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Re:Medallion Fund “Stretches Explanation to the Limit,” Prof... by ajmurmann on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @09:03AM (#22180539)
Could they been moving money from their open to investments , less successful funds to the medallion fund? Maybe even thought the market via trades?
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Re:Medallion Fund “Stretches Explanation to the Limit,” Prof... by Noughmad on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @09:25AM (#22180759)
This makes a lot of sense. Sacrificing a percent of profit from other funds won't make that much of a different in the minds of possible investors, but managing a fantastically high fund must be a good advertisement.
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Re:Medallion Fund “Stretches Explanation to the Limit,” Prof... by RookyNumbas on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @09:32AM (#22180851)
No, the medallion fund existed for 20 years before these other funds were opened.
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Re:Medallion Fund “Stretches Explanation to the Limit,” Prof... by papln on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @10:37AM (#22181651)
Was Medallion fund Rentec's only business, or was there other business they could skim from?
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Re:Medallion Fund “Stretches Explanation to the Limit,” Prof... by RookyNumbas on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @12:09PM (#22182954)
James Simons had a funds for tech startups. But it wasn't nearly large enough to support the kind of profits that happened.
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