The Beta Coefficient Indicates How Volatile a Stock Is, Relative

question 52

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The beta coefficient indicates how volatile a stock is, relative to the market.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of how much values in a data set deviate from the mean value.

Data

Information collected for reference or analysis, often numerical.

Squared Deviation

The squared differences between each observation and the mean, used as part of the calculation for variance.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion representing the average of the squared differences from the Mean.