beta
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So in theory, stocks with negative beta should help to offset losses when the stocks helping to push the index higher stop working.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Plaques are abnormal deposits of a protein called amyloid beta that accumulate between brain cells, while tangles are twisted forms of the tau protein that develop inside neurons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
In contrast, during all other weeks, on average, there is no statistically significant relationship between beta and return.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
From the developer beta preview, I got some great news: I’m aging backward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
“But you seem so unhappy, beta? Ma finished softly. “So unhappy.”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Any beta higher than 1 means a stock is more volatile than the S&P 500, while betas of less than 1 are less wild.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
Consider the performance of a hypothetical portfolio that buys the 10% of stocks with the highest betas and sells short the decile of stocks with the lowest betas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
“We’re betas pretending to be alphas,” Denton said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
As with its previous betas, the dates are separated by console and whether you preordered the game or not.
From The Verge ● Aug. 7, 2022
Greek letters move across the undersides of his eyelids: isosceles triangles, betas, sine curves.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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