Alpha (finance)
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alpha-finance-167-6934549
title:
Alpha (finance)
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Alpha is a measure of the active return on an investment, the performance of that investment compared with a suitable market index. An alpha of 1% means the investment's return on investment over a selected period of time was 1% better than the market during that same period; a negative alpha means the investment underperformed the market. —EVERYTHING BEFORE THIS SENTENCE IS WRONG. I do not have the time to make refined edits, but please be aware that alpha can be positive even if the returns of
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description:
Risk-adjusted measure of the so-called active return on an investment
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_(finance)
date created:
2005-04-13T23:15:51Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T08:50:23Z
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