Beta is the 2nd letter in the Greek alphabet, and the financial world uses it to refer to the sensitivity of an asset’s price compared to a specific index or benchmark. Beta is also used as a measure ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. In a previous post, we presented a method for calculating a stock beta and implemented it in Python. In this ...

Beta measures a stock’s volatility compared to the overall market. A beta above 1 means the stock is more volatile, while a beta below 1 means it is less volatile. Calculating beta involves comparing ...