The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
The story of Jim Simmons and his quantitative hedge fund, Renaissance Technologies, by Gregory Zuckerman in The Man Who Solved the Market reveals this black box that trades stocks, bonds, forex and commodities with incredible success. The tale of Renaissance Technologies is really the story of a revolution in investing. It's about how a group of outsiders, people who came from academia rather than traditional finance backgrounds, used mathematical models and computer simulations to achieve returns that were previously thought impossible. At its heart, it's about problem-solving. It's about how a group of brilliant minds tackled one of the most complex challenges out there: predicting the movement of the financial markets.
Jul 14, 2024
