Jim Simons' Secret to Success (opens in new tab)

Jim Simons’ Secret to Success began the moment he realized his instincts were failing him\. He was a mathematician\. A codebreaker\. A man who spent his early career immersed in abstract problems far removed from the chaos of markets\. But when he eventually turned his attention to trading, he didn’t just succeed, he rewrote the rules entirely\. Renaissance Technologies, the firm he founded, would go on to become the most successful hedge fund in history, delivering 66% annual returns from 19...