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2. Beta (finance) - Wikipedia

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   Beta is the hedge ratio of an investment with respect to the stock market. For example, to hedge out the market-risk of a stock with a market beta of 2.0, an investor would short $2,000 in the stock market for every $1,000 invested in the stock. Thus insured, movements of the overall stock market no longer influence the combined position on ...

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

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   The average investor may not be familiar with what beta means, but they are no doubt fully aware of what it represents. Although there are different types of risk in the market, a stock's beta...

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

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   By definition, the market as a whole has a beta of 1, and everything else is defined in relation to that: ... targeting high-beta stocks for potentially higher returns with more risk, or low-beta ...

5. What Is Beta? Everything You Need to Know About ... - AOL

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   Beta measures how volatile a stock is in relation to the broader stock market over time. A stock with a high beta indicates it's more volatile than the overall market and can react with dramatic ...

6. Single-index model - Wikipedia

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   The term () represents the movement of the market modified by the stock's beta, while represents the unsystematic risk of the security due to firm-specific factors. Macroeconomic events, such as changes in interest rates or the cost of labor, causes the systematic risk that affects the returns of all stocks, and the firm-specific events are the ...

7. Are High Beta Stocks a Smart Buy? - AOL

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   High beta stocks are a favorite of many investors who aren't afraid of taking big risks in order to earn jaw-dropping returns. So what exactly are high.

8. Low-volatility anomaly - Wikipedia

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   The portfolio of stocks with the lowest volatility has a higher return compared to the portfolio of stocks with the highest volatility. A visual illustration of the anomaly, since the relation between risk and return should be positive. Data for the related low-beta anomaly is also online available. The evidence of the anomaly has been mounting ...

9. 11 Best High Beta Stocks To Buy Now - AOL

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   In this article, we discuss 11 best high beta stocks to buy now. If you want to see more stocks in this selection, check out 5 Best High Beta Stocks To Buy Now. Beta, a statistical measure of a ...