Jim Simons pioneered a revolution in financial trading, embracing a computer-oriented, quantitative style in the 1980s well ahead of Wall Street. Following Simons’ recent death, WSJ’s Gregory Zuckerman unpacks his legacy from financial algorithms to philanthropy.
Further Reading:
-How Did Jim Simons’s Firm Make $100 Billion? He Told His Secrets to Our Reporter
-Jim Simons, a Pioneer of Quantitative Trading, Dies at 86
-The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
Further Listening:
-Charlie Munger: Curmudgeon, Sage and Investing Legend
-Rise and Revolt at Renaissance, Part 1
-Rise and Revolt at Renaissance, Part 2
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