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 |
New Oriental
EDU
|
$673M |
| 3 |
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
|
$633M |
| 4 |
Tesla
TSLA
|
$543M |
| 5 |
Verizon
VZ
|
$535M |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4726
iShares Select Dividend ETF
DVY
$20.5B
| – | – |
-45,700
| Closed | -$5.86M |
|
4727
DXP Enterprises
DXPE
$1.89B
| – | – |
-8,900
| Closed | -$241K |
|
4728
ENI
E
$52.3B
| – | – |
-44,250
| Closed | -$1.29M |
|
4729
Brinker International
EAT
$7.23B
| – | – |
-229,000
| Closed | -$8.74M |
|
4730
Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3X Shares
EDC
$84M
| – | – |
-3,900
| Closed | -$214K |
|
4731
Editas Medicine
EDIT
$227M
| – | – |
-903,400
| Closed | -$17.2M |
|
4732
EpicQuest Education Group
EEIQ
$9.51M
| – | – |
-16,300
| Closed | -$36K |
|
|
EFC
4733
Ellington Financial
EFC
$1.36B
| – | – |
-276,800
| Closed | -$4.91M |
|
4734
Elanco Animal Health
ELAN
$8.54B
| – | – |
-296,000
| Closed | -$7.72M |
|
4735
iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF
EMB
$13.4B
| – | – |
-9,300
| Closed | -$909K |
|
4736
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$3.29B
| – | – |
-30,800
| Closed | -$853K |
|
|
EMX
4737
EMX Royalty
EMX
$423M
| – | – |
-101,200
| Closed | -$220K |
|
4738
The Ensign Group
ENSG
$9.91B
| – | – |
-18,800
| Closed | -$1.69M |
|