Why the Medallion Fund is the Greatest Money-Making Machine of All Time

The Medallion Fund, managed by Renaissance Technologies, is one of the most successful and mysterious hedge funds in the world. Founded in 1988 by mathematician Jim Simons, the Medallion Fund has produced impressive returns for its investors and has become synonymous with the idea of using mathematical models and algorithms to trade in financial markets. Despite its…

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Are Markets More Volatile Today?

When analyzing markets, we often make pronouncements based on our experience and observations, rather than collected evidence. Recently, a fund manager suggested in an interview I saw on Twitter that due to the high market volatility caused by the increase in information flow that investors are subjected to, the market should only be open for…

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Louise was featured in the AFR

Louise was recently profiled in an article for the Australian Financial Review. We’ve extracted the information to this post for easy reading! Special Report Tuesday 6 December 2022 The Australian Financial Review Women investors take adversity in stride Alexandra Cain A plethora of statistics demonstrates how far behind women are, on average, when it comes…

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Tulipomania!

A little bit of history….. The demand for tulips of a rare species increased so much in the year 1636, that regular marts for their sale were established on the Stock Exchange of Amsterdam, in Rotterdam, Harlaem, Leyden, Alkmar, Hoorn, and other towns … The tulip-jobbers speculated in the rise and fall of the tulip…

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