The Holy Grail

[GRULSTMRNN]

Are you happy?

yeah - but is he happy?

 

[fan27]

Here is my take from listening to Simmons and countless others who seem to know what they are doing. Have the ability/infrastructure to efficiently find edges (large or small). Assemble a collection of those edges. Make money.

 

[tommcginnis]

The most interesting thing I have heard him say is how one of their signals was based on data that made absolutely no logical predictive sense for markets but being so it was also unexploited for so long. That also though gives a glimpse of how they are looking at everything data wise.

That's that whole sciencey thing: he recognizes that something works, AND recognizes that he does not know *why* -- and it bothers him. So he (they) test, retest, check the tests, refine the methods, work on it on Sundays and to midnight night-after-night, exploring, pushing, posing why why why.

Edison did *not* invent the lightbulb; but he did make it *work*.

There is a work ethic in science, and Simons is all about it.

yeah - but is he happy?

Possibly in my "Top 10 ET posts of the year."

 

[JigsawTrading]

Are you kidding....
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Obviously, yes.

 

[MarkBrown]

the holy grail is being given the task of laundering billions of pentagon money out into "unnamed" pockets all while maintaining a strait face of having done it legitimately via superior brain power.

 

[SunTrader]

.... and the patience for the price to go up.

... or obviously down (when short).

 

[Nobert]

The reaction at 12:30

Einstein - violin, he - mathematics , Ray Dalio - Art, one famous economist of my country - singing, Eli Broad - modern art lover.

As A.Robins said , that 7'th need, desire, that can be fulfilled, only by us and noone else, the need to be - significant.

 

[DallasCowboysFan]

I love how he talks about how proud he is of the foundation, that the wife started, but adds in, "with my money". He already has so much, and yet has to point out that the wife started the foundation with his money. Sounds like the guy would hate to lose a quarter on the street.

It does not sound like a happy marriage.

 

[ronblack]

The Holy Grail is to trade markets where there are large groups of losers.

 

[Big AAPL]

the holy grail is being given the task of laundering billions of pentagon money out into "unnamed" pockets all while maintaining a strait face of having done it legitimately via superior brain power.

I'm going to give you a "LIKE" even though you spelled "Straight" incorrectly