The measure of an asset's risk in relation to the market (for example, the S&P500) or to an alternative benchmark or factors. Roughly speaking, a security with a beta of 1.5, will have move, [..]

A measure of a fund's sensitivity to market movements.

A measure of systematic risk that is based on the covariance of an asset's or portfolio's return with the return of the overall market; a measure of the sensitivity of a given investment or portfolio to movements in the overall market.

second letter of the Greek alphabet, c. 1300, from Greek, from Hebrew/Phoenician beth (see alphabet); used to designate the second of many things. Beta radiation is from 1899 (Rutherford). Beta partic [..]

A measure of the volatility of a security compared to a given index or overall market.

A measure of how closely the movement of an individual stock tracks the movement of the entire stock market.

Beta describes the extent to which the return from a security or portfolio is correlated to the return from the market as a whole. A beta of zero means there is no correlation, the security moves independently of the market. If the beta is positive it means the security usually tracks the market, while a negative beta shows it follows the market in [..]

Beta is a measure of an investment's relative volatility. The higher the beta, the more sharply the value of the investment can be expected to fluctuate in relation to a market index. For example, Standard & Poor's 500-stock Index (S&P 500) has a beta coefficient (or base) of 1. That means if the S&P 500 moves 2% in eith [..]

Consumer tape format from Sony that competed with VHS for the consumer marketplace. Based on the Betacam / Betacam SP tape format used by the majority of broadcasters, the Beta consumer cassettes were [..]

a nearly complete prototype of a game. Users often test beta versions to alert developers of bugs or problems.

Abbreviation for Power in statistical results. See Type II Error. (b)

/bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/ n. 1. In the Real World, software often goes through two stages of testing Alpha (in-house) and Beta (out-house?). Software is said to be `i [..]

This term has migrated from computer and software development‚ and it is usually used as “beta site.” It means test site or test version. Beta is not the finally version of a product or web site‚ but [..]

A measure of a security's systematic or market risk. While most stocks move in in the same direction as the stock market, the level of the beta indicates the degree of correlation between a s [..]

1/2 inch videotape that was originally called Betamax. Betamax cassette tape box

A term used for software that is in a "live" testing phase. People can use it but can expect some hiccups.

Definition A quantitative measure of the volatility of a given stock, mutual fund, or portfolio, relative to the overall market, usually the S&P 500. Specifically, the performance the stock, fund [..]

A mathematical measure of the volatility of a particular stock, mutual fund, and/or portfolio in comparison with the entire market. Specifically, it measures the stock, fund or portfolio performance d [..]

A measure of an asset’s sensitivity to changes in the market portfolio (in the CAPM) or to a factor (in the APT). The beta of an asset j is computed as bj = rj,k (sj/sk), where k represents a market f [..]

Returns on a portfolio which can be attributed to movements in the market as a whole, rather than the skills of a particular fund manager. Usually achieved by holding a portfolio which exactly mirrors [..]

Software that's still in the testing stage not quite ready for wide release. During a beta test users report bugs back to the developers.

Also referred to as "the Beta coefficient," Beta is a statistical term used by money managers operating in the tradable equities securities market. Essentially, Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a particular security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. Beta typically is used as a compon [..]

Used in software publishing, 'beta' is the name given to a pre-release version of a software product.

A measure of an asset's return in relation to an underlying factor or index; e.g. the relationship between the movement of an individual stock or a portfolio and that of the overall stock market.

A measure of the variability of rate of return or value of a stock or portfolio compared to that of the overall market.

Measure of the volatility of an index or investment relative to a benchmark. A reading of 1.00 indicates that the investment has moved in lockstep with the benchmark; a reading of -1.00 indicates that [..]

A type of 1/2-inch videotape and videocassette recorder (Betamax) made by Sony and others, primarily for home use but also used at TV stations. Betacam:

A measure of an investment's volatility, relative to an appropriate asset class. For stocks, the asset class is usually taken to be the S&P 500 index. The formula is: beta   =   [ Cov

(b) A measure of the volatility of a stock in relation to the market. More specifically, it is the index of SYSTEMATIC RISK, indicating the sensitivity of return on a security or a PORTFOLIO to return [..]

Beta (or the ‘beta coefficient’) is a way to measure the relative riskiness of a share.

A measure of a security's price fluctuations (volatility) relative to an appropriate market index. For example, the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index (S&P 500) has a beta of 1. Stock [..]

The measure of an asset's risk in relation to the market

A measure of market sensitivity, that is, the extent to which a share or a portfolio fluctuates with the market. It gauges the movement of a particular commoditys price against a related composite index.

Degree of risk in a fund or stock as compared with market risk. This risk is systematic and cannot be reduced by diversification. Beta of 0.7 denotes that total return from the fund will probably be e [..]

Beta describes the return sensitivity of an individual stock or a portfolio of stocks to that of the market.

Coefficient measuring a stock's relative volatility. The beta is a covariance of the stock in relation to the rest of the stock market. The Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index has a beta coefficient of 1. Any stock with a higher beta is more volatile than the market, and any stock with a lower beta can be expected to rise and fall more [..]

The measure of a fund's or a stock's risk in relation to the market or to an alternative benchmark. A beta of 1.5 means that a stock's excess return is expected to move 1.5 times the ma [..]

Factor that measures how risky an individual investment is relative to the market A beta of 1 means that an investment has exactly the same risk as the market. You can find more information about beta [..]

A measure of the price volatility of a security or portfolio, compared with the market as a whole.

A measurement of the relationship between the price of a stock and the movement of the whole market

A measure of market sensitivity, that is, the extent to which a share or a portfolio fluctuates with the market. It gauges the movement of a particular commodity's price against a related composite index. The whole market, by definition, has a beta factor of 1.0.  If a stock has a beta of less than 1.0, its price is expected to rise or fall pr [..]

A measure of risk commonly used to compare the volatility of mutual funds or stocks to the overall market . The S&P 500 Index is the base for calculating beta and carries a value of 1. Securities [..]

is a measure of a stock's volatility relative to the overall market. It is most often calculated using a stock's movements relative to the S&P 500 Index over the trailing 12-month period [..]

A beta version of something is not yet ready for prime time but still possibly useful to related developers and other interested parties. Expect beta software to crash more than properly released soft [..]

Prototype software or web site services, in not quite its final form, and which may therefore contain bugs. binary

In the preliminary or testing stage of a product.

Not ready for final release. Still buggy. Life is perpetual beta.

Beta measures the volatility of a stock's returns relative to the S&P 500. It is based on a 36-month historical regression of the return on the security compared to the return on the S&P 500. For example, a beta of 1.5 indicates that a stock tends to move 50% more than the S&P 500 in the same direction. So if the S&P rises 10%, [..]

A measure of a security's price fluctuations (volatility) relative to an appropriate market index. For example, the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index (S&P 500) has a beta of 1. Stocks with betas greater than 1 are subject to more rapid and extreme price fluctuations than the market. Conversely, price fluctuations for stocks with b [..]

A measure of a security's price fluctuations (volatility) relative to an appropriate market index. For example, the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index (S&P 500) has a beta of 1. Stock [..]

A statistical measure of the risk associated with an individual stock or stock portfolio. The beta of a stock or stock portfolio is the volatility of that stock's or stock portfolio's return [..]

(n) the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet(n) beets(adj) second in order of importance(adj) preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product

A version of an application that is made available prior to the official release for the purposes of testing.

is the Greek letter used by oceanographers to represent the linear change in the Coriolis parameter with latitude. One assumes that the Coriolis parameter f (see below) changes linearly with latitude y, f(y)=f0

An indicator of the risk of a share or a portfolio in relation to the average market risk. A Beta of 0.7 implies that the yields of the share or portfolio are likely to move up or down by 70% of the a [..]

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a stage of product development preceding the final release. Products at the beta stage are supposed to have all the features specified in the design, but they also have known problems ("bugs" [..]

Beta means a version of a product that is used for testing. Each Canvas account has a beta environment to use for exploring new features before they are released in the production environment. Canvas [..]

A measure of a security's price volatility relative to an appropriate market index. For example, the S&P 500 index is considered to have a beta of 1; stocks with betas greater than 1 experien [..]

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A monooxygenase that catalyzes the conversion of beta-Carotene into two molecules of Retinal. It was formerly characterized as EC 1.13.11.21 and EC 1.18.3.1.

A subtype of GPI-Anchored Folate Receptors that is expressed in Placenta and hematopoietic Cells.

A Membrane-bound Tumor Necrosis Family member found primarily on Lymphocytes. It can form a heterotrimer (Lymphotoxin alpha1, beta2 Heterotrimer) with the soluble ligand Lymphotoxin-alpha and anchor i [..]

A PDGF Receptor that binds specifically to the PDGF-B chain. It contains a Protein-Tyrosine Kinase activity that is involved in Signal Transduction.

3-Mercapto-D-Valine. The most characteristic degradation product of the Penicillin Antibiotics. It is used as an antirheumatic and as a chelating agent in Wilson's Disease.

5'-Adenylic Acid, monoanhydride with imidodiphosphoric acid. An analog of ATP, in which the Oxygen atom bridging the beta to the gamma phosphate is replaced by a Nitrogen atom. It is a potent com [..]

A statistical term used to illustrate the relationship of the price of an individual security or mutual fund unit to similar securities or financial market indexes.

A measure of the risk associated with a particular stock or stock fund, that is, the volatility of the stock’s price relative to the market.

The term sometimes used to describe the second rank in the social order of a wolf pack. In what researchers now consider an oversimplified model of a wolf pack, social hierarchies were thought to oper [..]

Is an enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of Glucanase randomly placed internal links in the beta glucan chain.

A measure of the degree to which the performance of a share or fund will correlate with the wider market. A 'high beta' share would be expected to rise when the stock market rises and vice versa. Beta is used in a more general sense to mean the return of the market, while alpha refers to the value that active managers can add to this.

A measurement of volatility where 1 is neutral; above 1 is more volatile; and less than 1 is less volatile.

A statistical estimate of an asset or fund’s price movements relative to that of the market or benchmark. The market orthe benchmark is said to have a beta of 1.0, so if the beta of an asset is greater than 1.0 then it is deemed to move more than the market or benchmark and vice versa.

Measures the average extent to which a fund moves relative to the broader market. The beta of a market is 1. A fund with a beta of more than 1 moves on average to a greater extent than the market. A f [..]

In relation to investment, beta is a measure of the volatility of a security's price relative to the market as a whole usually represented by an index. See 'volatility

Measures the average extent to which a fund moves relative to the broader market. The beta of a market is 1. A fund with a beta of more than 1 moves on average to a greater extent than the market. A fund with a beta of less than 1 moves on average to a lesser extent. If beta is a minus number, it is likely that the stock and the market move in oppo [..]

Sensitivity of a stock (portfolio) to the market (benchmark) in the capital asset pricing model. It is comprised of the volatility of a stock and its correlation with the market (benchmark).

A statistically generated number that is used to measure the volatility of a security or mutual fund in comparison to the market as a whole.

A measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole.

Coefficient measuring a stock’s relative volatility. The beta is a covariance of the stock in relation to the rest of the stock market. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index has a beta coefficient [..]

A quantitative measure of the sensitivity of an equity security or an equity portfolio to changes in its related benchmark index.

A beta is a male who is somewhat inept in relationships with females and thus doesn't get "enough" sex,

See Finished game.

A measure of a security's volatility in relation to the equity market as measured by the market index relative to each security's investment category. This statistic reflects only the market [..]

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(General software term) Second phase of testing software (not exclusively games) and last development phase prior to release. Most features have been implemented but some of these may be removed durin [..]

Beta is a #Build type that contains daily-to-weekly osu!client updates that were added in from the #Cutting Edge (Experimental) builds. Beta is experimental-like (but stabler than) cutting edge because cutting edge users can test these features first a few days/weeks before beta users get those features.

Comes after alpha testing and opens up the testing stage to a larger group of people. There are two types of beta testing -- open means anyone can try it out, closed means you have to be invited.

A Beta version of a video game has all features completed. In addition, no new content should be added to the game at this point and only bug fixing should remain. This is the stage that happens after [..]

A beta version of a game is complete except for last minute tweaks, tuning and bug fixes. (See also Alpha)

A measure of risk based on the volatility of price of a security. The higher the Beta, the more sharply the fund's price has moved in relation to the market's movement. See also: Alpha and R-squared.

A measure of volatility or the relative systematic risk faced by an asset or portfolio, or project return. Beta is calculated as the covariance between returns on the asset and returns on the market portfolio divided by the variance of returns on the market portfolio. Or, it is typically found by regressing stock or portfolio return on a proxy for [..]

A measure correlating stock price movement to the movement of an index. Beta is used to determine the number of contracts required to hedge with stock index futures or futures options.

(β) The ratio of collector current to base current in a bipolar junction transistor (BJT).

Software in the final stages of development.

compares a mutual fund or stock’s volatility to a benchmark (usually the S&P 500 Index). A beta greater than 1 is more volatile than the index. For instance, a beta of 1.5 mean the fund or stock i [..]

A regression of the estimated coefficient that belongs to a particular variable.

A measure of the market/nondiversifiable risk associated with any given security in the market. A ratio of an individual’s stock historical returns to the historical returns of the stock market. If a [..]

A measure of the volatility of a stock relative to the overall market. A beta of less than one indicates lower risk than the market; a beta of more than one indicates higher risk than the market.

 – A measure of how much a stock moves relative to the broader index within which it trades. Beta therefore measures a stock’s risk in relation to the overall market. A beta of less than 1.0 means that the stock’s price is likely to move less than the market in general; a beta greater than 1.0 means the stock is likely to move greater than the mark [..]

A measure of volatility of a security in comparison to the market as a whole. In the broadcast we often say the stock has “big beta” when its a very volatile mover.

Coefficient that measures the volatility of an ETF's returns relative to the market (the S&P 500). A stock fund of ETF with a higher beta than the S&P 500 will rise or fall to a greater degree. In contrast, a stock fund or ETF with a low beta will rise or fall less.

The measure of an asset’s risk in relation to the market (for example, the S&P500) or to an alternative benchmark or factors.

A value that reflects a mutual fund's or stock’s unpredictability compared to the S&P 500 Index.

It is a measurement of relationship between stock price of any particular stock and the movement of whole market.

A statistical measure of a security's or portfolio's volatility (price fluctuations) relative to the market as a whole. (The beta of the overall market is defined as 1, and is represented by the S & P 500® Index over the last 36 months). A security with a beta of 1 indicates its price moves exactly with the overall market. A beta grea [..]

a measure of the volatility of a stock (or portfolio of stocks) and how closely it correlates with the overall market bID price: the highest price potential buyers are willing to pay for a stock. The [..]

The ratio of a change in collector current to a corresponding change in base current when the collector voltage is constant in a common-emitter circuit.

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Knowledge of trick moves or protection or just about anything about a route available before you start. Initially from the US, possibly from "Betamax" (early videotape format). If you get th [..]

A measure of a stock's risk relative to the market, usually the Standard & Poor's 500 index. The market's beta is always 1.0; a beta higher than 1.0 indicates that, on average, when [..]

  An index of systematic risk. It measures the sensitivity of a stock's returns to changes in returns on the market portfolio. The beta of a portfolio is simply a weighted average of the individu [..]

The measure of an asset's risk in relation to the market (for example, the S&P500) or to an alternative benchmark or factors. Roughly speaking, a security with a beta of 1.5, will have move, [..]

BETA is a pure object-oriented language originating within the "Scandinavian School" in object-orientation where the first object-oriented language Simula was developed. Among its notable features, it [..]

Beta (UK: , US: ; uppercase Β, lowercase β, or cursive ϐ; Ancient Greek: βῆτα, romanized: bē̂ta or Greek: βήτα, romanized: víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek nume [..]

Beta is a winter-hardy variety of North American grape derived from a cross of the Vitis labrusca-based cultivar Concord and a selection of Vitis riparia, the wild riverbank grape, called Carver. It i [..]

In finance, the beta (β or market beta or beta coefficient) is a measure of how an individual asset moves (on average) when the overall stock market increases or decreases. Thus, beta is a useful mea [..]

Beta is a time signal service in the VLF range in Russia, operated by the Russian Navy. It is controlled by All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Physical-Engineering and Radiotechnical Metrol [..]

Beta (Translation: Son) is a 1992 Indian Hindi drama film, directed by Indra Kumar and written by Naushir Khatau and Kamlesh Pandey. It featured Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit and Aruna Irani in pivotal r [..]

Beta (B, β) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. Beta or BETA may also refer to:

Beta is a genus in the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae. The best known member is the common beet, Beta vulgaris, but several other species are recognised. Almost all have common names containin [..]

Beta (UK: , US: ; uppercase Β, lowercase β, or cursive ϐ; Ancient Greek: βῆτα, romanized: bē̂ta or Greek: βήτα, romanized: víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek nume [..]

Beta (UK: , US: ; uppercase Β, lowercase β, or cursive ϐ; Ancient Greek: βῆτα, romanized: bē̂ta or Greek: βήτα, romanized: víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek nume [..]

Beta is climbing jargon that designates information about a climb (such as, "get your feet up"). The complexity of beta can range from a small hint about a difficult section (referred to as "some" bet [..]

The beta of a plasma, symbolized by β, is the ratio of the plasma pressure (p = n kB T) to the magnetic pressure (pmag = B²/2μ0). The term is commonly used in studies of the Sun and Earth's magnetic f [..]

Beta is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer, specialising in off-road motorcycles. Beta are best known for their popular observed trials bikes. In 2005, they launched a range of enduro motorcycles usin [..]

Beta (UK: , US: ; uppercase Β, lowercase β, or cursive ϐ; Ancient Greek: βῆτα, romanized: bē̂ta or Greek: βήτα, romanized: víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek nume [..]