Renaissance Technologies

Renaissance Technologies Portfolio holdings

AUM $75.2B
1-Year Est. Return 41.49%
 

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.

This Quarter Est. Return
1 Year Est. Return
+41.49%
3 Year Est. Return
5 Year Est. Return
10 Year Est. Return
AUM
$110B
AUM Growth
+$18.7B
Cap. Flow
Cap. Flow %
Top 10 Hldgs %
Holding
3,883
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed

Top Buys

1
+$668M
2
+$335M
3
+$333M
4
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Amazon
AMZN
+$310M
5
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CME Group
CME
+$285M

Top Sells

1
+$435M
2
+$358M
3
+$266M
4
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SLB Limited
SLB
+$231M
5
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Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$190M

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 16.17%
2 Technology 14.43%
3 Consumer Discretionary 10.61%
4 Financials 10.51%
5 Real Estate 9.15%
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