A conversation with Jim Simons
During the 2022 Abel lectures Jim Simons had a conversation with Nils A. Baas and Nicolai Tangen. The lectures were held at The...
What Models Don’t Know
Why Models Can Never Get Things Quite Right Their downfall is the assumption that the future will be like the past. Bloomberg, May 4,...
BBRG: Why Models Can Never Get Things Quite Right
Why Models Can Never Get Things Quite Right Their downfall is the assumption that the future will be like the past. Bloomberg, May 4,...
MiB: Ben Cohen on Streaks
This week, I sit down with Wall Street Journal’s NBA correspondent Ben Cohen. His new book is The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science...
Surprise! Big Drop in 10-Year Treasury Yield
Source: WSJ From the really, really bad calls file: Last week, I showed this great chart by Torsten Sløk of Deutsche Bank. It...
The Power of Compounding
The power of compounding can help you double your money, again and again Source: CNBC
MIB: Covering Fundamental Breakthroughs in Sciences
The Simons Foundation was looking for a new editor for an existing magazine. They had reached out to Thomas Lin, digital editor at The...
Legalized Sports Betting: One-Year Year After PASPA Decision
Sports betting is now legal in 11 states (including Nevada). Source: Variety Its been a year since the U.S. Supreme Court struck...
MIB: Rediscovering the Hot Hand
Basketball players can be streaky. When they are “in the zone” or “on a hot streak” the rim looks huge and it can be hard to stop...
Math, Money, and Making a Difference
MIT alumnus James Simons is a mathematician and founder of the highly quantitative investment firm Renaissance Technologies where he...