This is Masters in Business with Barry Redholz on Bloomberg Radio.

This week on the podcast, I have a special guest.

His name is Greg Zuckerman.

He is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and an author of numerous books.

The one we spend the better part of two hours discussing is the man who solved the market,

how Jim Simon's launched the Quant Revolution.

If you are at all interested in so many things, Renaissance technologies and Jim Simon's,

quantitative investing, hedge funds, how difficult it is to beat the market, and how astonishing

the performance of Renaissance technologies has been, let me tease you a little bit, 30

years, 66% a year.

That is just mind blowing.

Opening in the universe comes close.

There is anybody who does half of that.

That's what makes this so just completely mind-boggling.

They are absolutely a unique entity.

You will find this to be an absolutely fascinating conversation.

I really enjoyed the book.

I ploughed through it in a day and a half on the beach over the holiday weekend.

It's not out until November 5th, so by the time you're hearing this, it will be available

for pre-order.

All I can say is I enjoyed the book and I had a fascinating conversation with Greg and

I'm sure you will enjoy it.

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