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A conversation with Jim Simons: Mathematics, Common Sense and Good Luck

The Abel Prize
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During the 2022 Abel lectures Jim Simons had a conversation with Nils A. Baas and Nicolai Tangen. The lectures were held at The University of Oslo, May 25th, in connection with the 2022 Abel Prize Week celebrations. Jim Simons is an American mathematician, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. Simons is known for using mathematical methods and algorithms to make investment gains. In addition to this, he is a long-time acquaintance of Dennis Sullivan, and in 2008 the duo wrote a paper together.⁠ Nils A. Baas is a Norwegian mathematician and professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Nicolai Tangen is the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, tasked with managing the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, which is the largest publicly held financial fund in the world, owning approximately 1.4% of the world’s listed companies. ...more
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Intro

0:00

What are minimal varieties

3:18

A counterexample

5:23

The money part

7:49

Financial markets

11:56

Hiring from the investment industry

13:42

Data becoming commoditized

14:18

What type of data do you use

15:02

Which areas of mathematics have you found most useful

16:03

Will new areas of mathematics end up in finance

16:49

Fundamental investing

17:40

Principles

18:29

Quant investing

21:26

Hiring

23:08

Hiring Dennis

25:09

Hiring PhD students

27:04

Good luck

30:22

philanthropy

31:28

QA

37:06

Market efficiency

40:08

Computers and Renaissance

41:41

Currency trading

43:08
A conversation with Jim Simons: Mathematics, Common Sense and Good Luck
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2022Jun 13
During the 2022 Abel lectures Jim Simons had a conversation with Nils A. Baas and Nicolai Tangen. The lectures were held at The University of Oslo, May 25th, in connection with the 2022 Abel Prize Week celebrations. Jim Simons is an American mathematician, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. Simons is known for using mathematical methods and algorithms to make investment gains. In addition to this, he is a long-time acquaintance of Dennis Sullivan, and in 2008 the duo wrote a paper together.⁠ Nils A. Baas is a Norwegian mathematician and professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Nicolai Tangen is the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, tasked with managing the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, which is the largest publicly held financial fund in the world, owning approximately 1.4% of the world’s listed companies.

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The Abel Prize

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