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   Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 3:01 PM

   Thanks BL

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   Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 3:06 PM

   Better than mid-April.

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   Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 3:16 PM

   I’ve cracked their system. Take the monthly S&P return and multiply it by a random number between -2 and +2. It’s quite elegant, really.

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   Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 3:26 PM

   @4- is that sarcasm?

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   Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 3:28 PM

   I’m guessing Medallion did +44% YTD, while the bagholders (institutional investors) did -16%.
   God I love the hedge fund business!!

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   Posted by AndrewInGreenwich | June 2, 2009 at 3:28 PM

   Unless you are in Medallion, you are getting bent over.

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   Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 3:29 PM

   What a bunch of dumb bastards
   props for getting this B to the L

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   Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 3:30 PM

   -16 is the new killing it

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   Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 3:30 PM

   Do you think Data Domain is up because the symbol reminds everyone of DCUP?

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    Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM

    Nobody puts S&P in the corner, nobody!

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    Posted by Clown Capital | June 2, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    Looks like Simons is running a Madonzi scheme. He’s taking institutional money and putting it in Medallion. Any institutional investor who doesn’t realize that by now, probably showers with an aluminum hat w/ built in antennae.

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    Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 4:03 PM

    @12
    How does it work when both Rief and Medallion make money in the same month?
    What about the $ of Simons and other employees that are in the Rief Strategy? Would be pretty foolish to charge yourself hefty performance fees on money you are taking from yourself.
    A clown indeed.

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    Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 4:07 PM

    Dear Investor,
    Part of the Rief loss went into the
    our internal fund’s gain. So not everything is negative. Please be rest
    assured that our internal fund’s return will continue to have negative correlation to RIEF’s return. And the future RenTech is bright and brighter. Thanks for all the extra alpha.
    Sincerely,
    Jim

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    Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 4:19 PM

    SGRENA1 LX Equity.

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    Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 4:22 PM

    @14
    All your base are belong to us?
    Hopefully English is not your first language and you don’t make any decisions that affect other people in any way.

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    Posted by Clown Capital | June 2, 2009 at 4:31 PM

    @13
    Shut up Jim. Just shut, (dramatic puase) shut your mouth…

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    Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 4:38 PM

    #12/#14 – please explain Medallion’s returns pre-2005/pre-RIEF.

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    Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 6:02 PM

    @13. It’s called seed capital.

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    Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 6:07 PM

    I’m going to eat Bess Levin alive.
    –J. Simons

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    Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 8:24 PM

    god i love you bess

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    Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 8:33 PM

    Hey BL, did you use your alter-ego Elizabeth Spring to get this?
    jimmy still doesn’t know!

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    Posted by guest | June 2, 2009 at 11:22 PM

    @22- no, she used her DSLs to get it.

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    Posted by guest | June 3, 2009 at 8:25 AM

    @19…Please see @18, answer that, or go find something that you actually know something about.

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    Posted by guest | June 3, 2009 at 10:21 AM

    @18 colombian drug money

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    Posted by guest | June 3, 2009 at 10:38 AM

    how is that piece of *&%&%** RIFF doing BL?

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    Posted by guest | June 3, 2009 at 10:44 AM

    @26- um, what? are you retarded? the returns she posted are for RIEF.

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    Posted by guest | June 3, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    @27 things must be boring on long island if you can sit there and read blogs all day. I was asking if she has the returns for riff which is another fund that your firm runs.

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    Posted by guest | June 3, 2009 at 12:02 PM

    @28 You don’t have money in either RIEF or RIFF, so why are you wasting your time posting here?

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    Posted by guest | June 3, 2009 at 12:08 PM

    @28- go fuck yourself.
    - jim s.

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    Posted by guest | June 3, 2009 at 12:41 PM

    @29 morbid curiosity

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    Posted by guest | June 4, 2009 at 8:11 PM

    fyi, RIEF could be replicated using simple regression technique:
    http://markovprocesses.com/blog/2009/05/renaissance-rief-april-%E2%80%9909-performance-puzzle