Jim Simons, the legendary "Quant King" who founded Renaissance Technologies, died Friday at the age of 86, after forever changing Wall Street with his genius for math and finding patterns in data.

Today’s rules-based investing models were supposed to take the guesswork out of Ben Graham’s age-old principle of using “established standards of value” in deciding what to own. In practice, some ...

What do you get when you have Silicon Valley’s best and brightest sitting before you, elbow-to-elbow with Hollywood moguls, New York elite, and some incredibly cool Bostonians (along with a thousand ...

Quantitative strategies that rely on mathematical models and algorithms to make investment decisions have gained immense popularity in the West. That trend is also picking up in our markets as is ...

The California State University system has proposed requiring applicants to take an additional course in quantitative reasoning in high school to qualify for admission to its campuses -- a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - It’s a challenge for the subject of a 359-page biography to remain a cipher. But Jim Simons has always been up for a test. The mathematician and founder of ...