If I asked you to name the greatest investor of all time, you would likely immediately think of Warren Buffett. And there is good reason for that. Buffett has put up 20% annual returns since 1965, which is about double what the market returned over the same period. If you didn’t name Buffett, you might think of Peter Lynch, which would be another good choice. Lynch steered the Magellan Fund to a 29% return from… Read More
In a recent Bloomberg article, columnist Barry Ritholtz reviews the new book by Wall Street Journal reporter Greg Zuckerman, “The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution.” Ritholtz describes the book about Simons, a former math professor and code breaker for the Institute of Defense Analyses, as “compelling, filled with so many fascinating characters and new information, that it demands a review.” Author Zuckerman reportedly spent over two years researching… Read More