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beta

[bey-tuh, bee-] / ˈbeɪ tə, ˈbi- /


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All three funds have one-year beta below that of the S&P 500, but you can see how the volatility risk is lower for the equal-weighted approach and even lower for RSPA.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

“It came to our attention that a third party collections agency made a reporting error for a small subset of customers with our original beta program,” the spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

While the new version of Siri AI is still in public beta, essentially a testing phase before broader release, Cook said it is part of "an enormous opportunity for Apple going forward in AI."

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

As diabetes progresses, however, beta cells increasingly struggle to meet the body's demand for insulin.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

“Yes, beta, we know. We called the front office. They say they will probably let you out soon. They want to make sure that everything is okay before releasing students from school.”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

On June 5, when the chip ETF fell 9.2%, several utility and real estate stocks showed resilience, with betas below one.

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 was the case with Samsung’s previous One UI betas, you can access the One UI 5 update by registering through the Samsung Members app.

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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