-2,700
| Closed | -$637K |
|
4406
SPDR Euro Stoxx 50 ETF
FEZ
$4.5B
| – | – |
-35,800
| Closed | -$1.62M |
|
4407
Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF
FHLC
$2.46B
| – | – |
-5,300
| Closed | -$338K |
|