The Greeks

For Beta Or Worse

Beta is the sensitivity of a stock’s returns to the returns on some market index (e.g., S&P 500).
Beta values can be roughly characterized as follows:
Beta less than 0 – Negative beta is possible but not likely. People thought gold stocks should have negative betas but that hasn’t been true.
Beta equal to 0 – Cash under your mattress, [...]

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