alpha

Example Sentences

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Unfortunately, a short seller couldn’t have turned a profit with these stocks, because the 81.4% negative alpha didn’t reflect borrowing costs.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

The elder Duterte once described his daughter as the "alpha" in their family, the one whom everyone follows.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

“The overwhelming driver of alpha and private credit comes from minimizing realized credit losses and periods of credit stress put this to the test,” he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

He is the exuberant frat boy, the alpha of the group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Eventually alpha rays were identified as helium atoms stripped of their electrons—that is, helium nuclei-—and beta rays as energetic electrons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik