On Compounding: RIP Jim Simons

Jim Simons, the mastermind behind Renaissance Technologies, recently passed away at 86. Simons, a brilliant mathematician and former codebreaker, founded Renaissance in 1982 and revolutionized quantitative trading. The firm’s flagship Medallion Fund achieved an...
Revisiting the Volatility Tax

Revisiting the Volatility Tax

The Volatility Tax   Almost 2 years ago to the day, we published this piece: Reducing the Volatility Tax.  We thought revisiting this concept was timely given the last 18 months. Look at the table below and the returns of each segment of stocks during 2022, the...