The Ledger

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Assertion Contradicted
Grantham: Every Two-Sigma Asset Bubble Historically Reverted to Pre-Bubble Trends
“In major countries, there was no exception to the principle that an overpriced market at two sigma, which is just a statistical measure. If you look at the price, you look at the breakout on the upside. If it's two sigma, there is no exception to the rule that…”
Jeremy Grantham Mar 23, 2026 ▶ 30:52 Jeremy Grantham – Bubbles, Value Investing, and the Long Game at GMO (EP.493)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Renaissance Shares One Unified Codebase Unlike Two Sigma
“It's also the case that they are much more collegial. They work together. It's an open system. Everyone can see the code as opposed to other technology firms, other hedge funds, and there are many different models. So you look at like a two sigma, my understan…”
Gregory Zuckerman Jan 6, 2020 ▶ 39:58 Gregory Zuckerman – Decoding Renaissance Medallion (Capital Allocators, EP.119)
Assertion Supported
Paul: Two Sigma, Citadel, and Rentech Stayed Out of Crypto in 2017
“I saw that guys like Two Sigma and Citadel and Rentech and the discretionary trading houses, none of them were in crypto for good reasons.”
Ari Paul Mar 18, 2021 ▶ 23:12 Crypto for Institutions 4: Ari Paul – Exploiting Inefficiencies in Crypto Trading (Capital Allocators, EP.183)
Opinion
Mauboussin: Discretionary managers cannot compete with quants on short-term horizons
“Natural language processing and computers and so forth will allow some parts of the market to be very efficient in the short run. You can make shorter term predictions. And that will probably make that aspect of the market more efficient. And by the way, as a …”
Michael Mauboussin May 13, 2019 ▶ 34:56 Michael Mauboussin – Who's on the Other Side (Capital Allocators, EP.99)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Paul: Two Sigma and Susquehanna Run Machine Learning Algorithms on Bitcoin
“Bitcoin, you do have machine learning algos from guys like Two Sigma and Susquehanna pointed at it.”
Ari Paul Mar 18, 2021 ▶ 30:54 Crypto for Institutions 4: Ari Paul – Exploiting Inefficiencies in Crypto Trading (Capital Allocators, EP.183)
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