The Man Who Solved the Market

How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

Ranked #6 in Quantum Computing, Ranked #18 in Investment Bankingsee more rankings.

Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the question investors have been asking for decades: How did Jim Simons do it?

Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award


Jim Simons is the greatest money maker in modern financial history. No other investor--Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George Soros--can touch his record. Since 1988, Renaissance's signature Medallion fund has generated average annual returns of 66 percent. The firm...
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Steve Burns The new book on Jim Simons is in my top 5 favorite trading books of all time ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It is already the #19 best seller in Amazon nonfiction The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution Kindle Edition by Gregory Zuckerman https://t.co/FAZFigNNXy https://t.co/Jjz38Qpdnu (Source)

Abhishek Kar @Singh7575 ~The man who solved the market Nice book and interesting insights from Jim's life. Read it last month. Happy reading👍 (Source)

Andy Sum I finished reading a book! Pretty interesting biography and background on some of the emotions involved in quantatative trading. Worth reading. https://t.co/doi843dcGN (Source)

Barry Ritholtz Great read: Fascinating book that tells the tale of a enigmatic hedge fund, it’s secretive founder, and the team of brilliant data scientists who managed to “solve the market.” Nice work ⁦@GZuckerman⁩ ! https://t.co/QVgG546flw (Source)

Brian Sullivan Fun to celebrate another great book by ⁦@GZuckerman⁩. He’s as good a writer as there is out there today. Check out “The Man Who Solved the Market” https://t.co/Y3KzsbybBk (Source)

Douglas Kass Great book and Z man is a great journalist. https://t.co/peBhSGbfbl (Source)

Ian Cassel I finally read "The Man Who Solved The Market" on Jim Simons. I underlined this short sentence below in the book which is also the commonality in anyone that is successful. "Simons remained a stubborn optimist." Optimism bias is a great bias. (Source)

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Chris Dunn 1/ My favorite trading book of 2019 goes to @GZuckerman's book, "The Man Who Solved the Market", which tells the story of how Jim Simons build the most successful hedge fund in history using algo trading. https://t.co/XyXdDVukdA (Source)


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