beta

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Since the bottom of that brief selloff through Tuesday, the S&P 500 High Beta Index has beaten a group of low-volatility stocks by a whopping 123 percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Beta blockers became standard after heart attacks at a time when modern cardiac care looked very different.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

The Goldman Sachs High Beta Momentum Long Index has just had its second biggest 18-day run in history, he says.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

“This might be slightly ironic but I was always a Betamax fan and I was hoping that Sony Beta would win the tape war. It was a better format.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

When I got back to Ben’s wagon he had already unhitched Alpha and Beta and was rubbing them down.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss