Date updated:11-20-2009
Renaissance Technologies is a NY-based hedge fund started by Jim Simons in 1982. Its Medallion Fund is considered in the industry to be one of the most successful hedge funds.
As of 9/30/2009 funds in Renaissance Technologies were valued at $27.1 billion.
The fund has nearly 3,500 positions. The top five sector weightings are in: Services (25.82%), Technology (20.33%), Financials (9.94%), Healthcare (8.87%), and Basic Materials (6.69%).
During the quarter some of the following notable actions were taken:
Positions closed out (454 positions): RIMM, CVX, TWC, HAL, NOV, HON, PRU, SPG, GE, PEP
New positions (371 positions): NKE, SYMC, RTP, ATVI, FCX, POT, EXC, FWLT
Decreased positions (1,954 positons): WMT, LO, MCD, PG, PFE, T, ESI, KMB
Increased positions (1,543 positions): AMZN, VZ, LMT, QCOM, AAPL, BIDU, ORCL
Here are the top 30 holdings as of September 30, 2009.

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AMZN
Amazon.com - $142.25
- +2.71%
- $139.18
1.42% of portfolio. Position was increased by 1,764%.

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VZ
Verizon Commun - $32.65
- +0.96%
- $32.29
1.08% of portfolio. Position was increased by 76.8%.

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WMT
Wal Mart Stores - $54.57
- -0.33%
- $54.67
1.00% of portfolio. Position was decreased by -3.55%.

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LO
Lorillard - $78.70
- 0.00%
- $N/A
1.00% of portfolio. Position was decreased by -19.5%.

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LMT
Lockheed Martin C - $78.19
- -0.94%
- $78.54
0.97% of portfolio. Position was increased by 3,749%.

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QCOM
Qualcomm Incorpor - $45.06
- 0.00%
- $45.21
0.96% of portfolio. Position was increased by 1,145%.

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MCD
Mcdonalds Cp - $62.50
- -1.64%
- $63.50
0.81% of portfolio. Position was decreased by -2.42%.

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AAPL
Apple Inc. - $196.23
- -0.38%
- $199.05
0.80% of portfolio. Position was by 58.2%.
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floor around the 115 to 125 price range.
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an excellent PEG ratio of .45 (remember
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average, above 2 is not so good), and
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in cash.
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