I'm sure you've heard the saying that you can't time the market and that time in the market always beats timing the market. And for most people, this is absolutely true and this is why over 90% of day traders lose money. Even pro hedge fund managers who spend their entire lives trying to outplay the market struggle to beat market returns. A math professor named Jim Simons though was not only able to outperform the market for 1 or 2 years, but for 43 years with an average annual return of 66% before fees. Jim Simons was originally a math professor who taught at MIT and Harvard, but he eventually decided to use his understanding of mathematical models to try modeling the market. He didn't instantly succeed, but over several years, Jim and his team were able to develop a system that could consistently outperform the market, and they've been doing it ever since. This video explains the life of Jim Simons and how he built the world's fastest-growing hedge fund: Medallion.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Beating The Market
1:17 - Pursuing Academia
2:51 - Machine Learning
4:50 - Niche Trading
7:19 - Taking Fund Private
9:20 - Legacy Of Medallion
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