Caroline Banton has 6+ years of experience as a writer of business and finance articles. She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst ...
Say it sotto voce, the dirty secret of hedge funds is that they mix alpha and beta as well. A typical long/short equity strategy will have a lot of beta, a fixed income arbitrage fund rather less ...
Two terms often tossed around within the investing community are “alpha” and “beta.” While metrics such as price-to-earnings ratio and tangible book value per share are relatively self-explanatory, ...