alpha
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“What I am looking for is companies that track the metals price and have compounding alpha on top of that,” Kim said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
With every merger there’s a dominant and a submissive, an alpha and a beta, a winner and a loser.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Researchers place the PVC in a solvent, then add aluminum trichloride and alpha olefins.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
“I think he really loves playing the alpha male who’s starting to crumble.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The yield was two alpha particles, each with two protons and two neutrons.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
The implications are alarming, since there currently are four industry groupings within the S&P 1,500 index that have trailing two-year alphas of at least 100 percentage points.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
He and coach Brendon McCullum are two alphas in the England dressing room, possibly leaving little room for the growth of other characters.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
“Everyone on the internet is really scared of Gen Alpha,” said Gen Z influencer Rivata Dutta, aka Riv, whose content is popular with alphas on TikTok.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
Dr. Phil, however, offered a different perspective, claiming both Swift and Kelce are alphas and pointed to their individual successes.
From Salon ● Feb. 29, 2024
We fired alphas, gammas, betas, the works, in wide dispersion, concentrated beam and just plain exposure.
From Make Mine Homogenized by Kelly Freas
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