beta
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A stock with negative beta routinely trades opposite the broader market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
In mice, researchers found that ImP reaching the brain increased the accumulation of abnormal beta amyloid and tau proteins, two major hallmarks associated with Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
In contrast, during all other weeks, on average, there is no statistically significant relationship between beta and return.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
From the developer beta preview, I got some great news: I’m aging backward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Eventually alpha rays were identified as helium atoms stripped of their electrons—that is, helium nuclei-—and beta rays as energetic electrons.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
While most of those chip makers have “betas” greater than 1—meaning their daily moves in the last few years have been larger than the S&P 500’s moves—all of the stocks above have betas below 1.
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
If you’re on the developer betas for macOS or iOS, you can start using passkeys now where available.
From The Verge ● Aug. 5, 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
