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  2. Alpha vs. beta in investing: What’s the difference? - AOL

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    Beta, or the beta coefficient, measures volatility relative to the market and can be used as a risk measure. By definition, the market always has a beta of 1, so betas above 1 are considered more ...

  3. Alpha (finance) - Wikipedia

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    Alpha is a measure of the active return on an investment, the performance of that investment compared with a suitable market index.An alpha of 1% means the investment's return on investment over a selected period of time was 1% better than the market during that same period; a negative alpha means the investment underperformed the market.

  4. How to use beta to evaluate a stock’s risk - AOL

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    Beta is a way of measuring a stock’s volatility compared with the overall market’s volatility. By definition, the market as a whole has a beta of 1, and everything else is defined in relation ...

  5. Beta (finance) - Wikipedia

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    In finance, the beta (β or market beta or beta coefficient) is a statistic that measures the expected increase or decrease of an individual stock price in proportion to movements of the stock market as a whole. Beta can be used to indicate the contribution of an individual asset to the market risk of a portfolio when it is added in small ...

  6. Modern portfolio theory - Wikipedia

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    Modern portfolio theory (MPT), or mean-variance analysis, is a mathematical framework for assembling a portfolio of assets such that the expected return is maximized for a given level of risk. It is a formalization and extension of diversification in investing, the idea that owning different kinds of financial assets is less risky than owning ...

  7. What Beta Means: Understanding a Stock’s Risk - AOL

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    For example, if the market is making a big move 20% higher, a stock with a beta of 1.5 will tend to trade up 30%. In this way, an investor can maximize gains in a bullish market by picking up ...

  8. Single-index model - Wikipedia

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    These equations show that the stock return is influenced by the market (beta), has a firm specific expected value (alpha) and firm-specific unexpected component (residual). Each stock's performance is in relation to the performance of a market index (such as the All Ordinaries). Security analysts often use the SIM for such functions as ...

  9. Stock upgrades and downgrades: What it means when an analyst ...

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    Sell: Analyst believes the stock is a bad investment and is likely to underperform the market. Hold: Analyst takes a neutral position on the stock, neither recommending to buy nor sell. In other ...