Jim Simons Reveals Clues to Medallion Fund's Unrivaled Run
- Mathematician-turn-hedge fund pioneer gave talk at MIT
- Medallion gained 40 percent a year since launch in late 1980s
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Sometimes being too good can attract the wrong attention.
That’s one insight famed mathematician and quantitative hedge fund pioneer Jim Simons delivered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday at the second of three talks about his renowned career.