Sunday, May 5, 2019

Billionaire James Simons: Conquering Wall Street with Mathematics

Here is one hour video's link.

Video Segments: 0:00 Introduction 4:25 Early Life 8:04 MIT 10:35 Road trip to South America 12:18 Berkley 13:18 First investments 18:20 Urge to do something different/ First business 20:26 Back to academia 26:09 Opposing the war/ Getting fired 30:45 Stony Brook University 36:26 Managing money 39:39 Becoming a trader 45:53 Renaissance technologies/ What makes it successful 49:40 Simons foundation 54:04 Mathematics as a refuge 55:40 Retirement 57:19 Guiding principles 1:00:45 Start of Q&A 1:01:12 When not to do something? 1:02:20 Thoughts on hedge fund industry today? 1:04:31 Why do you focus on collaborative goals? 1:06:30 How did your parents help foster your mathematical knowledge? 1:07:15 When you look back, would you change anything? 1:08:14 Do you think you should share your knowledge? 1:09:52 Thoughts on mathematics education? 1:17:55 Bourbaki movement?

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