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beta

[bay-tuh, bee-] / ˈbeɪ tə, ˈbi- /


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Negative beta stocks helped limit the S&P 500’s losses during the March selloff and again in July, when the powerful artificial-intelligence-driven momentum trade hit the rocks, Emanuel said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

Coplan wanted any potential friction for users gone, even though the app was still in beta testing and had launched to only a limited number of users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

“Rishi, why are you saying all this, beta? Where did you get these ideas? Plan sub change kar rahe ho—you’re changing all your plans. For whom? Dimple ne kuch kahaa?”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

While most of those chip makers have “betas” greater than 1—meaning their daily moves in the last few years have been larger than the S&P 500’s moves—all of the stocks above have betas below 1.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

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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